8.9
Avg Score
1
Opinion
#8,754
All Time
10
Tracks
“In 2000, Dave Portner and Noah Lennox self-released a home-recorded album in a tiny edition of CDs. But Animal Collective’s de facto debut is far more deliberate, ambitious, and sophisticated than you might remember.”
“Anyone ever stumble across *Struwwelpeter*, the 19th century German children's book by Heinrich Hoffmann? Mark Twain himself translated it to English, although I doubt it made it to the bedside of too many American kids. This illustrated book is comprised of short lyrics describing the horrific things that happen to naughty children: Cruel Frederick is attacked by his own maltreated dog; Pauline p”
