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what is freak folk anyway
and what is bro step
what is exuma
uhh
i guess that's it
bruh
AnCo are shit.
What freak folk have you even listened to?
>>61216892
>What freak folk have you even listened to?
name a singe FF album better than sung tongs or feels.
>>61216936
Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day
Obvious answer, but Exuma is better too.
>>61216976
>Obvious answer, but Exuma is better too.
disgusting opinion. and also ironic considering the best thing vashti has done is prospect hummer
>>61216815
>What is Akron/Family
>>61217081
you're not wrong. them and grizzlybear have done some good things.
>revealing you've never actually listened to any other freak folk
Though if you mean the styles of their first few albums I agree.
>>61217001
Wow bad taste. Ok so here's some more:
Jackie-O Motherfucker - Fig 5
The Holy Modal Rounders - Indian War Whoop
Comus - First Utterance
The Trees Community - The Christ Tree
AnCo is basically a commercialized pop version, so I'm not too surprised idiots like you can digest them but not Exuma.
>>61217145
>AnCo is basically a commercialized pop version, so I'm not too surprised idiots like you can digest them but not Exuma.
good job falling for the propaganda thinking anco are shit. stop being a hipster and give me some good alternatives (if they exist)
>>61217230
>good alternatives
How about top 40 radio?
>>61217263
why do you resort to insults while I try and have an actual conversation? would appreciate some cool albums with energy like sung tongs thanks :D
>>61217145
>Comus
Fuck yes Anon!
Also, Incredible String Band.
>>61217356
Ooh I forgot them! Good choice
>>61217329
I did list 4 of my favorite freak folk albums and you ignored them.
>>61217384
can I dance to any of those albums? I want something I can dance too. maybe something african inspired
>>61216815
Because theyre the only ones who make it poppy enough for mainstream plebs to enjoy.
listen to real freak folk like Sunburned Hand of the Man or No Neck Blues Band
>>61217384
do you have anything energetic? I'm not sure if thats the right word but i don't know how else to put it
Would you consider Mount Eerie by The Microphones freak folk? I wouldn't label any of his other work like that but gets ridiculous.
Alternatively, please recommend me some freak folk maybe more in line with that particular album.
>>61217406
Wait, why don't you like Exuma? His music is incredibly danceable. Regardless, try this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdfnsrlnB9s
It's not freak folk, but you might enjoy 'O'Rang as well.
>>61217741
yes this is what i was searching for. thanks. his whole discog like this?
>>61217809
No, unfortunately; he goes in an R&B and funk direction pretty soon after that. Actually that might be a direction you want to check out if you like danceable music. Try this if you want:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbOD2PdaBGE
>>61217406
Oh! And I completely forgot about these guys; they fit your description exactly.
https://flamingods.bandcamp.com/album/hyperborea-2
>>61216815
Akron/Family?
Rain Drinkers?
Fire On Fire?
Exuma?
>>61218102
ooh. very anco influenced. i like it
Aaron Ellis
Nalle
Larkin grimm
>>61218725
This was great.
>post sung tongs anco
>freak folk
>>61219007
i don't think that OP was implying that
because you, like the majority of this board and indeed the majority of this thread, don't actually listen to freak folk
hope i've helped
>>61219213
Point us in the direction of some essentials
Uhh, yo what about my man Charles Manson?
>>61219335
there's literally a chart for this
it was made by some people who actually know what they're talking about, idk why everyone forgot about it
>>61219370
It's a shit list. Do you have nothing else to offer?
>>61219339
He is great.
>>61219386
don't worry a lot of other people on here haven't listened to any of those albums either, you don't need to pretend
just do your research instead i'll be here for you if you need any help
>>61219436
So where would a sung Tongs fan start
>>61219490
i couldn't tell you, i don't listen to animal collective
maybe sung tongs is the best freak folk album ever and i'll never know, but to claim it's the only good one is just a bit ludicrous
>>61219605
Thanks for the help
>>61219386
>asks for freak folk albums
>posts a big list of all the top albums in the genre
>THERE'S NO ANCO, THIS IS SHIT!
>>61218725
ngl there are some parts of humble cannons i think are genuinely great
Alice In Wonderland Syndrome is a great song
>>61218725
>>61218828
>>61219949
any recs similar to humble cannons? i really like With You and Gengar Cult off the new version
>>61219905
You do have to admit tho it is a terrible chart
Wikipedia lists this as freak folk, does that count?
>>61219964
Post a better one then
Freak folk is an objectively bad genre, as is AnCo being an objectively bad band
>>61219964
Not him, but
This is one of the best made charts possible.
>>61216851
My guess is that it's folk music mixed with noise and electronic elements and weird sounds. Sung Tongs, Here comes the indian and Feels are Animal Collective's most freak folk albums. However, folk music is not really a genre since "folk" just means that it's traditional music for a specific country. American folk sounds different than swedish or south african folk music for example. But the general consensus is that freak folk relies heavily on acoustic guitars, like american folk music and on native american (or other "nature cultures") elements like tribal drums and chants. "New weird America" is another genre that's close to freak folk.
AC is not the most prominent freak folk band since they havent done anything freak folky since Feels. Other more prominent artists are Le Loup, Devandra Banhart, Emperor X, Lord Huron, Hear Hums, Akron/Family, The Dodos, High Places and many others.
>>61219949
yessss that track is crazy... and somehow so poppy!
>>61219961
it seems to remind me a lot of Twin Fantasy by Car Seat Headrest at points
>>61220075
wow, they actually put some work into decorating that one.
Is early Prince Rama freak folk?
>>61220529
fuck
>>61220529
Yeah I would say they are. or psych/freak folk. I really think the genres freak folk and new weird america are hard to define though. I mean Devandra Banhart are considered to be some kinda father of the genre (according to some music journalists) but his stuff sounds nothing like Animal Collective or Hear Hums or The Dodos.
Has anyone heard Rusty Santos' albums? He's pretty obscure and hard to find though. He mixed and produced Sung Tongs and I would really say that he's the third member of AC on that album. That whole "thin" guitar sound on Sung Tongs is sorta his trademark. He's made a song called Nation that could just as well have been on Sung Tongs. I can't find anything on youtube though. But I guess his stuff is freak folk. Try to look him up if you got the chance.
>>61220744
Actually found it:
https://myspace.com/rustysantos/music/song/nation-22674061-22474253
>>61216936
ys lmao
>>61220817
more like ysn't
>>61216892
>AnCo are shit.
wew lad
is this proto-freak-folk?
>>61222873
forgot pic
>>61217145
>implying Exuma is hard to "digest"
fuck off
>LOOK GUISE I LISTEN TO REAL!!! FREAK FOLK!! NON OF THAT MAINSTREAM SHIT XDDD AMIRITE
>>61217145
>AnCo is basically a commercialized pop version
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh3o73dDuHc
ok pham
>>61222892
>>61222873
In what manner would that qualify?
Regardless, Incredible String Band predates it and is already freak folk.
This one is a CLASSIC
But to answer OPs question, a lot of folkers have no knowledge of music, thats why a lot of it sucks
>>61223214
Absolutely
ITT: People that don't know what freak-folk is, and don't seem to know what any correct genre is really.
