Animal Collective's latest effort is a pop album seriously bent on the atmosphere of a bustling natural world. Here, vocals most often resemble whale songs, while whirs and clicks, the layering of synths and machine-sound samples, evoke crumbling concrete empires. Pulling its name -- and I'm sure a healthy dose of inspiration -- from an outdoor venue in the group's native Maryland, this record hits the pop high notes of California sunshine while paying homage to the cacophony of true silence: breathing, photosynthesis, the nervous rustling of dust, and the Earth's inevitable rotation.
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Me said on Jan. 18, 2009 at 10:45pm
I have always taken Animal Collective's work with a grain of salt, I've always enjoyed it but never found an album I could listen to all the way through. That being said, Merriweather Post Pavilion is an incredible pop album; stripped down to its essential that's what it is, even though I'm sure some would disagree. I feel that if the Beatles were around today they would produce an album of similar attack and pop sensibility.
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