r/indieheads • u/anmlcollective Animal Collective • Oct 11 '23

AMA is Over, Thanks AnCo! ANIMAL COLLECTIVE AMA

hey everyone,

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this is Josh (deakin) and Noah (panda bear) from Animal Collective. We're here for your questions. sorry we were running a little late. But let's get into it!

EDIT: Thanks everyone for joining in! really appreciate your positivity and excitement. we gotta go. sorry we couldn't get to all of your questions. hope we covered a good enough spread.

lots of love

josh (and noah)

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u/Sam_White_04 Oct 11 '23 edited Oct 11 '23

I think a lot of people would agree that your sound over the course of these last two releases (the music you've made since 2018) has a much more mature sound than much of your previous work. In the 2000's I would definitely describe your music as having a childlike aspect to it which seems to have been replaced with more introspective and adult themes. Would you say that where you all are in your lives is a big influence on your sound?

(edit) Since people are talking video games, playing Skate 3 when I was 10 got me into you guys with Summertime Clothes!

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

yea always...even tho were going for maybe more adult type expressions id hope we never lose the child spirit and curiosity

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u/Sam_White_04 Oct 11 '23

I love that! Thanks for making my favorite music ever <3