The vocals prance across the dusty landscapes of distant moons. The instrumentation splits and mutates like alien bacteria. The first track to emerge from the album, “Lucky 1″, is available as a free mp3 below and should give you an idea of what we’re all in for. Not surprising really, from a guy who appears in his press shots dressed as a crocodile (his favourite animal, apparently). Out 29th October via our buds at Mistletone, the album is a strange, haunted odyssey. Dave Portner) is about to give his bandmate a run for his money with forthcoming solo record, ‘Down There’. While, until now, it’s been Panda Bear’s game-changing solo work that has soaked up majority of the attention, it seems Avey Tare (aka. Universally worshipped as a collective, the members still manage to carry unique artistic identities reflected in mindblowing solo outings. Lucky 1Īnimal Collective are proving to be indie music’s own Wu-Tang Clan. Take a ride on this haunted boat and let yourself be guided through deep sloshy rhythms, waterlogged bass, and moonlit breaks in the canopy that reveal a crisp crystalline pop buzz.ĭown There was recorded in the month of June by old friend Josh Dibb (Deakin) at the Good House, an old church in upstate New York, surrounded by The Great Swamp and visited regularly by monks, white widows, and groan toads. His first official solo full length carries you through a murky world of sound, an alien death world of soul grooves that is both honest and otherworldly. The later has played a big role in his newest record.ĭown There is a world of nine new songs from Animal Collective’s Avey Tare. His favorite animals are the otter and crocodile. Portner gets his inspiration, still striving to blend sounds and discover musical territory that seems unfamiliar. It’s from these things primarily that Mr. Though he spends most of his time writing songs and producing sounds (usually in the group Animal Collective) he also is an intense record collector, film fanatic, book head, friend, and traveler. He moved to New York City in 1997 where he resides to this day (in south Brooklyn). This is the way a solo album from Animal Collective should sound” – INPRESSĭown There is the incredible new solo album from Animal Collective member Dave Portner a/k/a Avey Tare, out now on Mistletone Records through Inertia.ĭave Portner AKA Avey Tare was born in Baltimore County, Maryland on April 24th in the year of 1979.
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