Animal Collective have been causing a stir with their organic and left field electronica (or East Coast Out-Folk as it is known). They have been likened to Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Devandra Bernhardt, Joy Division and the Rolling Stones. They are, to say the least, hard to pin down.

Their latest album ‘Sung Tongs’ builds itself up from deconstructed vocal samples mashed together with upbeat folktronica. There are broken beats, found sounds, warped effects amongst the bouts of harmony and discordance that pull together (and sometimes apart) to create a vibe akin to suffering a complete, although pleasurable, mental breakdown at a campfire sing-a-long.

Label: Fat Cat
Website: www.paw-tracks.com
Release date: 3rd May 2004

Tracklist:

1. Leaf House
2. Who Could Win A Rabbit
3. The Softest Voice
4. Winters Love
5. Kids On Holiday
6. Sweet Road
7. Visiting Friends
8. College
9. We Tigers
10. Mouth Wooed Her
11. Good Lovin Outside
12. Whaddit I Done