Song:Moonjock
Album:Centipede Hz
Animal Collective is an experimental rock band heavily influenced by Pink Floyd. I would describe them as neo psychedelic. Most of their success is as an album and touring band. They are from Baltimore. Noah "Panda Bear" Lennox and Josh "Deakin" Dibb have been friends since second grade. Dibb met David "Avey Tare" Portner and Brian "Geologist" Weitz in high school. They all played in different bands but they also jammed together at home. In 1997, they all went to college. Lennox and Dibb were in Boston. Portner and Weitz were in New York. They played together when they returned to Baltimore for the summer. They released an album in 2000 which is also when they started calling themselves Animal Collective. That's when they came up with the nicknames. And they also wore disguises on stage. They ditched that after a couple of years as too gimmicky. They released a few albums on their own label with FarCat distribution. They signed with Domino for the 2007 album Strawberry Jam. That was the first album that got rave reviews from Pitchfork and others. That was followed by the 2009 album Merriweather Post Pavillion. They appeared on Late Night with David Letterman. It's their most successful album to date. Moonjock is from the 2012 follow up album Centipede Hz. Animal Collective still records and tours. They also perform experimental visual arts. So if you are interested in avant garde rock, Animal Collective may be for you. Here's Animal Collective performing Moonjock at T5 in New York City 2013.
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