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With the year coming to an end relatively soon and so many 08ers still yet to arrive, it's hard to believe I've set my sights exclusively on 2009 already. But it's a lot less hard to believe that considering just exactly what Animal Collective has in store for us with Merriweather Post Pavilion.
These next few months will be tough (or at least until the thing leaks)... relying on live cuts and videos is a good way to pass the time but I don't want it to ruin the experience of the listening to the studio versions (I still think the live "Fireworks" circa 2006 is better than the album version). Thanks to Collected Animals user Pavey Bare, there's a new way to cool the anticipation.
Pavey recently uploaded three covers of songs from Merriweather to the CA forum, most likely rendered from the various live MP3s and videos floating around. He took on "Taste," "In The Flowers," and "Brother Sport"... and let me just say these covers are absurdly fantastic. I've never really heard an Animal Collective cover that I've liked so I certainly didn't expect to hear one (much less three) that I'd put on repeat for hours. Without feeding you any more hyperbole, you can judge for yourself:
Blind Man's Colour - Taste (Animal Collective Cover)
Blind Man's Colour - Brother sport (Animal Collective Cover)
Blind Man's Colour - In The Flowers (Animal Collective Cover)
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