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Animal Collective have set themselves apart from the pack with their layered, spacey music that sways between creepy and beautiful.
Originally called Auto Mine, the group eventually moved from Maryland to New York, where they were reborn as Animal Collective with 2003's Here Comes the Indian. That album, released on their own Paw Tracks label with Todd Hyman of Carpark and Acute Records, was the first collaboration featuring all four members under the Animal Collective moniker.
The international attention blew up with Sung Tongs in 2004 and Feels in 2005 on Fat Cat Records. This year, the band will set out on a U.S. tour in the spring at festivals like Coachella. They also plan to release a five-song EP and three music videos this spring, and will have music featured in some upcoming films, as well as potentially scoring a major motion picture film. Details were still hush-hush at press time. —JM |
