Merriweather Post Pavilion

the album cover is so damn trippy

More like a 3.5. Interesting and mostly pleasant, but not memorable or emotionally impactful.

This is my first time listening to Animal Collective.

These songs all sort of blurred together, and I didn't really enjoy it.

𝘔𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 feels like a glimpse of what pop music could sound like in an alternate universe — one where the Beatles kept recording into the 2000s and 2010s and fully embraced psychedelic electronics. The album is overflowing with color and movement: layered harmonies, looping patterns, warm synth swells, and rhythms that seem to stretch and fold around themselves. It’s experimental, but never alienating; joyful, but never shallow. The songs shimmer with this sense of ecstatic possibility, as if the whole record is in constant bloom. For me, it’s one of the rare albums where ambition and accessibility meet perfectly.

This is a little dull and I'm not a fan of the production, but points for OK melodies and trying something different. Also, nice album cover.

2.5/5.0: Mixed

i didnt love this but it wasnt bad. the album cover was trippy, i stared too long and ended up getting dizzy

Some good immersive sounds but the whole album is held together by reverb. Gets tiresome after half an hour and unfortunately I'm only half way through.

Individually some of the tracks weren't actually that bad.
But as a collection when I'm praying for it to be over then it can only be a 1 star.
I know why the Lion is in a coma.

Ethereal, angelic vocal harmonies that sometimes sound Beach Boy-esque. Listening to this album is like lying in a field of flowers on a breezy summer day. Favorite track: My Girls

sempre que alguém fala de pop psicodélico, eh isso aqui que eu penso!

barulheira eletrônica PICA, gostei demais. tinha um tempaço que não ouvia esse e foi uma ótima surpresa. se os beach boys fossem FRITADOS em eletrônica eh isso aí que seria. mto forte bão demais

Animal Collective! This is great, but I love, love, love their album Sung Tongs. It's more stripped back and less pop than this one.

Enjoyed a few songs on here, still isn’t my favorite sound by any stretch

There are some positive elements in this album. It does stay interesting enough I think. The singing is good and the experimental music in the background is good. It's just not my style of music. I might listen to some songs again, but not the whole album.

A few real gems interspersed throughout an overall challenging listen.

This feels like the soundtrack to a meaningless modern art installation video I started to write, aimlessly irritated by the noise. Continuing to listen I felt myself drawn in to the undulating sound. What on earth? It does feel like the soundtrack to an indie film but not in a bad way. At the end the listen was positive. Would I buy it? no, but enjoyed the ride.

It's a little to much for me to really enjoy, but it wasn't bad.

'If I could just leave my body for the night / Then we could be dancing.' B/c of the assumptions I had - that Animal Collective could only be enjoyed by all white cross country teams in the Northeast - it took some time for this record to grow on me, tho only about three mins into the opening track. Their most obvious pop-music analogy is The Beach Boys, and specifically Brain Wilson: the psychedelic silliness, the wholesomeness, the harmony. Contemporary affinities are w/ Fleet Foxes and The Flaming Lips, but they achieve something few other groups do: a brand new whiteness. For the length of an entire album, their novelty dwindles, but I have no plans to be insincere. I readily concede, and celebrate, that much of this is gorgeous.

I liked this. Not really sure how to describe it and it doesn't really have any staying power in my head, but I would listen to it again.

"Experimental Pop" should be the first red flag. The endless echoy reverb should be the second. If you're already ignoring those then you're own your own kid...

Я ніколи не любив Animal Collective, але так склалося що був на їхньому концерті у 2013 му році. Здається тоді з цього альбому щось грали. І концерт мені загалом сподобався, наживо все це якось цікавіше.

А студійно не дуже йде, я навіть сам не можу пояснити чому.

I feel like I listened to this in the past and didn't particularly like it, but I found it reasonably engaging listening this time around. A fairly strong three, close to a four.