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holy shit
>>63916463
Yeah it was pretty good. Felt like 2005-07 AnCo x Julia Holter or something
Apparently Deak was the most talented member of AnCo the whole time
>>63916463
i know, it's hard to believe something could be so bad
but then again he's in animal collective
ALL MY LIFE
I HAVE TRAVELED IN MEMES
>>63916529
Really makes you rethink how much Deak contributed to HCTI, Feels and Strawberry Jam, huh?
>>63916677
>contrarian opinion
XD
>>63916733
I actually am not sure what Deak did on HCTI
I think he mainly messed with the effects along with Geo
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE POST AN OFFICIAL BANDCAMP DOWNLOAD THAT ISNT FLAC THOUGH
the original "320" rip is poop
liek dis if you creid!!!
>>63917068
Why don't you just buy it and support Freaky Deaky?
>>63916723
fuck
>>63917068
...why the fuck don't you just convert flac to mp3 family
>it took him 7 years to put out a middle of the road 4 track (with 2 instrumental interludes) EP
OH AM I LAFFIN
>>63917130
It's a bigger accomplishment than you will have in your entire life
>>63917119
I dont have the software to do that. Why are you so mad about a pretty normal request?
>>63917055
geetar m8
>>63917148
I've fucked over 100 girls in my life.
I'm already ahead of 99% of the male population.
>>63917153
nigger download flac to mp3. it's free and is a tiny ass program
>>63917068
https://mega.nz/#!nttnEALa!c0oh0qkS9wgtK9wkQcYRdWlSbKfKBUOtm-0yxqKvkkM
Support him when you can
>>63917163
No, Avey said on CA way back when that he played all the guitar parts on that particular album
>>63917189
my bad it's called flacsquisher
>>63917198
You're awesome, thank you! Good karma to you and your loved ones.
>>63917199
Oh, well then yeah, he probably twiddled knobs and screamed and shit
>>63917228
>good karma to you
Hello, reddit!
>>63917258
>using a tripcode
Reddit has arrived!
>>63917186
Even if that were true it's not as big an accomplishment
>>63917258
maybe he's just Buddhist m8
>>63917269
>releasing a shitty meme EP
>fucking 100 girls
hmmm, i'll think i'll stick with my situation desu mate
A good friend of mine claims she fucked Deakin.
Tall guy, so she was instantly attracted + the whole being in AnCo thing
>>63917403
>tall guy
But he's like ayy lmao tall.
I went into the album ready to get my meme on. You know what I'm talking about, "give her the deak" and all that.
But I was seriously impressed. Easily the best Animal Collective release since MPP. I always doubted the madman, and figured he was just an idiot who occasionally played some guitar when Avey was too busy playing keyboard.
The album isn't flawless, but it feels like the direction that AnCo should have taken these past few years. Painting With was a disappointment sonically; the songwriting was passable, but the whacky and mind-melting walls of sound that we've come to expect from AnCo just wasn't there. Instead, it's very present with Deak's first album. As others have mentioned, it makes you wonder just how much creative input he provided to Feels and Strawberry Jam.
Now we all wait for Geo's solo album and see how it stacks up against the other three.
>>63917403
Has she told you how big his deak is? Tell us.
>>63917432
Geo will be goat if he ever does a solo album. I just know it
>>63917440
Longer-ish in length but below average in girth. Nothing wrong with it though
>>63917490
It would probably just be 40 minutes of distorted piss samples or something.
The wankfest over this fucking EP is extremely disappointing and disgusting. It's good. It's not "the best thing since MPP" though, you guys are soooo fucking delusional holy shit.
>>63917543
If this isn't the best AnCo related release since MPP, what is?
>>63917538
What makes you say that? Geo is the foundation of a large part of AnCo's sound. He could pull off something great.
>>63917543
It's hype you idiot. Did you miss when people were comparing PW to Pet Sounds?
>>63917432
IT'S NOT A FUCKING ALBUM. It's a god damned EP, it lasts for like 20 minutes bro!
Also, no, this isn't the "direction Animal Collection" should have gone. They've never been about developing on previous sounds, they've always been about moving on to something completely different which they've done with EVERY ALBUM. Hating Painting With because it isn't Feels or HCTI or Strawberry Jam is beyond fucking retarded. If you want the style of those albums, go listen to those albums man!
They did plenty of watery, ambient, abstract stuff within Oddsac and Transverse Temporal Gyrus and the KEEP EP and Gotham/Crimson split and even in Centipede Hz. You guys act like Animal Collective has literally released NOTHING good within the past 8 years and it's fucking annoying.
>>63917584
tomboy or fall be kind
>>63917543
People said the exact same thing about PW. Just wait for the p4k pan and everyone will be too embarrassed to talk about it anymore. Just like PW.
>>63917603
Bro relax this is just a hawaiian knitting shoutbox.
>>63917586
I know it's hype, that's the thing. People are giving in to the hype and literally believing this is the best fucking thing to grace Animal Collective since Merriweather.
>>63917584
Honestly to me, Painting With. Even parts of Centipede Hz.
This six song EP with TWO FILLER TRACKS OF HALF BAKED AMBIENT does NOT trump Fall Be Kind, ODDSAC, Transverse Temporal Gyrus, Down There, Tomboy, Panda Bear VS Grim Reaper, the Keep EP or EVEN Painting With.
There is literally one or two good songs on the album, the others are fairly bland and forgettable. The first two tracks are great and it falls off heavily from that point on. I understand if you like HCTI and the effects used on it and the atmosphere it created, and yes, it is nice to hear on Sleep Cycle some more drone/ambient tracks. However, they're NOT better than anything on ODDSAC or TTG. I have a very strong feeling a lot of the people acting like this is the best shit to hit since MPP haven't listened to ANYTHING aside from CHz and Painting With. There is SO much more that has happened between those two releases.
>>63917678
You know, acting out contrary to hype is just as bad as falling for it. Those 4 tracks are all good
>>63917652
Well then fuck /mu/ and it's collective hivemind. I am so tired of people panning Animal Collectives whole discography in the last 8 years as shit because Deakin released one solo EP. It's disgusting. Even HE thinks so.
>>63917678
>>This six song EP with TWO FILLER TRACKS OF HALF BAKED AMBIENT
Thank you for being the only other fucking person on the board he correctly identifies this
>>63917704
I'm not being "contrarian". I've listened to this EP every day since it's come out. Does that mean it's the greatest thing to grace my presence since MPP? Fuck no. It's just something new from an Animal Collective member that I slightly enjoy. Golden Chords played for me on repeat today about 6 times. It's a fantastic song. However, no, not all "4" tracks are good. And if you're already so willing to write off Shadow mine and Seed Song that just further proves my point. It has potential, and I am excited to see what Deakin can do, but holy shit stop treating this EP like it's the second coming of Christ.
RANKINGS
>Best
Good House
>Good
Just Am
Golden Chords
>Not Good
Footy
>Useless Filler
Shadow Mine
Seed Song
>>63917787
I really don't find Good House interesting in any way what so ever. Golden Chords is god tier and Just Am is pretty ok. The rest is meh.
>>63917787
>>Not Good
>Footy
>>63917787
>ALL MY LIFE I HAVE TRAVELED IN MEMES
>Not Good
>when Good House comes on
>Best
Golden Chords
Footy
>Good
Just Am
Good House
>Nice Filler
Shadow Mine
Useless Filler
>Seed Song
>>63917787
>Footy
>not good
>>63917763
Yes, all 4 tracks are good imo. Your opinions are almost exactly contrary than /mu/'s current opinion. People like you are always around when an album is released. You're simply the other side of the hype coin. I like seed song and shadow mine btw, but they aren't as good as the rest of the ep
>>63917901
People like me who are genuinely expressing the fact that you guys are completely riding off of hype and in a months time will realize it's a pretty mediocre album? You mean sensible people who actually listen to the music they're being presented?
>Best
Good House
Footy
>Good
Just Am
Seed Song
>Eh
Golden Chords
>It's a transition track
Shadow Mine
>>63917901
>>63917830
>>63917833
It's just loud and not that melodically interesting, aka it's like Here Comes the Indian
GUYS IS TACKING ON COUNTRY REPORT AS TRACK 7 (UNDER SLEEP CYCLE WITH THE ALBUM ART, ETC.) OK???
I don't like having random songs without an album affiliated with, I think its ok??? Plus its only 6 tracks this album it can afford to add some more friends?
>>63917959
It's not a fucking album if it's 20 minutes long. It's a fucking EP you plebs.
>>63917959
no
if he wanted it on the the album it would be on the album
>>63917974
You realize it's a bit over a half hour, right? It's more like a mini-album
>>63918000
It's 33 minutes. It's not a full album.
>>63918027
Yeah, MINI-album
>>63918000
>mini-album
IT'S FOUR FUCKING TRACKS
IT'S AN EP YOU DIP
>>63918056
Dude, it's an EP. I'm not counting Shadowmine or Seed Song. They certainly aren't songs and even as "transitions" they're poor ones.
Like I said, Deakin has potential, but he has a LOT to work on. But whatever, keep thinking this is the greatest thing to come out this year. It will only make you look like a tool.
I'm sorry Deakin, they're driving me mad with this shit. Good efforts, you have a lot of potential, but this is not worth the praise it's been receiving. By any means. It's good, sure, but it's not the greatest fucking thing to be released since MPP or SJ. By any means.
I'm sure even Deakin would disagree with those statements.
Does Just Am remind anybody else of the Flaming Lips?
>>63918068
It's six tracks you fuckwit. Just because you don't like two of them doesn't make them disappear or something
>>63918096
Not to mention, the production could be a hell of a lot better. It's uber compressed and it causes fuzziness on pretty much every aspect of every song.
>>63918103
Shadow Mine is an interlude
"Seed Song" is an intro to Good House
>>63918103
Shadow Mine and Seed Song aren't songs though, they're ambient transitions to the songs following them. Just because he split them apart from the songs before doesn't mean they're new songs. I guarantee he did that to fool people like you into thinking they were worth their own tracks (they weren't) and to make his "album" seem longer.
I mean, we waited six years for THIS? Seriously guys. You're delusional as fuck.
>>63917309
lol
>>63917309
>>63917309
>>63917309
>women as accomplishment
society has tricked you my friend.
I'm not a huge AnCo fan, I think they have some great albums (STGSTV, MPP) and some also great solo efforts (Person Pitch), but I still really dug this album. I wasnt aware that people were waiting 6 years for this so I dont really give a fuck about the length. Every song (minus the ambient interludes) shits all over Painting With and imo this is the best anco release since MPP.
>>63918096
>I'm not counting
It doesn't matter what you think. There are six tracks for christ's sake. I don't even think that it's "the best thing since MPP" or whatever, but jesus christ, you can't dictate which tracks count and which don't.
It's a good album/ep/mini album/whatever, it's being overhyped, as every release from a popular band or it's affiliated acts is. But don't get high and mighty because you can "see through the hype". This is all subjective opinion.
>>63918131
>>63918154
song =/= track. Do you really think he's trying to "fool" people? That's ridiculous.
Let's stop arguing whether it's an ep or an album since that doesn't actually matter and instead explain why the music is or isn't good
>>63917678
painting with is literally boing sounds: the album
>>63918269
this
>>63918154
>I guarantee he did that to fool people like you into thinking they were worth their own tracks (they weren't) and to make his "album" seem longer.
He himself calls it an EP you fucktard
>>63918269
not gonna lie panda had wayy to much influence on painting with, it sounded like a grim reaper rehash plus geo and avey
>>63918225
I don't like it because a lot of the songs don't go anywhere and they use the same rehased effects we've heard from Feels and other albums. They're bland, the production isn't up to par for what I know he can do and his singing just isn't that great. On Golden Chords his voice is angelic and then the rest of the album it's like someone entirely different is singing. The songs are loud as fuck and have tons of compression, and in general the songwriting isn't that great on anything but Golden Chords and Just Am.
>>63918269
>boring sounds
>some of the most interesting and innovative sounds they've ever used
okay bud. literally every song on Painting With has its own texture, and it's not the same old "watery" texture you guys are so obsessed with.
im a huge fan of hcti and dig the noise/samples and distorted guitar. and the drums on footy. neither transition track is bad. 9/10 this album is very catchy and will be replayable down the road where painting with failed.
>>63918648
I think he meant the onomatopoeia boing
>>63918648
he said boing, not boring
Anyone else respect Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reeper less when Panda Bear went full retard with that style on Painting With and ruined AnCo?
>>63918648
>every song on pw has its own texture
Do you have any idea what youre talking about? What the fuck is a "texture" to you exactly? The timbre on every baseline and synth is basically the same, except for a few songs.
>>63919585
Never liked the album on the first place, he has like 10 minutes of musical ideas stretched to a 50 minute album.
>>63917258
>shitposting
Hello, newtrip!
>>63916463
listening to it atm, its way better than i expected.
>>63918225
it's an album dude. it's been officially called an album by Deakin and AnCo. it's not even the shortest AnCo album (Young Prayer, 28 min). It's the same length as Down There and no one calls that an EP
>>63920526
its an EP
down there has 9 songs
this has 4
>>63917543
You're right. Its the best thing since Fall Be Kind
>>63920526
I'd personally call it a minialbum, but Deakin himself has called it an EP
>>63917867
This
lil yachty is better
>>63920574
Campfire Songs only has 5 songs
HCTI and Hollindagain have 7 songs
There are plenty of albums during the vinyl era that only had ~30 mins of music
GOAT
>>63917153
Its free and available nearly instantly on the internet
>>63916529
Animal Collective and Julia Holter would be a wonderful collaboration.
>>63917055
He sings the hook in the opener too
>>63917652
There's a really solid chance it will get bnm
>>63917269
Accumplishment. Damn gotcha
GOAT
i like goats
>>63918131
do you know what a track is?
person pitch + down there
Is he planning on releasing it physically ever?
I tried to look this up but couldn't find anything, I'm weird about buying digital but I will for deakin if I have to.
>>63917432
Danse Manatee is pretty much Geo's solo album
>>63926314
You could probably ask him on twitter
>>63917502
How tall is Deakin anyway, I might be more similar to him than I thought.
>>63926314
Physical copies are only available for the kickstarter backers that pledged at that level. You'll only be able to buy them secondhand.
>>63926442
I wish I wasn't so weird about buying digital.
I would even buy a shirt of the album to support him, I just can't get myself to buy digital since it's just a donation.
He probably could make more money off this if he decided to have a run of cassettes or something.
>>63917935
Maybe people have different tastes anon. I'm not a fan of Painting or Centipede. I wouldn't say this is better than the other member's solo work because it's just an EP, but I also didn't like Panda Bear vs Grim Reaper.
I can say that this EP is my favorite release since MPP, yes. Stylistically I much prefer this than what AnCo has come out as of let, but keep in mind my favorite releases are Feels and Sung Tongs.
But yeah
>>63926706
AOTY so far. Deeply moving and immersive.
Just think about how "flat" Painting With Panda meets the Grim Reaper and CHz sounded. That is because of overcompression, there is not a sense of intricate textures , dynamics and space, which is what makes ANCo great.
Compare that to MPP which has real depth, shimmering sounds echoing within a watery cavern.
Sleep Cycles also has great atmosphere and you can hear he took his time producing dynamics in Footy for example, which hearkens back to HCTI. Also listen to Seed Song, it has those swampy synths which make up the sound pallete of PW, but they are allowed more room to breathe
>>63927245
I feel Seed Song is underrated as fuck. That song is very atmospheric and beautiful and really sets the tone to Good House
>>63917623
Yeah, people forget about FBK when it's in fact the best thing they've ever made.
I'd say it's the best AnCo material since Oddsac.
Just sent him fifteen Brit bucks. It only seems fair since that's what I paid for PW on vinyl.
Daily reminder this fucking faggot scammed thousands of fans out of their money (some who will never get it back) and took 7 years to put out a medicore 4 track EP
And now he's a good guy? Fuck off
>>63929291
You fuck off. You have said nothing nobody else hasn't already. What made you think that was a worthwhile thing to post? He didn't scam anybody.
>>63929291
>some who will never get it back
why the fuck would anybody expect to get their money back from a kickstarter where the guy followed through and delivered what he said he would you retard
>>63917887
Eh, I actually agree with that. Golden Chords is the best track. The intro to Footy doesn't do it for me, but when it gets going is amazing.
>>63917186
lmao holy shit
>>63917186
And I work for Nintendo
>>63917432
>The album isn't flawless, but it feels like the direction that AnCo should have taken these past few years.
This is a sensible opinion. It's not top tier AnCo, but it's certainly better than they've been doing as a group.
>>63917309
>>63917186
>>63917130
spot the 13 year old
>>63917603
>IT'S NOT A FUCKING ALBUM.
I really hate to break it to you, but there's no objective distinction between album and EP. It's just a spectrum bro.
Just listened to it for the first time
>Golden Chords is better than I expected from skimming it when I was tagging the album. It sounded like a shittier In The Flowers to me then but is actually really good.
>Just Am is pretty meh
>Shadow Mine is Shadow Mine
>Footy is fucking insane and he needs to do more with HCtI-esque ethereal walls of sound
>Seed Song is good for what it is
>Good House isn't as good as the version on Malian Routes and is pretty average and uninteresting. I was excited when I first saw the tracklist because I got it confused with Take A Walk With you which would've been a GOAT closer, but instead what I got was fairly underwhelming.
Overall pretty good, doesn't sound much like an AnCo project at all to me though with the exception of maybe Footy.
Footy > Golden Chords > Seed Song > Good House > Just Am > Shadow Mine
/blogpost
>>63930978
Yes there is, actually. You're apparently unaware of the fact that in the days of records, anything with two sides that couldn't hold more than 25 minutes of music was considered an "extended play" or EP. Albums, also called "LP"s or Long Plays were on much bigger vinyl which could retain more information and thus each side could hold upwards of 22 minutes of music, granting them the term LP. Albums were widely accepted as LPs becasue it allowed for more music, more tracks, and a longer listening experience.
>>63932864
you sound like such a douche
old physical restrictions are hardly relevant, just go by what the artist calls the project
if it was written as an album then its an album, if it's written as an ep then it's an ep
>>63929940
>followed through and delivered what he said he would
>a 6 song EP 7 years later
>when he originally promised an album "soon"
The damage control is so heavy here.
>>63919784
Yes, I have plenty of idea what I'm talking about. Do you? I meant to say sound, not song. My bad. Every sound on the album has its own texture is what I meant to say. It wouldnt make sense for an entire song to have a texture of its own.
>>63932923
>focusing on a minor point largely irrelevant to the end product
The nitpicking is so heavy here.
>>63920752
Campfire songs is also about 40 minutes long. Here Comes the Indian and Hollindagain, again are over 40 minutes long.
Your argument is a flaccid failure.
Generally by todays standards the average album length is 40+ minutes. 22 minutes of music does not constitute an album. It's HALF the length of a fucking full album man.
>>63932923
the kickstarter was originally for a tour and picture book, then a few days after it started they decided instead for it to be donated to a charity and deakin payed for the tour out of his own pocket
the ep has almost nothing to do with that
and he also payed for all of the ep with his own money
>>63932966
I'm just sick of people calling it an album, when it isn't, nor is it "album of the year" material. By any means. There's a reason it has a 4.6 rating on Rate Your Music and that's because it's pretty underwhelming. Especially after receiving 25+ thousand dollars in donations and taking SEVEN FUCKING YEARS TO MAKE.
Suck Deakin's dick some more guys.
>>63932918
I am such a douche. If it was written as an album, maybe he should have taken more care to mix it better, learn to sing better, had more cohesive themes and ideas behind it, and not made TWO OF THE TRACKS fucking repetitious ambient tracks.
I like the EP, trust me. I paid 12 dollars for it. But you guys are beginning to make me feel resentment for its release by hyping it up so god damned much. Eat a dick. Literally anyone who likes this album is panning everything AnCo has done in the last 5-6 years because OH MY GOD OUR SAVIOR DEAKIN RELEASED HIS "ALBUM"
It's beginning to make me think Deakin fans are the worst kind of Animal Collective fans. Seriously. To sit there and pan everything else AnCo has worked on just because Deakin released an album you like is such utter bullshit.
>>63933019
4.6 is an amazing score
>>63933087
Oh, I thought they went off a 10 point scale.
Well I guess I love it then! It's such an amazing album! God damn, ALBUM OF THE YEAR GUYS!
>>63933073
that was my only post in this thread lul
can you post a pic of yrself
i wanna know what a person like you looks like irl
>>63933113
good to hear
http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/1091-why-animal-collectives-deakin-took-7-years-to-make-his-kickstarter-funded-album/
>>63933126
>>63933129
just hope you guys realize you're severely overrating this album and it's going to cause it to crash and burn very quickly.
>>63933073
>Literally anyone who likes this album is panning everything AnCo
I just want you to read your posts back to yourself and realize how petty you're being.
People are liking something more than you are liking something, that's it anon.
I would like to add that a lot of AnCo fans have been dissatisfied with their releases since Centipede, so it isn't surprising they are liking an album/ep that is more similar to their older works.
Though I agree a lot of it is probably hype for most people, but the style is more akin to my favorite albums from them so I love it.
last three tracks own
pleasant listen
>>63933155
gosh he seems so nice
deakin if you're reading this i want to tell you that i'm proud of you
