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Animal Collective - Animal Crack Box
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It's tempting to say that Animal Crack Box is for Animal Collective diehards only. In one sense, it's true-- the 1,000 copies of this 3xLP set were likely snapped up by the most committed and in-the-know fans. But its musical appeal might seem limited too, at least at first glance. The set is closest in style to two of the band's earliest, strangest releases, records they made when they were bubbling under from basement electronic and noise circles: 2002's Hollinndagain, a free-form collage of loops, chants, and ambience grafted together from live performances, and 2003's Campfire Songs, eerie acoustic improvisations recorded on a rural Maryland porch and drenched in the sounds of rain, wind, and chirping birds. In short, this is Animal Collective at a time when their peers were Black Dice at their most avant-garde and bands on Load Records; a time when they were a largely experimental concern far away from the worlds of songs like "Fireworks" and "My Girls". But even at its roughest, this inventive collection always sounds like Animal Collective, in ways any fan will recognize. Many of the signature elements they continue to rely on-- soaring vocals, repetitive rhythms, childlike melodies, buzzing electronics, eerie acoustics-- are in full bloom here. And though the set consists of material from their infancy (2000-2003), it sounds less embryonic than lab-like, as if their musical nucleus was there from the start, and their task was not to build a core but rearrange those atoms into infinite mutations....full text |
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| Pastemagazine |
| Fusetron has the Animal Collective Animal Crack Box Set available now . It's $92 and it's a limit of one per customer, but even so, all 1000 of these will probably go damn fast. And remember the test-pressing of this that was ebayed for charity? Most people think that this listing with the final price of $2425 was the end of that story- but no. The high bidder on that actually couldn't pay, and Catsup Plate had to relist it. The final price [...]...full text |
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| Strangeglue |
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Remember when we wrote about Animal Collectives legendary crack-box of treats that was auctioned on E-bay back in March? (SG News HERE if not) Well the box has finally made it's way to a limited edition release (after years of rumours) and if you act quick enough, you could own one yourself. The box is limited to 1000 copies and there are absolutely no plans to give the box a general CD / downloadable release so this really is it ladies and gentlemen. You can click HERE to buy one but the site is currently overwhelmed with orders and so they're asking people to wait until tomorrow (thats if there's any left!). The box contains rare Animal Collective B-sides and live tracks from as early as 2000 and contains completely original artwork for the box-set itself. Needless to say we want one rather desperately....full text |
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