People [Single, EP]

Animal Collective | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 29, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single, EP
• Label: Fat Cat
• ASIN: B000KGGHMO
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #249,490 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars People, people!, December 1, 2006

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E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: People (Audio CD)

One thing you can count on Animal Collective for: Evolution.

The acid-rockers continue getting weirder and weirder in the "People" EP, which apparently heralds their latest twists in sonic experimentation. This is less pastoral and more acid-soaked than their last album, and if this is their new direction, then listeners will probably be happy to follow them.

It opens with the gentle, melodious strums and little piano plinks. The melody starts to pick up, and heavy strings and harmonies start to weave around it. Then... buzzy synth kicks in, rattling and obscuring the catchy melody until the whole title track is a tangled fuzz opera, complete with bloodcurdling yowls.

There's also a live version of this, which is more stripped-down and less synthed. It's still pretty eerie and screechy by the finale. In between these, there are two other songs: the sunny, crazyfolk "Tikwid" and the creepy ambient "My Favorite Colors," which is like listening to an opera aria underwater.

Apparently "People" is a sample of what's to come for Animal Collective. Yes, it's totally insane -- in a good way.

After years of working together, this band has gotten very polished -- they can weave together intricate tapestries of synth, lo-fi indie-rock, piano, whistles, sirens, and acidic washes of strings and fuzz. These are overlaid over catchy melodies and samples, creating very layered music that never sounds the same twice.

I'll be honest here -- that earsplitting screeching in the live "People" is really annoying, as is the expanding scream in the original. But otherwise the Animal Collective sounds great here -- Beatles-on-acid warbles in "Tikwid," ghostly noises, and howls of "yeah yeah YEAH!" throughout the title track.

"People" is a pretty weird, wild EP, and fans of Animal Collective will be thrilled by their new spins on their usual sound. Bizarre, breezy and absolutely mad.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great EP from AC, November 30, 2006

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Matthew Oconnor (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: People (Audio CD)

This EP is a little taste of what's to come from Animal Collective in 2007. "People" and "Tikwid" were some of my favorite jams from the tour in support of "Sung Tongs" that didn't appear on "Feels" the studio versions sound great and make me look forward to the follow up to "Feels" which is expected to hit shelves in the fall of '07. The live version of "People" has me eagerly anticipating the live box set that's due out this spring.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars PEOPLE!!!, March 30, 2007

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Alma LaCroix "david lynchon - william s. vonn... (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: People (Audio CD)

I'm one of those Animal Collective fans that wants to get everything they put out. If you're not, then this EP might not be for you. It has 4 songs on it. The first track, People, is a great song. It has two words in it: "Yeah" & "PEOPLE!" So it's easy to sing along to. The next track is Tikwid, a fun-filled melodic exercise that almost sounds like Grass. The third track is My Favorite Colours. It's short and quite forgettable. And then there's the live version of People, which I don't ever listen to because I think the vocals on the studio version came out a lot better. So, if you're an enthusiast, you'll need to get this. For moderate fans, only buy this if you have extra money and nothing else to spend it on.