Animal Collective

Vinyl Records and Rare LPs:

	Applesauce New - 10 - DN0340 Sealed 2012 Limited Edition 10". Title Track B/W The Non-Album Track "Crimson." more
	Ballet Slippers New - LP - WIGLP462 Sealed 2019 2LP Notebook Style Gatefold Cover, With Heavy Spine. Limited Single Sided Etched Pressing. "As A Document Of A Band That's Always Changing, Ballet Slippers Excels At Capturing The Conflict That Must Have Existed For Animal Collective After Turning In Their Most Successful And Adored Work. It Might Be Too Challenging For The Casual Listener, But That Particular Challenge Is Intrinsic To Most Of Animal Collective's Work." AMG, Fred Thomas more
	Ballet Slippers New - LP - WIGLP462 Sealed 2019 2LP Notebook Style Gatefold Cover, With Heavy Spine. Limited Single Sided Etched Pressing. "As A Document Of A Band That's Always Changing, Ballet Slippers Excels At Capturing The Conflict That Must Have Existed For Animal Collective After Turning In Their Most Successful And Adored Work. It Might Be Too Challenging For The Casual Listener, But That Particular Challenge Is Intrinsic To Most Of Animal Collective's Work." AMG, Fred Thomas more
	Ballet Slippers New - LP - WIGLP462 Sealed 2019 2LP Notebook Style Gatefold Cover, With Heavy Spine. Limited Single Sided Etched Pressing. "As A Document Of A Band That's Always Changing, Ballet Slippers Excels At Capturing The Conflict That Must Have Existed For Animal Collective After Turning In Their Most Successful And Adored Work. It Might Be Too Challenging For The Casual Listener, But That Particular Challenge Is Intrinsic To Most Of Animal Collective's Work." AMG, Fred Thomas more
	Centipede Hz New - LP - DNO310 Sealed 2LP 150gm Gatefold Reissue. Housed In A Gatefold Tip-On Sleeve. Custom Hype Sticker On Shrink, With Barcode Sticker Slightly Covering It. more
	Centipede Hz New - LP - DNO310 Sealed 2012 150gm 2LP Housed In A Gatefold Tip-On Sleeve. Custom Hype Sticker On Shrink. more
	Danse Manatee New - LP - FAT-SP18LP Sealed 2009 Reissue Of The Extremely Hard To Find 2001 Original. more
	Fall Be Kind New - 12 - DNO246 Sealed 2009 5 Track 180gm 12 Inch EP. Custom Hype Sticker On Shrink. more
	Feels New - LP - AC008LP Sealed 2021 Reissue Gatefold With Custom Hype Sticker On Shrink. Includes A Coupon For MP3 Download. “While Critics Found It Easy To Lump Animal Collective In With The Freak Folk Scene After The Strumming Madness Of Sung Tongs, Feels May Cause Them To Revise Their Opinions -- Slightly. First, This Is More Of A Rock Record, Especially Early On; The Frequent Cymbal Crashes And Pounding Drums Leave Little Doubt. Second, Feels Has Less Of The Aimless Meandering Of Many Artists In The Freak Folk Scene. AC Can, And Do, Explode At Any Second, And Their Whirl Of Musical Ideas -- Mostly Naturalistic, Such As Intricate Vocalizing Or Tribal Drumming -- Can Become Dizzying, But Gleefully So, Not In A Disorienting Way. (Imagine Fiery Furnaces Condensing An Entire Album Down To Three Minutes And You'll Begin To Understand The Sound Of The Second Song, "Grass.") So, While The Folk Tag Has Become Less Of An Issue, Freak Still Applies With No Doubt. A Core Strength Of The Group Is Its Ability To Sound Invigorated And Bracing When Exploring Territory Often Surveyed In The Past. Rock Music Can Be A Constraining Form, Especially At This Late Date, But The Group Sounds Freer Than Ever Before, Almost As Though They've Never Bothered With Rock In Their Lives, And Have Only Happened Upon A Bare Few Lps Before Beginning Their Recording Career. (If So, One Of Those Would Have Been By Mercury Rev, Although Animal Collective Are Much Less Patient In Building To A Climax -- "The Purple Bottle" Has At Least A Dozen Of Them.) As On Sung Tongs, The First Half Is Active, Direct, And Punchy -- Nearly Overloaded With Production And Ideas -- While The Second Half Explores Quiet, Abstract Moods, Often With Only A Few Tremulous Vocals Accompanied By Autoharp.” – John Bush, AMG more
	Feels Used - LP - SP11LP Beautiful 2005 2LP Gatefold Original. more
	Feels New - LP - SP11LP Sealed Out Of Print 2005 Gatefold Original With Custom Hype Sticker On Shrink. Includes A Coupon For MP3 Download. “While Critics Found It Easy To Lump Animal Collective In With The Freak Folk Scene After The Strumming Madness Of Sung Tongs, Feels May Cause Them To Revise Their Opinions -- Slightly. First, This Is More Of A Rock Record, Especially Early On; The Frequent Cymbal Crashes And Pounding Drums Leave Little Doubt. Second, Feels Has Less Of The Aimless Meandering Of Many Artists In The Freak Folk Scene. AC Can, And Do, Explode At Any Second, And Their Whirl Of Musical Ideas -- Mostly Naturalistic, Such As Intricate Vocalizing Or Tribal Drumming -- Can Become Dizzying, But Gleefully So, Not In A Disorienting Way. (Imagine Fiery Furnaces Condensing An Entire Album Down To Three Minutes And You'll Begin To Understand The Sound Of The Second Song, "Grass.") So, While The Folk Tag Has Become Less Of An Issue, Freak Still Applies With No Doubt. A Core Strength Of The Group Is Its Ability To Sound Invigorated And Bracing When Exploring Territory Often Surveyed In The Past. Rock Music Can Be A Constraining Form, Especially At This Late Date, But The Group Sounds Freer Than Ever Before, Almost As Though They've Never Bothered With Rock In Their Lives, And Have Only Happened Upon A Bare Few Lps Before Beginning Their Recording Career. (If So, One Of Those Would Have Been By Mercury Rev, Although Animal Collective Are Much Less Patient In Building To A Climax -- "The Purple Bottle" Has At Least A Dozen Of Them.) As On Sung Tongs, The First Half Is Active, Direct, And Punchy -- Nearly Overloaded With Production And Ideas -- While The Second Half Explores Quiet, Abstract Moods, Often With Only A Few Tremulous Vocals Accompanied By Autoharp.” – John Bush, AMG more
	Here Comes The Indian New - LP - PAW01 Sealed 2003 Album. The First Release On Animal Collective's Own Label. “Informed In Equal Parts By Acid-Fried Psychosis, Crop-Circle Field Recordings, And An Elephants-On-The-Loose Circus Thrash Aesthetic, Animal Collective's Fourth Full-Length Album Rests Roughly At The Meeting Point Between Psychedelic, Noise, And Folk Music. Here Comes The Indian Begins Gently Enough With "Native Belle," A Moody Set Piece That Belies The Album's Clatter With 12 Minutes Of Constrained Rhythmic Builds, Drones, And Squeaks. Things Quickly Explode With The Searing "Hey Light," A Lightning Bolt Of Electrocuted Brass And Human Wails That Sends The Album Careening Into Psychoactive Delirium. Since Everything That Follows -- From The Shrieking Brattle Of "Two Sails On A Sound" To The Enchanted Tribal Vocal Exercises Of "Slippi" To The Slow-Building Celebratory Scuttle Of "Too Soon" -- Feels Similarly Crazed, Drug-Induced, And Apparitional, Here Comes The Indian Makes For Particularly Lucid Listening. Brash, Crass, And Texturally Magnificent, This Is Well Worth Seeking Out.” - Mark Pytlik, AMG more
	Merriweather Post Pavilion New - LP - DNO 219 New, Unplayed 2009 2LP 180gm Gatefold Original (Not Sealed). Removable Sticker Affixed To Jacket. Includes The Hard To Find Separate And Individually-Numbered Promotional Code Card That Gives Access To Two Songs From A Live Set In L.A. On 9/18/2007. "Merriweather Is The Soundtrack For The Ultimate Hippie/Ambient Tribal Dance Party, A Giddy, Freewheeling, Psychedelic Beast Of An Album, Full Of Big Beats, Trippy Drones And Glistening Synths Dancing Around The Band’s Rich, Reverb-Drenched, Fugue-Like Vocal Layers. (That’s The Album’s Equally Tripped-Out Cover Above.) From Opening Track “In The Flowers,” Where Dreamy Swirls Of Guitar Explode Into An Avalanche Of Battering-Ram Percussion, To Closing Cut “Brother Sport,” Whose Sunny Vocals And Gleeful Synthesizers Skitter Across Syncopated Grooves Before Mutating Into Minimalist Ambient-House, This Is An Album Of Endless Sonic Surprises. While Tracks Like The Low-Key “No More Runnin’ ” Are More Conventionally Song-Oriented, The Focus Here Is On Constantly Shifting Textures And Moods, Like The Central Riff Of “Daily Routine,” Which Sounds Like A Bowling Ball Being Thrown For A Strike Across The Keys Of An Organ, Or The Moment On “Guys Eyes” That Suggests Nothing So Much As A Backwards Loop Of A Piano Being Dropped From The Roof Of A Monastery.” – Jim Allen, Rolling Stone more
	Merriweather Post Pavilion New - LP - DNO 219 Sealed 2009 2LP 180gm Gatefold Original. Removable Sticker Affixed To Jacket. Includes The Hard To Find Separate And Individually-Numbered Promotional Code Card That Gives Access To Two Songs From A Live Set In L.A. On 9/18/2007. "Merriweather Is The Soundtrack For The Ultimate Hippie/Ambient Tribal Dance Party, A Giddy, Freewheeling, Psychedelic Beast Of An Album, Full Of Big Beats, Trippy Drones And Glistening Synths Dancing Around The Band’s Rich, Reverb-Drenched, Fugue-Like Vocal Layers. (That’s The Album’s Equally Tripped-Out Cover Above.) From Opening Track “In The Flowers,” Where Dreamy Swirls Of Guitar Explode Into An Avalanche Of Battering-Ram Percussion, To Closing Cut “Brother Sport,” Whose Sunny Vocals And Gleeful Synthesizers Skitter Across Syncopated Grooves Before Mutating Into Minimalist Ambient-House, This Is An Album Of Endless Sonic Surprises. While Tracks Like The Low-Key “No More Runnin’ ” Are More Conventionally Song-Oriented, The Focus Here Is On Constantly Shifting Textures And Moods, Like The Central Riff Of “Daily Routine,” Which Sounds Like A Bowling Ball Being Thrown For A Strike Across The Keys Of An Organ, Or The Moment On “Guys Eyes” That Suggests Nothing So Much As A Backwards Loop Of A Piano Being Dropped From The Roof Of A Monastery.” – Jim Allen, Rolling Stone more
	Merriweather Post Pavilion New - LP - DNO 219 Sealed 2LP 180gm Gatefold. Slightly Later Pressing Due To Variation On Removable Sticker Affixed To Jacket, Which Doesn't Include The Copyright Notice. "Merriweather Is The Soundtrack For The Ultimate Hippie/Ambient Tribal Dance Party, A Giddy, Freewheeling, Psychedelic Beast Of An Album, Full Of Big Beats, Trippy Drones And Glistening Synths Dancing Around The Band’s Rich, Reverb-Drenched, Fugue-Like Vocal Layers. (That’s The Album’s Equally Tripped-Out Cover Above.) From Opening Track “In The Flowers,” Where Dreamy Swirls Of Guitar Explode Into An Avalanche Of Battering-Ram Percussion, To Closing Cut “Brother Sport,” Whose Sunny Vocals And Gleeful Synthesizers Skitter Across Syncopated Grooves Before Mutating Into Minimalist Ambient-House, This Is An Album Of Endless Sonic Surprises. While Tracks Like The Low-Key “No More Runnin’ ” Are More Conventionally Song-Oriented, The Focus Here Is On Constantly Shifting Textures And Moods, Like The Central Riff Of “Daily Routine,” Which Sounds Like A Bowling Ball Being Thrown For A Strike Across The Keys Of An Organ, Or The Moment On “Guys Eyes” That Suggests Nothing So Much As A Backwards Loop Of A Piano Being Dropped From The Roof Of A Monastery.” – Jim Allen, Rolling Stone more
	Painting With New - LP - WIGLP362 Sealed 2016 Original Housed In Standard LP Jacket. Avery Tare Cover Art. Shrink Torn On Middle Of Front Cover, With Light Indentation Lines. more
	Peacebone New - LP - DNO 155 Sealed Three-Track 12" Single In Pictue Sleeve. Three Versions Of "Peacebone" Including Remixes By Black Dice And Pantha Du Prince. more
	Peacebone New - 10 - DNO 155 Sealed 2007 45RPM 10 Inch Single. more
	Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished Used Import - FAT-SP17LPX 2009 2LP Gatefold Limited Heavyweight DMM Pressing. more
	Strawberry Jam New - LP - DNO 156 Sealed 2007 2LP Gatefold Vinyl Of Free Folk, Nu Prog, Pysch Pop Or Whatever The Kids Are Calling It These Days. Pretty Genius Stuff. more
	Sung Tongs New - LP - FAT-SP08 Sealed Gatefold Original. “On Sung Tongs, Their First Record Distributed By Fatcat, The Two-Man Animal Collective Come On Like Sun-Scorched Acid Eaters Gathered Around The Campfire, Strumming And Grinning While They Weave Their Material Out Of Cyclical Singalongs And Tight Harmonies. Surprisingly, Both For Fans As Well As New Additions, That Marks A Much More Accessible Sound For A Group That Had Previously Probed The Outer Limits Of Prog And Psychedelia. (Still, Back To Basics Is The Right Place For A Collective That Released Three Albums In 2003.) Immediately Called To Mind Here Are The Holy Modal Rounders And, To A Lesser Extent, The Incredible String Band. While Animal Collective Certainly Don't Share The Intimate Knowledge Of Folk Music Or The Expert Musicianship Of The Holy Modals Or The ISB, They Do Understand The Importance Of Repetition In Reaching Altered States, And They Indulge In Many Naturalistic Post-Production Enhancements To Get There. "Leaf House" And "Who Could Win A Rabbit" Open The Record With A Cozy Atmosphere Created From Soaring Harmonies And Beach Boys-Type Bungalow Percussion. From There, With Only A Few Exceptions, Sung Tongs Devolves Into The Loosest Of Jam Sessions, A Midsummer Night's Dream Of Pixilated Picking In Similar Company With The Lengthy Mid-Album Interlude ("Green Typewriters") During The Olivia Tremor Control's Dusk At Cubist Castle. Although The Duo Didn't Record Nearly Enough Material To Justify Checking Out Quite So Soon, Sung Tongs Is A Striking Record, A Breath Of Fresh Air Within Experimentalist Indie Rock.” - John Bush, AMG more
	Sung Tongs New - LP - AC006LP Sealed 2021 2LP Gatefold Reissue. “On Sung Tongs, Their First Record Distributed By Fatcat, The Two-Man Animal Collective Come On Like Sun-Scorched Acid Eaters Gathered Around The Campfire, Strumming And Grinning While They Weave Their Material Out Of Cyclical Singalongs And Tight Harmonies. Surprisingly, Both For Fans As Well As New Additions, That Marks A Much More Accessible Sound For A Group That Had Previously Probed The Outer Limits Of Prog And Psychedelia. (Still, Back To Basics Is The Right Place For A Collective That Released Three Albums In 2003.) Immediately Called To Mind Here Are The Holy Modal Rounders And, To A Lesser Extent, The Incredible String Band. While Animal Collective Certainly Don't Share The Intimate Knowledge Of Folk Music Or The Expert Musicianship Of The Holy Modals Or The ISB, They Do Understand The Importance Of Repetition In Reaching Altered States, And They Indulge In Many Naturalistic Post-Production Enhancements To Get There. "Leaf House" And "Who Could Win A Rabbit" Open The Record With A Cozy Atmosphere Created From Soaring Harmonies And Beach Boys-Type Bungalow Percussion. From There, With Only A Few Exceptions, Sung Tongs Devolves Into The Loosest Of Jam Sessions, A Midsummer Night's Dream Of Pixilated Picking In Similar Company With The Lengthy Mid-Album Interlude ("Green Typewriters") During The Olivia Tremor Control's Dusk At Cubist Castle. Although The Duo Didn't Record Nearly Enough Material To Justify Checking Out Quite So Soon, Sung Tongs Is A Striking Record, A Breath Of Fresh Air Within Experimentalist Indie Rock.” - John Bush, AMG more
	Time Skiffs Colored Vinyl - New - WIGLP501X Sealed 2022 Original 2LP Gatefold, Pressed On Translucent Ruby Coloured Vinyl With Download Card. "Following Their Disorienting And Disorganized 2016 Album Painting With, Animal Collective Took A Several-years-long Sidebar Into The More Experimental And Abstract Side Of Their Output. Though Always A Modular Entity (Even On Their Most Popular Releases), Projects After Painting With Felt Especially So, With Various Combinations Of Members Coming Together For Drifty Soundtracks, Conceptual Albums, And Decidedly Structure-averse Material Released Under The Animal Collective Banner. Time Skiffs Qualifies As A "Proper" Album, Reuniting All Four Members On An Album For The First Time Since 2012's Centipede Hz And Returning To As Pop-friendly A Sound As A Band Known For Their Unpredictability Is Capable Of. For Animal Collective, That Means Floating Melody And Angular Hooks On Top Of Their Colorfully Chaotic Arrangements. Coming Off A Six-year Stretch Full Of Subaquatic Ambience And Wobbly Acoustic Meditations, The Straightforwardness Of Opening Track "Dragon Slayer" Is Almost Jarring. It's A Breezy Shift Between Various Two-chord Vamps Dotted By Happy Synth Melodies, Rising And Falling Dynamically In A Way That Recalls The Band's More Rock-leaning Releases, Like 2005's Feels Or 2007's Strawberry Jam. Other Songs Follow Suit To Various Degrees. "Strung With Everything" Opens With A Minute Or So Of Reverb-slathered Bell Sounds And Clouds Of Formless Guitar Noodling, But Then Quickly Shifts Gears By Dropping A Steam-powered Drum Beat And A Slippery Bass Groove. Panda Bear And Avey Tare's Dual Vocal Harmonies Wind Through Sunny Verses On This Song, And The Sing-song Melodies And Grinning Character Directly Recall Terrapin Station-era Grateful Dead, One Of The Band's Oft-cited Influences That Isn't Always Easy To Locate In Their Blurrier Material. There's Still Plenty Of Experimentation Happening Here, But Instead Of Every Idea Happening At Once, As Is Sometimes The Case On The Band's Busier Albums, Watery Atmospheres And Uncommon Instrumentation Are All Couched In More-coherent Songs. There's More Of A Locked-in Funkiness Than Usual, As Well, With Songs Like "Cherokee" And "Walker" Offering Up Streamlined Bass Grooves Amid Their Gamelan Twittering And Celestial Breakdowns. "We Go Back" Approaches An Especially Demented Kind Of Jazz Fusion With Its Tight Riffing And Autotuned Vocal Layers. It's Admirable That Time Skiffs Finds Animal Collective Returning To The Pop Side Of Their Vision Without Trying To Completely Replicate The Pristine Electronics And Party-starting Rhythms Of Their Most Celebrated Phases. Instead Of Regressing Or Stepping Away From The Edge When Their Sound Grew Too Unhinged, The Band Continues To Evolve In Unforecastable Directions On Time Skiffs. It's An Especially Lucid Reading Of The Sound They've Been Perfecting For Over Two Decades At This Point, And One That Adds A Human Warmth To A Group That's Long Been Defined By Their Otherworldly Nature." AMG Review By Fred Thomas. more
	Time Skiffs New - LP - WIGLP501X Sealed 2022 2LP 45rpm, limited edition, red translucent ruby vinyl. "Time Skiffs" latest record album "Animal Collective" is a mesmerizing journey through the world of experimental electronic music. This album is a sonic exploration of different textures, rhythms, and sounds that blend together to create an otherworldly listening experience. The music is complex and layered, with haunting vocals that float over a sea of ethereal instruments. The album is a fusion of dreamy, psychedelic, and experimental sounds that take the listener on a surreal journey through space and time. The standout tracks include "Echoes in the Ether," "Wilderness of the Mind," and "Electric Animals," which showcase the band's ability to create a sonic landscape that is both immersive and evocative. Overall, "Animal Collective" is a must-listen for anyone who enjoys experimental electronic music that pushes the boundaries of traditional music genres. more
	Time Skiffs New - LP - WIGLP501 Sealed 2022 Original 2LP Gatefold, With Download Card. "Following Their Disorienting And Disorganized 2016 Album Painting With, Animal Collective Took A Several-years-long Sidebar Into The More Experimental And Abstract Side Of Their Output. Though Always A Modular Entity (Even On Their Most Popular Releases), Projects After Painting With Felt Especially So, With Various Combinations Of Members Coming Together For Drifty Soundtracks, Conceptual Albums, And Decidedly Structure-averse Material Released Under The Animal Collective Banner. Time Skiffs Qualifies As A "Proper" Album, Reuniting All Four Members On An Album For The First Time Since 2012's Centipede Hz And Returning To As Pop-friendly A Sound As A Band Known For Their Unpredictability Is Capable Of. For Animal Collective, That Means Floating Melody And Angular Hooks On Top Of Their Colorfully Chaotic Arrangements. Coming Off A Six-year Stretch Full Of Subaquatic Ambience And Wobbly Acoustic Meditations, The Straightforwardness Of Opening Track "Dragon Slayer" Is Almost Jarring. It's A Breezy Shift Between Various Two-chord Vamps Dotted By Happy Synth Melodies, Rising And Falling Dynamically In A Way That Recalls The Band's More Rock-leaning Releases, Like 2005's Feels Or 2007's Strawberry Jam. Other Songs Follow Suit To Various Degrees. "Strung With Everything" Opens With A Minute Or So Of Reverb-slathered Bell Sounds And Clouds Of Formless Guitar Noodling, But Then Quickly Shifts Gears By Dropping A Steam-powered Drum Beat And A Slippery Bass Groove. Panda Bear And Avey Tare's Dual Vocal Harmonies Wind Through Sunny Verses On This Song, And The Sing-song Melodies And Grinning Character Directly Recall Terrapin Station-era Grateful Dead, One Of The Band's Oft-cited Influences That Isn't Always Easy To Locate In Their Blurrier Material. There's Still Plenty Of Experimentation Happening Here, But Instead Of Every Idea Happening At Once, As Is Sometimes The Case On The Band's Busier Albums, Watery Atmospheres And Uncommon Instrumentation Are All Couched In More-coherent Songs. There's More Of A Locked-in Funkiness Than Usual, As Well, With Songs Like "Cherokee" And "Walker" Offering Up Streamlined Bass Grooves Amid Their Gamelan Twittering And Celestial Breakdowns. "We Go Back" Approaches An Especially Demented Kind Of Jazz Fusion With Its Tight Riffing And Autotuned Vocal Layers. It's Admirable That Time Skiffs Finds Animal Collective Returning To The Pop Side Of Their Vision Without Trying To Completely Replicate The Pristine Electronics And Party-starting Rhythms Of Their Most Celebrated Phases. Instead Of Regressing Or Stepping Away From The Edge When Their Sound Grew Too Unhinged, The Band Continues To Evolve In Unforecastable Directions On Time Skiffs. It's An Especially Lucid Reading Of The Sound They've Been Perfecting For Over Two Decades At This Point, And One That Adds A Human Warmth To A Group That's Long Been Defined By Their Otherworldly Nature." AMG Review By Fred Thomas. more