Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Animal Collective - Campfire Songs (2003)

Animal Collective get a ton of credit for "breaking the rules" of indie-hipster-approved pop/rock but they really are one of many bands who do this. They're just one of the more popular ones. On some of their more recent albums they've done a great job of making dense psychedelic folk accessible and even catchy, but not all of their stuff is gold. This really undynamic as spacey psych folk goes. It's vaguely pretty and moderately interesting but you don't have to look far for other examples of this kind of music. I prefer Plankton Wat's In Magical Light, the final track of which sums up what Campfire Songs aims to be, but better.

6.3 / 10

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