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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.

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.

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.

Just way too expensive especially for Amazon. I just picked this up today at my local record store for 6 bucks.

Animal Collective's Feels leftovers collaborate perfectly together to create a great example of their evolving musical styles. It has a little bit of a Feels edge in it but the songs really stand together in their own style, setting it apart from feels along with the rest of their releases.

People- a perfect introduction that slowly builds up into a beautiful explosion of awesomeness as avey surprises us with a screeching PEOPLE!!! It's amazing how merely instrumentals along with one word can bring up a whirlwind of emotions. That one word strikes up all kinds of interpretations and one can really get a feel for what their trying to say, even if we don't know exactly what it is.

Tikwid- probably what really sets this album apart. It's fast, poppy, but most of all quirky in all the right ways.

My Favorite Colors- a strange collaboration of vocals that is like a bulldog or a pug: It's a little ugly but consequently so beautiful at the same time.

People (live)- People in the raw, and it sounds great.

Animal Collective's People EP stands alone as a strange, poppy, psychedelic, and fun little collection of songs that are another unique chapter in AC.

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, continuing their bizarrely intriguing experimental rock. 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.