Merriweather Post Pavilion

I was completely blindsided by this. I'm the right age, and the right scene for this, but I guess from the wrong country. I had no idea who these guys were or what they'd been doing.
I really like the vibe of this, but honestly the album is likely 10-15 minutes longer than it needed to be, and I'm not too sure about longevity.

Good, but strange?

Part Polyphinic Spree, part Arcade Fire.

GOATED. One of the greatest indie rock albums ever and a pure 10/10.

I want to hate this album. My Girls is a fine single but I'm pretty toasted on it by having to live through college with it. This album feels very self important and up its own ass.

A weird one. Lots of random noise I really didnt like

But then a few of the songs I quite enjoyed. Can't rate it too high though because of the random noises, which is a shame

3 ⭐️

Couldn't make it through this trash. I don't have time for this kind of shit. I could be listening to literally anything else.

After having read a lot of the reviews by professional critics, I'm left wondering what "pop" music is, since this was considered some transformational experimental pop album. Zero catchy melodies, droning overstuffed instrumentation, and virtually monotone singing...this is pop? It's more appropriately described as semi-coherent noise; barely recognizable as music

Fuck this album.

1.5

Jesus, when the first song kicks in... grimace. This is way too much. I fully expected this to be released in like 2020 something, as it feels like the kind of music I'm too old and out of touch to understand. I mean, I definitely am too old, the album cover alone is giving me a headache. But the music just doesn't make sense to me. I don't think it's clever to have random noises and time-signatures that make it feel completely disjointed. I don't understand it. I just don't understand!

I want to round this up to 2 just so I don't have to look at this stupid album cover again on my user summary page, but I'm just too much of a professional dammit.

A nice mix of Beach Boys harmonies and electronica that shouldn't work but really does.

Just not sure if I’m fully ready for this. Some great melodies in there.

3/5

Argh, illusory motion of the artwork keeps messing with my head, haha!

As for the album, it's good - some parts pop, other parts pretty out there, maybe you need to be high to fully appreciate it.

It definitely makes me feel a certain way so I guess it succeeds at being art. Unfortunately it makes me feel irritated and I do not enjoy it. 1.81 average per track.

Never really gave Animal collective much of a listen before this. This album really ticks a lot of boxes for me in terms of style its experimental nature and psychedelic influences. Really enjoyed it and one I’ll come back to more frequently.

I've tried to get into this album many times, but its still a bit of a head scratcher. I think My Girls is a fantastic song, and there are a few other great ones, but for the most part it doesn't really move me.

The more time that passes between now and that what was once Animal Collective, the more convinced I become that this is drug music. Not that you have to take drugs or that you should to appreciate this, but that the music is like…“hey drugs!” Is this the kind of semi-surreal stuff that flows through the average tripping brain? Anyway, the music is pretty catchy and experimental overall, and though it’s a bit disjointed in spots, overall it holds together.

Never heard of Animal Collective before. This music is classed as "experimental pop". These guys should experiment with shutting the fuck up. These idiots must love recording in caves. The reverb on the music is fucking crazy. It muddles everything together, and renders it all just noisy garbage. They also have reverb turned way up on the vocals, which makes you feel like you're in a crowded store with hundreds of people talking at the same time: It's hard to isolate one conversation. In the same way, I can't understand what he's saying. What a fucking awful album.

I was going to say that this is the worst album to date, but Robert Wyatt takes that cake. This is a close second though. I'd take that screaming German band (Einsturzende Neubauten) over this horseshit any day.

This was just noise for the purposes of making noise. No musical talent found. Just three asshats who can push buttons on computers and synths. Fuck this album, and whoever thought this should grace a list like this should have their head examined. Artsy, hipster shit. No redeeming qualities. Really dumb album cover. I'm not on enough psychadelics for this album.

Favourite song: Summertime Clothes? It's all utter garbage, but that may be the most tolerable? To be honest it all ran together into one big dumpster fire.

Least favourite songs: this whole piece of shit album.

1/5

Boring

Good

Animal Collective...a band that I typically feel I should like more than I do. Long time indie media darlings, MPP was the first album that I even remotely liked, but still felt it was much too over rated. Unfortunately this was also the last MPP album I have really enjoyed. 4/5

overrated, nothing special