Animal Collective annonce son nouvel album, "Isn't It Now?"
26th July 2023
Animal Collective sortira son nouvel album studio Isn't It Now? le 29 septembre chez Domino. Le quatuor composé d'Avey Tare, Panda Bear, Deakin et Geologist a enregistré Isn't It Now? avec le producteur lauréat d'un Grammy Award, Russell Elevado (D'Angelo, The Roots, Kamasi Washington), qui a coproduit et mixé l'album. La structure d'Animal Collective a longtemps été celle d'un terrain de jeu, un espace ouvert pour tenter et développer de nouvelles idées et influences, pour se dire "Pourquoi pas?" sous les feux des projecteurs. Cela signifie peut-être permettre à Panda Bear de se concentrer davantage sur sa batterie ou encourager Deakin à creuser davantage dans son jeu de piano. Ou peut-être donne-t-il un espace où s’épanouir pour l'intérêt naissant d'Avey Tare et Geologist pour la musique de la Renaissance (le Plain-chant, la vielle à roue, l’âge d’or de la polyphonie). Ces impulsions sont au cœur même de Isn't It Now?, le deuxième album d'Animal Collective en deux ans et un jalon éclatant dans leur voyage joyeusement sinueux.
Le groupe dévoile aujourd’hui le titre d’ouverture de l’album: “Soul Capturer.” Un hymne à notre malaise existentiel en ligne qui évoque tout ce qui vous séduit - la drogue, le sexe, un vieil ami à qui vous savez qu'il vaut mieux ne pas faire confiance, et absolument et sans équivoque Internet et sa capacité à vous tirer vers le bas, même à propos de vos meilleurs moments.
L’épopée de 22 minutes "Defeat," figure sur Isn't It Now?, ainsi que "King's Walk", un titre que le groupe interprète en concert depuis quelques années, notamment lors de son NPR Tiny Desk (Home) Concert de 2022.
Animal Collective Isn’t It Now?
Album | 29th September 2023
After nearly a quarter-century as one of its generation’s most daring and defining bands, Animal Collective remains committed to the beginner’s mind. The bands structure has long been that of a playground, an open space for exercising and indulging new notions and influences, for saying “Why not?” from way up on the high beams. Maybe that means allowing Panda Bear to focus on his drumming more or encouraging Deakin to dig more deeply into his piano playing. Or perhaps it is giving Avey Tare and Geologist’s burgeoning interest in Renaissance music—plainchant, the hurdy-gurdy, gilded polyphony—space to bloom. Those impulses are at the very core of Isn’t It Now?, the second Animal Collective album in as many years and a striking landmark on their joyously circuitous journey.
Co-produced, mixed and recorded with the Grammy-winning producer Russell Elevado (D’Angelo, The Roots, Kamasi Washington), Isn’t It Now? absolutely lands as a classic, its mix of playfulness and earnestness, glittery pop and tessellated textures seeming to synthesize and update all that has ever made and still makes this band so compelling. It is experienced and wise, energized and young, the work of four people committed to finding the frontier of a beginner’s mind, together.
Animal Collective Isn’t It Now?
Album | 29th September 2023
After nearly a quarter-century as one of its generation’s most daring and defining bands, Animal Collective remains committed to the beginner’s mind. The bands structure has long been that of a playground, an open space for exercising and indulging new notions and influences, for saying “Why not?” from way up on the high beams. Maybe that means allowing Panda Bear to focus on his drumming more or encouraging Deakin to dig more deeply into his piano playing. Or perhaps it is giving Avey Tare and Geologist’s burgeoning interest in Renaissance music—plainchant, the hurdy-gurdy, gilded polyphony—space to bloom. Those impulses are at the very core of Isn’t It Now?, the second Animal Collective album in as many years and a striking landmark on their joyously circuitous journey.
Co-produced, mixed and recorded with the Grammy-winning producer Russell Elevado (D’Angelo, The Roots, Kamasi Washington), Isn’t It Now? absolutely lands as a classic, its mix of playfulness and earnestness, glittery pop and tessellated textures seeming to synthesize and update all that has ever made and still makes this band so compelling. It is experienced and wise, energized and young, the work of four people committed to finding the frontier of a beginner’s mind, together.
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