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| Animal Collective – Centipede Hz |
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It says a lot for Animal Collective's eclectic career that the new Centipede Hz could have
headed in virtually any direction imaginable. After 2009's smash Merriwether Post Pavilion — a frequently beautiful exercise in hypnotic, psychedelic rock bliss — Avey Tare and Panda Bear might have explored ever-denser harmonies, or washed-out 21st-century beach-pop, or any flight of fancy they've yet devised or thought of devising. What they chose may be the least expected option of all: They decide to remind listeners that they still lead a rock band.
Sure, Animal Collective muddies the waters with electronics, samples, and blips and burps of varied and indeterminate origin. But Centipede Hz, out Sept. 4, is jagged and assertive; it snarls and heaves, supported by electric musculature. The first single, "Today's
