For The Inner Weirdo In Us All
With vocals that sound like Arcade Fire’s Win Butler being whipped joyfully to within an inch of his life by the visceral yells of White Stripe’s Jack White, Animal Collective’s latest single ‘Fireworks’ is as unnervingly troubling as it is mesmerisingly beautiful.
As a band the Animal Collective are like none other; weirdly intoxicating with a strange uncontrollable pull, their songs act like a vacuum, sucking everything within its reach into its grasp before emitting an onslaught of vibrantly invigorating beats and whirling vocals to exhilarating effect and ‘Fireworks’ is no exception. Kicking off with a volley of drum beats that merge to sound like a train chugging along, ‘Fireworks’ goes on to unleash harmonised chants and shrieks that gather momentum with the track, building magnificently as more and more sounds are thrown into the mix and colourfully engulfing you into the strangely astonishing world that is Animal Collective. Rapturous eccentricity to tempt the inner weirdo in us all let your ears enjoy.