With 2009's Merriweather Post Pavillion, Baltimore quartet Animal Collective appeared to be inching towards the mainstream.
With 2009's Merriweather Post Pavillion, Baltimore quartet Animal Collective appeared to be inching towards the mainstream.
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Jonathan Geddes
While they've now consolidated that success to where they can draw decent attendances, this was a performance to remind you they remain an acquired taste.
A hefty amount of material was selected from their recent album Centipede Hz, with the sharp beat of Moonjock and the psychedelic Pulleys the pick of the bunch, adding dashes of creativity over an indie rock base. Not all were so engaging, however, with the main issue being that the foursome fling in so many ingredients that it all became overly messy and indecipherable. The noise level wasn't so strong as to rattle the senses, but it was loud enough that any nuances from their recordings were obscured.
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