Here Comes the Indian by Animal Collective

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Tracklist

    Track     Duration Listeners
1 Native Belle 3:52 59,097
2 Hey Light 5:41 62,347
3 Infant Dressing Table 8:35 48,850
4 Panic 4:48 46,873
5 Two Sails on a Sound 12:20 42,318
6 Slippi 2:49 50,571
7 Too Soon 6:27 42,895

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With: Panda Bear, Avey Tare, Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan, Black Dice and more…


About this album

Paw Tracks (2007) Released: 25 Sep 2007 7 tracks (44:32)
Here Comes the Indian is the fourth studio album by Baltimore-based band Animal Collective, released on June 17, 2003. This was the first album to bear the name Animal Collective; before Indian, they had chosen to credit themselves according to who played on each album.

Here Comes the Indian is the first release on which all four members of the group perform together, although, on their previous release, Campfire Songs, Geologist was present for the recording.

Recording

The album was recorded live in three days. Avey Tare played his guitar through an Ibanez delay rack and Boss pitch shifter/delay pedal to create a doubled, fuller sound, since he was the only one playing guitar at the time. The group also took turns processing sounds through various effects, such as a Roland SH-2 synthesizer and a vocoder. Avey and Panda Bear later recorded the vocals at Avey’s house onto MiniDisc, then added them in like electronic sounds along with piano loops that Avey had made. Mixing of the album lasted between three to four days.
In the run-up to the recording session, the members experienced a challenging time. After difficulties on tour and within the band, member Brian Weitz had decided to leave the band for one year to visit graduate school in Arizona. According to him, the recording was the “the absolute heart of that darkness. […] That’s why the album’s so hectic and chaotic. It was trying to shove all this weird energy into one recording.”

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  • brandondittman

    You could almost say this album ends... *puts on sunglasses* ...Too Soon [2]

    15 days ago
  • Sandman2527

    it was good mind fuck for sure. need more

    last month
  • vaguelyhumanoid

    Just listened to this and I'm thinking it's my favorite AnCo album I've heard yet.

    last month
  • Lowbacca

    damn impressive

    last month
  • naotas_forehead

    This album kicks ass. It sounds incredible when driving. Usually things always sound best on headphones, but for some bizarre reason this sounds even better in my car's speakers.

    October 2011
  • pandavibrations

    intensity,family arguments,kittens growing into lions,as we all leave the family,we learn to become one,all in all,the green consumes,throw away the greed,see the wrinkles form in aged forests,skin and all,it all happens,too soon

    October 2011
  • aannette

    how on earth did i allow myself to forget how amazing this entire album is?

    September 2011
  • therhapsody

    @Surskit: Shout of the century.

    September 2011
  • Modestmilk

    ballparkmanatee <3 [2]

    June 2011
  • Zooey1692

    When I listen to this I feel like I'm in a woodland grove inhabited by martians. Best Animal Collective album hands down.

    May 2011
  • morreys

    LOL

    March 2011
  • mr_ethanboy

    It took some time to come around, but yes. This is the best Animal Collective album, and one of the greatest albums of the 00's.

    February 2011
  • danski88

    Surskit & ballparkmanatee <3

    February 2011
  • Albert_Transom

    greatest thing i heard in my whole life.

    December 2010
  • clutnuckle

    VV I actually laughed at that... You two should work together more often!

    December 2010
  • Surskit

    You could almost say this album ends... *puts on sunglasses* ...Too Soon.

    November 2010
  • Beatnik24

    i really need to be under the influence of some amazing hallucinogenics to really digest this album.

    November 2010
  • frederderikke

    Politische Prozesse, Prozesse wegen Religionsfrevels, aber auch solche wegen Mordes und Erbstreitigkeiten waren keine Seltenheit vor athenischen Gerichtshöfen. Zwölf besonders berühmte Rechtsfälle - wie etwa jene des Sokrates, des Perikles oder des Demosthenes - werden in dem vorliegenden Band von Historikern, Juristen und Philologen erzählt und in ihren Besonderheiten erläutert. (amazon germany)

    September 2010
  • robertsona_last

    nah haha this isnt the best

    August 2010
  • CatalystDM

    Best AC album. Always will be, too. There's no way they'll ever replicate the atmosphere created on this album. They couldn't if they wanted to.

    August 2010
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