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Depending on your indie-oriented-site-that-ranks-bands-on-ten-point-scales of choice, it seems Animal Collective are second only to Radiohead as the aughts’ most relevant band. And with the bevy of activity the Collective has lined up, they seem to be angling to extend that well into next year.
There’s something old: a reissue of the out-of-print 2003 album Campfire Songs, originally distributed by Catsup Plate, now being re-released under the auspices of their own label, Paw Tracks on 1/26/10. But now it seems Avey, Geologist, Panda Bear (and possibly Deakin) are offering something new: Today all eyes are on this Amazon page which has an $11.38 pre-order price for something called Fall Be Kind, due on Domino 12/8 (via P4K). We’ve already had a Crack Box, so just maybe this is the new Animal Collective record you guys have been waiting so patiently these nine months for.
That’s still not all, though. Remember that experimental film the band’s been working on? It’s just about ready. The photo above comes from a lakeside chat we had with the band at this year’s ATP NY, where they discussed their plans for the movie, including possible hybrid performance/screenings … and the Sundance Film Festival:
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