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...Feels” takes the listener through not only the band’s progression, but the fragmented histories of contemporary indie rock and pop, as the Collective expertly toes the thin line between experimentation and convention...
Even Avey Tare’s distinctive crooning, accompanied by the obligatory yelps and squeals, has attained a veteran pop sensibility that masks the Collective’s previously amorphous noise tendencies. “Grass” and “The Purple Bottle” continue this energetic romp through pop’s playground, as if to prove that this new tendency for foot-tapping hooks and beats is here to stay...
...clear metallic strumming, a spectral Avey Tare, and a palpable, wild ambience that floats in and out of the speakers, give rise to an entrancingly undomesticated pop song...
Animal Collective brings “Feels” full circle with “Turn Into Something,” a hook-laden pop melody that could have ended the Collective’s Brooklyn brethren Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s album if they too had gotten lost in the woods. With this appropriately titled ending, you’re forced to wonder, just what is Animal Collective becoming...
...Strawberry used to wear a way-old-school bonnet and dress never deterred the five-year-old-me from looking to her as my idol. Even the consistently classic Cabbage Patch form has diluted the name by adding on new products such as mini-Cabbage Patch “Pop Star” dolls, because “American Idol” is certainly fitting for a decidedly plump, dimpled kneed figure.My vastly growing 1980s children’s movies collection is sure to ensure that in the very distant future, my children will live warped little lives where they...