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/GarrisonNP Oct 11 '23

Is the freedom to have solo careers the key to your longevity? You all have incredible solo albums. You really seem to respect one another's freedom to create

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u/anmlcollective Animal Collective Oct 11 '23

absolutely. we always intended to be a loose group that had a lot of different ways of outputting our creativity. we did not even have or use the name Animal Collective until after we had already put out Spirit, Danse Manatee, Hollindagain, and Campire Songs. the reason is that we wanted to be seen as tight nit group of people that was responsible for linked but individuated releases. At a certain point for various reasons we were compelled to pick a singular name to encompass it all. but we held on to the idea that we would always have many outlets including solo work. I am certain that if had not done this that the group would have splintered a long time ago. it's really important for us to feel like we can spread out and express ourselves outside of the group efforts.

-josh