Painting With
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Released | February 19, 2016 | |||
Recorded | 2015 | |||
Studio | EastWest Studios, Hollywood | |||
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Length | 41:02 | |||
Label | Domino | |||
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Geologist cover | ||||
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Painting With is the tenth studio album by American experimental pop band Animal Collective, released on February 19, 2016. The album is a follow-up to Centipede Hz (2012), and features contributions from John Cale and Colin Stetson.[3] It peaked at No. 46 on the Billboard 200. Three singles were issued: "FloriDada" (2015), "Lying in the Grass", and "Golden Gal" (both 2016). A companion EP, The Painters, was released the following year.
For Painting With, the band's line-up consists of Avey Tare (David Portner), Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), and Geologist (Brian Weitz), the same trio which participated for Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009).[4] Deakin (Josh Dibb), who had regrouped into the collective in November 2010 for Centipede Hz, and toured with them from 2011 to 2013, is absent opting to focus on finishing his solo debut Sleep Cycle (2016).[5]
Background and recording
After touring for
In May 2015, Animal Collective began writing and rehearsing new material at Drop of Sun Studios in Asheville, North Carolina
Guest appearances include John Cale, who recorded a drone part for the track "Hocus Pocus".[12] Portner explained: "My sister has been working on the visual side of John’s more recent live shows. She discovered that he was actually a fan of our music, which made us really psyched. We had this part that we just couldn’t nail or get to sound right in “Hocus Pocus,” and I really thought we should have someone attempt to do it with a live instrument. Because of the drone-y string sound we wanted to achieve, we all thought John would be great for it."[11]
Music
The album's
There was this idea of wanting to do something with short songs, with a homogenous energy to the record. ... not that we expected the music to sound like that, but we wanted to do something where the first song revs up the engine, and it kind of just cruises after that. We didn’t want to throw in some ethereal moment. We wanted to do something that blasted away the whole time.[13]
The group drew on ideas of the prehistoric, such as cave paintings and dinosaurs, which were used to influence the songwriting process and the recording sessions themselves, "[aiming to eschew] slow jams for a set of songs inspired by more elemental pleasures ... [and] artists who could make a lot happen in a short amount of time," writes Jeremy Gordon.[12]
Promotion and release
On July 15, 2015, EastWest announced that the band had finished recording their new album, the follow-up to Centipede Hz.
The album has three distinct covers painted by Brian DeGraw which individually depict Portner, Lennox, and Weitz.[3]
Critical reception
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 69/100[19] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [20] |
DIY Mag | [21] |
Drowned in Sound | 5/10[22] |
The Guardian | [23] |
Mojo | [24] |
Pitchfork | 6.2/10[25] |
Rolling Stone | [26] |
Slant | [27] |
Spin | 8/10[28] |
Uncut | [1] |
Painting With received mostly positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At
Jamieson Cox of
In a negative review, Lee Arizuno of
Track listing
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "FloriDada" | 4:05 |
2. | "Hocus Pocus" | 3:16 |
3. | "Vertical" | 4:14 |
4. | "Lying in the Grass" | 3:34 |
5. | "The Burglars" | 2:43 |
6. | "Natural Selection" | 2:41 |
7. | "Bagels in Kiev" | 2:48 |
8. | "On Delay" | 3:48 |
9. | "Spilling Guts" | 1:58 |
10. | "Summing the Wretch" | 3:08 |
11. | "Golden Gal" | 4:41 |
12. | "Recycling" | 4:06 |
Total length: | 41:02 |
Personnel
- Animal Collective
- Additional musicians
- John Cale – drone on "Hocus Pocus"[12]
- Colin Stetson - saxophone on "FloriDada"[4]
Charts
Chart (2016) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[33] | 100 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[34] | 87 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[35] | 121 |
Irish Albums (IRMA)[36] | 91 |
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[37] | 43 |
UK Albums (OCC)[38] | 42 |
US Billboard 200[39] | 46 |
References
- ^ a b Uncut. February 3, 2016.
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- ^ Hunt, El (April 16, 2015). "Animal Collective, on "Prospect Hummer"'s legacy and returning to the studio". DIY.
- ^ "Sound Playground Asheville, NC on Instagram: "Animal Collective writing and rehearsing their 10th LP at Drop of Sun!"". Instagram. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
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- Mojo. March 2016. p 94.
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- ^ a b Hogan, Marc (February 12, 2016). "Review: Animal Collective Put the Dad in the Dada Movement on 'Painting With'". Spin.
- ^ Atkins, Jamie (February 2016). "Watercolour Curses?". Record Collector.
- ^ Cox, Jamieson (February 19, 2016). "Animal Collective's Painting With review: bright, tidy, and a little disappointing". The Verge.
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