Has there ever been a review of an Animal Collective record that didn’t include some variation of the phrase, “imbued with strange synth sounds”? The band has resisted easy categorization by following ...

When was the last time you heard somebody complain about hipsters? Remember when that was a thing? When people complain about hipsters in 2022, they use a different word: millennial. Beyond the ...

It’s been just about two decades since indie darlings Animal Collective hit the scene… and they’ve managed to remain as innovative and resonant as ever. Now, the band is back at it—this past February, ...

While Time Skiffs is technically Animal Collective’s first album in more than half a decade, the band members never really leave one another’s orbit. Over the last six years, they’ve released frequent ...

It's their first studio album in a decade to feature all four members. By Joe Lynch Executive Digital Director As a band that helped inspire and define the 21st century indie music boom, Animal ...

The US band’s 11th studio album is less awkward than recent outings but still too disjointed to be fully enjoyable After a decade of ceaseless experimentation and genre hopping, Animal Collective ...

“Raw,” “free,” “loosey-goosey” — these are adjectives no one would use to describe Animal Collective‘s Painting With, an album so bright and intense it often feels like staring into a solar eclipse ...

Animal Collective set a high bar with their output in the 2000s, and then undeniably lost steam in the 2010s, a period that coincided with the band splintering off into varying iterations of ...

The arrangements here have a touch of jazz about them—Mr. Lennox plays drums and leans heavily on tapping cymbals and subtle percussive accents. Several songs feature xylophone and assorted tinkly ...

Animal Collective have shared details of their forthcoming album, Time Skiffs, and shared its lead single, "Prester John". ORDER NOW: David Bowie is on the cover of Uncut’s December 2021 issue READ ...

Dialling down the psychedelic mayhem, the quartet’s reflective windchimes-and-bamboo album preaches lyrically to their loyal choir From its title, to its lyrics – which variously advise listeners to ...