Animal Collective‘s new song, “What Would I Want Sky,” has been circulating the internets in crippling low quality since they first starting performing the song live in January. Thanks to the wonders of modern technology, however, a soundboard recording of their 6/27 Bug Sur show surfaced on the Collected Animal forums over the weekend, including the new track. The quality is beautiful, as is the ability to call your b-side a Post Merriweather Post Pavilion song.
Running at a modest seven minutes and forty seconds, the song “begins” mid-way through with Avey Tare posing the eternal question, “What would I want sky?” Semi-Animal Collective fans may want to skip ahead to appreciate the song, but there is enough action going on beforehand to keep the patient fan/listener entertained. Bass heavy drums, tropical swirling, and Avey Tare periodically moaning — what’s not to love?
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the "what would I want sky?" vocal part is actually a Grateful Dead sample, not Avey Tare. First time the dead have officially licensed a sample. Pretty awesome.
The BBC session sounds fine to me….actually it sounds better than the sound board recording. Although the big sur version is a bit different which is nice…i enjoy bands that let songs morph into something else than what they already have written. It'll probably sound alot different than the bbc session when they finally release it on an ep or something.
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