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Animal Collective is an experimental rock band founded in Baltimore in 2000. Its lineup consists of Avey Tare (David Porter), Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), Deakin (Josh Dibb) and Geologist (Brian Weitz), who have known each other since childhood and began to experiment with mind-altering drugs and psychedelic music in high school.

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Animal Collective '''Animal Collective'' is an experimental rock band founded in Baltimore in 2000. Its lineup consists of Avey Tare (David Porter), Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), Deakin (Josh Dibb) and Geologist (Brian Weitz), who have known each other since childhood and began to experiment with mind-altering drugs and psychedelic music in high school.
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* ArchivePanic: As of 2013, in only 13 years of existence, the group had already released 9 studio albums, 6 EPs, 11 singles (often with exclusive B-sides), 2 live albums composed mostly of original material, and the visual album ODDSAC. And that's not even counting all of the member's side projects, live songs that never made it on an album or compilation, and collaborations with other artists.

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* ArchivePanic: As of 2013, in only 13 years of existence, the group had already released 9 studio albums, 6 EPs, 11 singles (often with exclusive B-sides), 2 live albums composed mostly of original material, and the visual album ODDSAC. And that's not even counting all of the member's side projects, live songs that never made it on an album or compilation, and collaborations with other artists. And to add to the confusion, absolutely none of their albums sound even remotely the same.
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* ArchivePanic: As of 2013, in only 13 years of existence, the group had already released 9 studio albums, 6 EPs, 11 singles (often with exclusive B-sides), 2 live albums composed mostly of original material, and the visual album ODDSAC. And that's not even counting all of the member's side projects, live songs that never made it on an album or compilation, and collaborations with other artists.
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* WordSaladLyricsWordSaladLyrics: Avey Tare has described the lyrics of "Peacebone" as not being so much about a particular meaning but more "blending together visual images". In general, most of their lyrics seem to be more about the imagery or conveying certain feelings than making sense as a narrative.
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* BrokenRecord: "Brother Sport" from ''Merriweather Post Pavillion'' is probably the most extreme example of this, as EVERY section of the song consists of this but overall, heavy repetition of some phrase(s) is quite a defining characteristic of their songwriting. Other notable examples include just about any song from ''Merriweather Post Pavilion'', "We Tigers" from ''Sung Tongs'', "For Reverend Green" and "Chores" from ''Strawberry Jam'', ''What Would I Want? Sky'', and many others.
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* BadassBeard: Geologist has sported one for almost the entire duration of the band, so far.


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* CoverVersion: They've occasionally done this in live performances, most notably in Purple Bottle, with some live performances featuring both "I Bid You Goodnight" by The Grateful Dead as an introduction and "I Just Called To Say I Love You" by StevieWonder as a bridge.
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* LiveAlbum: ''Hollinndagain'', unusual in that it contains only material that hasn't appeared on other albums, with the exception of "Lackadaisy Dress" from ''Danse Manatee''.

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* LiveAlbum: ''Hollinndagain'', unusual in that it contains only material that hasn't appeared on other albums, with the exception of "Lackadaisy "Lablakely Dress" from ''Danse Manatee''.
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* LiveAlbum: ''Hollinndagain'', unusual in that it contains only material that hasn't appeared on other albums, with the exception of "Lackadaisy Dress" from ''Danse Manatee''.
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* MelismaticVocals: "Leaf House" from their album ''Sung Tongs'' could be considered a particularly strange example of this.
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* {{Sampling}}: Most notably on What Would I Want? Sky, which samples "Unbroken Chain" by The Grateful Dead - "Willow sky/Woah, I walk and wonder why" becomes the eponymous phrase after some smart cutting-up, but there are also several other instances in their discography.
** Panda Bear's "Person Pitch", the most successful solo record by any member of the band, is heavily based on sampling as well.
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* [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs What Do You Mean, It Wasn't Made On Drugs?]]: Their early music definitely was.
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** Most of "For Reverend Green" is in 7/4[[hottip:*:Or 14/8]], though the drum beat hangs on 2/4.

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** Most of "For Reverend Green" is in 7/4[[hottip:*:Or 14/8]], 7/4[[note]]Or 14/8[[/note]], though the drum beat hangs on 2/4.
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** ODDSAC is essentially 55 minutes of this.
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** [[www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR6dngRhr5Q She ran out of nature...she ran out of naTEEYA!]]

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** [[www.[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR6dngRhr5Q She ran out of nature...she ran out of naTEEYA!]]
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** [[www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR6dngRhr5Q She ran out of nature...she ran out of naTEEYA!]]
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** No More Running from Merriweather Post Pavillion definitely counts as this, bringing the album to its most subdued point, right before Brother Sport closes it.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: "Guys Eyes" from ''Merriweather Post Pavillion''

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* AlbumFiller: "Daffy Duck" from ''Feels'' and most of ''Danse Manatee'' are considered by some fans to be this.



* FadingIntoTheNextSong: Their song "Graze" fades into "What Would I Want? Sky" off their ''Fall Be Kind'' EP, half of everything on ''Meriweather Post Pavilion'' fades into the next song, and "Winter Wonderland" fades into "Cuckoo Cuckoo" on ''Strawberry Jam.'' Actually, they're just fond of this trope in general.

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* FadingIntoTheNextSong: Their song "Graze" fades into "What Would I Want? Sky" off their ''Fall Be Kind'' EP, half of everything on ''Meriweather ''Merriweather Post Pavilion'' fades into the next song, and "Winter Wonderland" fades into "Cuckoo Cuckoo" on ''Strawberry Jam.'' Actually, they're just fond of this trope in general.



* LastNoteNightmare: "Who Could Win A Rabbit" ends with about twenty seconds of...really weird looped gurgling noises. The music video makes it so much worse.

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* LastNoteNightmare: "Who Could Win A Rabbit" ends with about twenty seconds of...really weird looped gurgling noises. The music video makes it so much worse.



* MinimalisticCoverArt: The cover of ''Merriweather Post Pavilion''. It's strangely headache-inducing to look at.

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* MinimalisticCoverArt: The cover of ''Merriweather Post Pavilion''. It's strangely headache-inducing to look at.an illusory-motion graphic.
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Because of the band's stance as a "collective", not every member of the band appears on every album (for example, Deakin is absent on ''Merriweather Post Pavilion'', Geologist doesn't appear on ''Campfire Songs'' and only Avey Tare and Panda Bear perform on ''Sung Tongs''). Panda Bear has released four solo albums since 1998, and Avey Tare has one of his own.

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Because of the band's stance as a "collective", not every member of the band appears on every album (for example, Deakin is absent on ''Merriweather Post Pavilion'', Geologist doesn't appear on ''Campfire Songs'' and only Avey Tare and Panda Bear perform on ''Sung Tongs''). Panda Bear has released four solo albums since 1998, and Avey Tare has one of his own.
own. Deakin has toured with solo material of his, but no album has been released yet.
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*** "For Reverend Green", anyone?
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Recent live shows have featured a new opening song with Deakin on lead vocals.

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* ADayInTheLimelight: Recent live shows have featured a new opening song with "Wide Eyed" from ''Centipede Hz'' features Deakin on lead vocals.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Recent live shows have featured a new opening song with Deakin on lead vocals.
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** Let's not forget about the bridge in "Peacebone".
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* ''Centipede [=Hz=]'' (2012)
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* NewSoundAlbum: [[ThisIsSparta Every. Single. One.]]

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* NewSoundAlbum: [[ThisIsSparta Every. Single. One.]]'''Every single album''' of theirs does this.
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* IntercourseWithYou: "Essplode" and "Grass".

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* IntercourseWithYou: "Essplode" "Essplode", "Grass" and "Grass".especially "Good Lovin' Outside".
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The old picture makes them look like a grunge band, which they are not.


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Their music has retained psychedelic influences, but their hit album ''Merriweather Post Pavillion'' has made it more accessible to a mainstream audience without changing much of their overall sound.

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Their music has retained kept psychedelic influences, but their hit album ''Merriweather Post Pavillion'' has made it more accessible to a mainstream audience without changing much of their overall sound.
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added a bit about did you see the words. good song, by the way.

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** While it's still technically is 4/4, the syncopation of the drums on ''Did You See The Words'' is mad and rather difficult to count along to.
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* FridgeLogic: Not to miss the point of "My Girls", but it's worth noting that "social stats" technically aren't "material things", while "four walls and adobe slabs", on the other hand, are most definitely material.
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* FridgeLogic: Not to [[CompletelyMissingThePoint completely miss the point]] of "My Girls", but it's worth noting that "social stats" technically aren't "material things", while "four walls and adobe slabs", on the other hand, are most definitely material.

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* FridgeLogic: Not to [[CompletelyMissingThePoint completely miss the point]] point of "My Girls", but it's worth noting that "social stats" technically aren't "material things", while "four walls and adobe slabs", on the other hand, are most definitely material.

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