Fireworks is just magic Sung Tongs is maybe my favorite, but their EP “Prospect Hummer” is one of the best things a person can listen to. Immediately peace inducing. Highly recommend diving into their EP’s.
You also need to listen to Safer, which is the b-side to Peace Bone, but should have been the best song on the album. I also highly recommend the Water Curses EP that was released between SJ and MPP.
I thought for years that Safer was the closer to Strawberry Jam because that’s how it used to be listed on Spotify, I agree it would have been the best track on this album.
anco is just one of those bands that has a completely different style each album, I highly recommend their albums Feels, its my personal favorite. And a non anco record you should absolutely listen to is Quelle Chris's Innocent Country 2
If I remember correctly, the album name came from panda getting strawberry jam on a flight and telling Avey he wanted to make an album that sounds how strawberry jam tastes.....or something like that.
AC is the sort of music I really fell i love with on my own, walking my dog or riding the bus to school or work. Maybe a little high when walking my dog. In any case its really something I associate with liminal spaces, going from one "place" to another
I think you would really enjoy their album Feels, my second favorite after this one. It's a bit more chill and takes you to an entirely different place, it's very ethereal. Love your reactions!
what the fuck i was literally just about to search for strawberry jam reactions cuz i was listening to it this morning and then this popped up in my recommended. check out feels next, that album is life changing (on shrooms)
Fun fact: If you've ever seen the [Woman Vocalizing] [Man Speaking Backwards] meme , that's Animal Collective playing Number One on Conan O'Brien. Also: lol they played Number One on TV. The next Animal Collective thing you should check out is their visual album/Horror movie ODDSAC, which is free on RU-vid. They've always been heavy on the visuals to the point where the movie's the only way to hear the album.
Love this album so much. It's like the thoughts that went through my head when I was 6 and sugar high, alone in the backseat, caught in existentialist thought loops
"Cuckoo, Cuckoo" is about the miscarriage of what would have been Avey Tare's first son. ("How I lost my boy") Also, there are three people who sing in Animal Collective, primarily Avey Tare (the screamy guy) and Panda Bear (the more Brian Wilson guy.) "Cuckoo, Cuckoo" is an Avey Tare song, whereas the next song, "Derek," about failing to take care of a dog in one's 20s and being worried about being a new father, is a Panda Bear song. He's not anxious about having a new dog, he's anxious about having a daughter!
I remember listening to this on LSD and watching the cover appear to actually melt in front of me. Of course it was beautiful but I actually picked on on the gruesome aspect of it as well.
Where did u get this miscarriage info from lol. The only thing ive heard about the source of the album title was Panda eating Strawberry Jam on a plane and they wanted the music to be as sweet and synthetic
Lol when they were promoting this album on Conan of all songs they chose to play #1 which I never understood. Very AnCo move tho. If you listen to any more AnCo I’d probably say check out Feels or Sung Tongs ✌️
You should listen to some of the classics like The Beatles, Dylan, Cohen, Bowie, Lou Reed, The Kinks, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, The Stooges, The Clash, Ramones, etc. Btw I love your reviews!
spirit they're gone > feels > sung tongs > strawberry jam > here comes the indian > campfire songs > merriweather post pavilion > danse manatee > centipede hz > time skiffs > painting with
amazing review man!! a good recommendation for this album is the song street flash by the band on their water curses ep which they recorded during this era!
Thanks for your content, it's very pleasant to watch as your energy and vibe seem so authentic, open minded and relaxed. Also love how you approach music in general. Found your channel through The Cure's Disintegration album review, for me it's one of the most perfect albums with such a unique, mood and atmosphere throughout the whole album, not to mention the amazing quality of production and song writing. Trust me, it gets even better with some more listening times.. Much love brother
A song like #1 is almost meant to not even read the lyrics to that because when I heard it the sound was like eerie nostalgia and pretty beautiful but reading the lyrics while I listen gives me too much context almost
Hey great analysis and thoughts. Super hard hitting and cathartic album. This album is viewed by the band as their least favorite to make. I'd strongly recommend checking out the EP Water Curses and the epic B-side Safer. They are songs from the same batch of material as SJ and really worth listening to to get the whole picture of the SJ era
Loving these reaction videos, so much nostalgia for me! Here are some recommendations of albums I was absolutely in love with when I was around your age. Blond Redhead - La Mia Vita Violenta, Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand, Built to Spill - There's Nothing Wrong With Love, Cocteau Twins - Treasure, Yo La Tengo - Painful, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Etiquette, I should stop there, could go on & on.
Definitely my favorite Animal Collective album, Cuckoo is probably my favorite, but it makes me cry at this point, so I don't listen to it much. This is just one of those albums I can listen to anytime, could live without track 2 - Unsolved mysteries and track 6 - #1, but all of the other songs are simply a part of my soul.
thank you blessed smag so on unsolved mysteries the jack the ripper thing is kind of about the little kid from the start growing up to be a murderer. #1 is kind of about divorce
check out mezmerize by system of a down, if ya like catchy guitar riffs you'll love this album, or the lamb of effigy by Sprain. two incredible albums both VERY different
I'm so sorry you had to start with MPP. That's their second least good album. You really bit your balls pausing between songs. Plus, you hear a song say it's not the words that you should follow, and then you try interpret the lyrics.
