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Originally Posted by Nirvaniac

I hate screamo/metalcore and have no respect for it.

Am I using this thread correctly?

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Yeah, you've used this thread properly.

Presuming you're talking about what passes for screamo and metalcore these days, I'd agree. But actual screamo and metalcore, which have nothing to do with the music those terms are associated with nowadays, are usually pretty great.

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Originally Posted by Rocket2Russia

Avey Tare and Panda Bear's Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished is among my very favorite albums. The output of Animal Collective before they were called Animal Collective outside of that is generally middling or straight-up ****e.

Sung Tongs is one of the great freak folk records to be released, and HCTI and Feels have their fans. Though Feels might be closer to the Strawberry Jams sound, the former two definitely are very different.

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I gave Sung Tongs a listen last night, and while I loved the music itself, the vocals still strike me as annoying more often than not. Regardless, I appreciated the little nods to XTC's psychedelic folk period throughout the record.

I'll give Spirit They're Gone a spin tonight!

Feels is easily my favorite Animal Collective, followed by Sung Tongs and Hollinndagain.

EDIT: Also, Person Pitch is up there with Feels.

I've only seriously listened to Feels and Merryweather whatever and I appreciate Feels a lot more. I've grown tired of Merryblabla after a few listens.

RO: Hope Sandoval has one of the sweetest voices I've ever heard.

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Originally Posted by clashcityrocker10

But actual screamo and metalcore, which have nothing to do with the music those terms are associated with nowadays, are usually pretty great.

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Indeed, what I've listened to of both I've enjoyed quite a bit. I've recently discovered a newer Metalcore band Creatures, which sound pretty cool from the sample I listened to.

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Originally Posted by afterstasis

Feels is easily my favorite Animal Collective, followed by Sung Tongs and Hollinndagain.

EDIT: Also, Person Pitch is up there with Feels.

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Definitely prefer Panda Bear and Avey Tare to Animal Collective, but Feels was a nice record. I don't see myself returning to it often, though the songwriting was strong and the vocals weren't as obstrusive as they usually are for them.

Retroactively, I think Celebration Rock by Japandroids is my 2nd favorite album of 2012, even though I didn't actually listen to it until 2013.

Modern music is horrible. No comparison to the music of the past is needed.


Once in a blue moon, something good comes, but that's about it.

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Originally Posted by Nirvaniac

Modern music is horrible. No comparison to the music of the past is needed.

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Maybe stop listening to pop radio stations and actually look for better modern music?

Don't listen to the modern rock stations, either.