There are days when the mind-boggling instrumentals are just a backdrop for their profound & oblique lyrics and some where it’s the opposite. But what Animal Collective makes me realize most about music and life is that I never want to stop seeking out things that inspire wonder.
I’m fucking sick of all this fuck it. I’m fucking drunk fuck everyone that’s involved with everything. I fucking do fuck the Joe immunity Caleb fuck Cameron fuck Patrick. I seriously need help right now. Fuck my life. I’m gonna do something really bad getting in my car now.
The hipster music discussion has devolved into 35 year olds trying to out-cool each other with what they listened to and frankly that’s the hipster spirit, right there
19-year-old who can't form sentences out loud: Animal Collective lowkey sounds like a car commercial
43-year-old HR lady who paid $1200 for a SXSW lanyard in 2015: none of this is accurate, take it from someone who Was There™
This was promised to Detroit over 10-20 years ago. First around Comerica Park (Foxtown). Then around LCA (District Detroit). If you look at the renderings hard enough you can still imagine 22 blocks of housing, dining & world class entertainment.