Avey Tare / Down There
Album: | Down There | Collection: | General | |
Artist: | Avey Tare | Added: | Nov 2010 | |
Label: | Paw Tracks |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2010-11-07 | Pull Date: | 2011-01-09 |
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Week Ending: | Jan 9 | Jan 2 | Dec 19 | Dec 12 | Dec 5 | Nov 28 | Nov 21 | Nov 14 |
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Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Apr 13, 2016: | The Offbeat Generation
Oliver Twist |
4. | Jul 13, 2011: | Not That Simple
Lucky 1 |
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2. | Apr 24, 2013: | Gurlz Rule
Oliver Twist |
5. | May 19, 2011: | A Family Affair
Lucky 1 |
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3. | Dec 11, 2011: | Everything.
Lucky 1 |
6. | Jan 02, 2011: | FLASHBANG RADIO: THE SHRED SLED
Oliver Twist |
Album Review
HYPRK
Reviewed 2010-11-03
Reviewed 2010-11-03
The excellent debut release from Animal Collective's lead singer/guitarist, Avey Tare. While it is easy to draw comparisons of this album to other Animal Collective work, it is darker, slower, and leans more towards experimental electronica. While bandmates Panda Bear and Geologist tend to focus on sample-based production, Avey Tare turns to a more organic atmospheric approach with earthy, muddy beats. Most of the tracks maintain a distinct dark sheen and haunting confused lyrics.
RIYL: Animal Collective, Nosaj Thing, The Knife, Aphex Twin
FCC: Track 1
Try: 3, 9 ,2, 5, 8
1. (FCC) A dark atmosphere leads into a deep, resonating beat with lots of accordion samples and glitch electronics. Heavy, emotional lyrics.
2. A thick, haze of xylophone tinkering, and bright sunny electronics. Like swimming underwater with a magnificent shimmering school of fish.
3. Abstract psych washes coupled with a relentless sparse metallic beat. Excellent.
4. A chilling bubbly drone. All vocals are distorted beyond recognition and are swampy and thick. Creepy as hell and cold as ice.
5. Muddy flanger sounds and a pounding laserbass beat. Confusing and experimental with a complex song structure.
6. A haunting graveyard romp through washes of drone and eerie whispery lyrics. The song ends with a one-minute soundscape of ethereal foundsound collages and stuttering keyboards.
7. A wobbly midtempo bass beat with lots of video game bips and boops complimented by clattered snares. The lyrics are layered and are smeared with an auto-tuned sheen.
8. More underwater-distorted ooze-tube electronic with panicked lyrics. Subtle guitar notes.
9. The lead single. An infectious grinding synth beat with classic Animal Collective layered vocals and smooth lilty keyboard lines. Lots of varied percussion—all sorts of shit is banging around in the background a la STOMP.
RIYL: Animal Collective, Nosaj Thing, The Knife, Aphex Twin
FCC: Track 1
Try: 3, 9 ,2, 5, 8
1. (FCC) A dark atmosphere leads into a deep, resonating beat with lots of accordion samples and glitch electronics. Heavy, emotional lyrics.
2. A thick, haze of xylophone tinkering, and bright sunny electronics. Like swimming underwater with a magnificent shimmering school of fish.
3. Abstract psych washes coupled with a relentless sparse metallic beat. Excellent.
4. A chilling bubbly drone. All vocals are distorted beyond recognition and are swampy and thick. Creepy as hell and cold as ice.
5. Muddy flanger sounds and a pounding laserbass beat. Confusing and experimental with a complex song structure.
6. A haunting graveyard romp through washes of drone and eerie whispery lyrics. The song ends with a one-minute soundscape of ethereal foundsound collages and stuttering keyboards.
7. A wobbly midtempo bass beat with lots of video game bips and boops complimented by clattered snares. The lyrics are layered and are smeared with an auto-tuned sheen.
8. More underwater-distorted ooze-tube electronic with panicked lyrics. Subtle guitar notes.
9. The lead single. An infectious grinding synth beat with classic Animal Collective layered vocals and smooth lilty keyboard lines. Lots of varied percussion—all sorts of shit is banging around in the background a la STOMP.
Track Listing
1. | Laughing Hieroglyphic | 5. | Ghost Of Books | |||
2. | 3 Umbrellas | 6. | Cemeteries | |||
3. | Oliver Twist | 7. | Heads Hammock | |||
4. | Glass Bottom Boat | 8. | Heather In The Hospital | |||
9. | Lucky 1 |