(electronic beeping) (electronic whining) - [Announcer] Welcome the Animal Collective!

(crowd cheering) (electronic drum beat) (experimental pop instrumental music) (crowd cheering) (experimental pop instrumental music continues) (instrumental music continues) ("Prester John" by Animal Collective) (instrumental music continues) ♪ Let me get it here ♪ ♪ Let me change up before it is too late ♪ ♪ There's a broken stick ♪ ♪ There's a wrinkle on a leaf, it's dried out ♪ ♪ Was a good long run ♪ ♪ With a world of good intentions by it ♪ ♪ It's the end of this ♪ ♪ It's the end of having to worry about it ♪ ♪ To the end of it ♪ ♪ To the end of lonely days without it ♪ ♪ With a little lift ♪ ♪ With a passion for a lift to give it ♪ ♪ Here's a little tip ♪ ♪ Had a look at what is really living ♪ ♪ Treating everyday ♪ ♪ As an image of a moment that's passed ♪ ♪ Treating everyday ♪ ♪ As an image of a moment that's passed ♪ (instrumental music intensifies) (instrumental music continues) (instrumental music continues) ♪ Prester John is breaking down, down ♪ ♪ His heart is breaking down, down ♪ ♪ Prester John is breaking down, down ♪ ♪ His heart is breaking down, down ♪ ♪ Prester John is breaking down, down ♪ ♪ His heart is breaking down, down ♪ ♪ Prester John is breaking down, down ♪ ♪ His heart is breaking down, down ♪ ♪ Treating everyday ♪ ♪ Prester John is breaking down, down ♪ ♪ As an image of a moment that's passed ♪ ♪ His heart is breaking down, down ♪ ♪ Treating everyday as an image of a moment that's passed ♪ - Our initial idea for the whole group just had to do with starting a record label that we did start and ran ourselves called Animal.

Collective wasn't even part of it.

But the idea was just that we would be putting out music on that label and that each record would kind of have its own energy that didn't necessarily feel like a linear thing.

It would be more of this kind of, you know, sprouting tree, or just yeah, just music in the ocean that you could kind of just like dive into wherever you wanted to.

And I think that was sort of the initial reason we wanted to do that.

And I think that's always kind of been at the heart of what we like doing.

And there's like, I think most people see us as this like linear band and in some ways that is something that like we also like doing.

It's like one of the, it is sort of like a, you know, we're big fans of a lot of bands that have that kind of like story to them but we also have this whole other kind of way of relating to music.

(instrumental music) (instrumental music continues) (instrumental music continues) ("We Go Back" by Animal Collective) ♪ Over and over our song on my brain ♪ ♪ I go back ♪ ♪ And I play it again ♪ ♪ How far we go back is how forward we'll go ♪ ♪ It's up to the Pleiades ♪ ♪ And down the marrow ♪ ♪ Trickle of a moment down my life ♪ ♪ History in motion ♪ ♪ Heat for feeling ♪ ♪ Tremble in the moment ♪ ♪ Tongue on cheek ♪ ♪ I don't feel the urge to turn back time ♪ ♪ I just begin ♪ ♪ Over and over our song on my brain ♪ ♪ I go back ♪ ♪ We go back and I play it again ♪ ♪ How far we go back is how forward we'll go ♪ ♪ It's up to the Pleiades ♪ ♪ And down the marrow ♪ ♪ Bend to the moment ♪ ♪ Feel no thought ♪ ♪ Listen to the sound of people hoping ♪ ♪ That in the moment there will be bliss ♪ ♪ A cause for the moment to be healing ♪ ♪ And to begin ♪ ♪ Over and over our song on my brain ♪ ♪ I go back ♪ ♪ We go back and I play it again ♪ ♪ How far we go back is how forward we'll go ♪ ♪ It's up to the Pleiades ♪ ♪ And down the marrow ♪ ♪ Written in a moment ♪ ♪ Read in many ♪ ♪ Here it comes again, I'm breathing heavy ♪ ♪ I ripped up a moments worth of love ♪ ♪ In the matter of a moment, I conceive ♪ ♪ We just begin ♪ ♪ Over and over our song on my brain ♪ ♪ I go back ♪ ♪ We go back and I play it again ♪ ♪ How far we go back is how forward we'll go ♪ ♪ It's up to the Pleiades ♪ ♪ And down the marrow ♪ (crowd cheering) (music intensifies) ♪ I stood for a moment and the sun went down ♪ ♪ I got sad for the sun 'cause I would get lonely ♪ ♪ Leaving a trail of darkness on a world behind ♪ ♪ And always being sun to a world beyond ♪ ♪ That just begins ♪ ♪ Over and over ♪ ♪ Our song on my brain ♪ ♪ I go back ♪ ♪ We go back ♪ ♪ And I play it again ♪ ♪ How far we go back is how ♪ ♪ Forward we'll go ♪ ♪ It's up to the Pleiades ♪ ♪ And down the marrow ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ (instrumental music continues) ♪ Go, go ♪ ♪ No, no ♪ ♪ No ♪ ♪ No ♪ ♪ No ♪ (instrumental music continues) (instrumental music continues) (instrumental music continues) ♪ No more running says my mind ♪ ♪ All this movement has just ♪ ♪ Proved your kisses are too fine ♪ ♪ Hold the harmony ♪ ♪ That I see ♪ ♪ Friends I once had ♪ ♪ Turn their thoughts away from me ♪ ♪ No more running ♪ ♪ I've got to breathe ♪ ♪ On back porches ♪ ♪ With the torch of a firefly-lit tree ♪ ♪ It's what I hoped for ♪ ♪ It's what I hoped for ♪ ♪ No more running ♪ ♪ No more running ♪ (instrumental music continues) ♪ I lock my bones and ♪ ♪ Trip my feet ♪ ♪ I told them ♪ ♪ I'll find a place to be ♪ ♪ Stick like candy ♪ ♪ In your teeth ♪ ♪ Will you lose your faith in me ♪ ♪ No more running ♪ ♪ Says my mind ♪ ♪ All this movement has just ♪ ♪ Proved your kisses are too fine ♪ ♪ It's what I hoped for ♪ ♪ Love ♪ ♪ It's what I hoped for ♪ ♪ Love ♪ ♪ No more running ♪ ♪ No more running ♪ ♪ No more running ♪ ♪ No more running ♪ - I feel like when we decide that we're gonna, I guess what we would consider like an Animal Collective record proper, there's usually a pretty heavy like demoing period where, you know, the three of us now, Noah and I and Josh like come up with songs or you know, that we've been working on over, you know, certain periods of time and record them ourselves, demo versions, pass 'em around to each other and we've been sort of been doing it that way.

I'd say since "Merriweather Post Pavilion".

Sometimes certain songs can go through maybe like five different incarnations until we feel like we find find the right one.

Sometimes we'll play certain songs live and then after a tour, think, you know, we don't like that version.

Let's try something else 'cause we like the song and the melodies.

Can you help us out with a note out there.

Can you go ♪ If ♪ ♪ If ♪ ♪ If I If I say too bad ♪ ♪ Take a lesson in my head ♪ ♪ I've got to have till I am dead ♪ ♪ If I say too bad ♪ ♪ Take a lesson in my head ♪ ♪ I've got to have till I am dead ♪ ♪ Now I've got these chores ♪ ♪ Now I'm never going to hurt no one ♪ ♪ And when at last ♪ ♪ My work is done ♪ ♪ Now I've got these chores ♪ ♪ Now I'm never going to hurt no one ♪ ♪ And when at last ♪ ♪ My work is done ♪ ♪ If I, if I, if I, if I ♪ ♪ If I, if I, if I, if I ♪ ♪ If I say too bad ♪ ♪ Take a lesson in my head ♪ ♪ I've got to have till I am dead ♪ ♪ If I say too bad ♪ ♪ Take a lesson in my head ♪ ♪ I've got to have till I am dead ♪ ♪ Now I've got these chores ♪ ♪ Now I'm never going to hurt no one ♪ ♪ And when at last ♪ ♪ My work is done ♪ ♪ Now I've got these chores ♪ ♪ Now I'm never going to hurt no one ♪ ♪ And when at last ♪ ♪ My work is done ♪ ♪ If I, if I, if I, if I ♪ ♪ If I, if I, if I, if I ♪ ♪ If I, if I, if I, if I ♪ ♪ If I, if I, if I, if I ♪ ♪ If I, if I, if I, if I ♪ ♪ If I, if I, if I, if I ♪ ♪ If I, if I, if I, if I ♪ ♪ If I, if I, if I, if I ♪ ♪ I only want the time ♪ ♪ To do one thing that I like ♪ ♪ I want to get so stoned ♪ ♪ And take a walk out in the light drizzle ♪ ♪ At the end of the day ♪ ♪ When there's no one watching ♪ ♪ When there's no one watching ♪ ♪ When there's no one watching ♪ ♪ When there's no one watching ♪ ♪ At the end ♪ ♪ Of the day ♪ ♪ When there's no one watching ♪ ♪ When there's no one ♪ ♪ Watching ♪ ♪ When there's no one ♪ ♪ Watching ♪ ♪ When there's no one ♪ ♪ Watching ♪ ♪ It's not going to happen ♪ ♪ It's not going to happen ♪ ♪ It's not going to happen ♪ ♪ It's not going to happen ♪ ♪ It's not going to happen ♪ ♪ It's not going to happen ♪ (band members vocalizing) (band members continue vocalizing) (band members continue vocalizing) (band members continue vocalizing) (band members continue vocalizing) - All three of us on this record, coincidentally, I think are like bringing something new to the table that we have not brought in Animal Collective records before.

Like Dave playing live bass guitar, which is almost not on any of our records, let alone like Dave playing it.

Josh like doing mostly keyboards instead of guitar.

I was just felt like I've been faking something and then here was this organic thing that I can interact with.

It just felt like it was supposed to, like this realization was supposed to happen.

- All that kind of stuff.

The Hurdy Gurdy bass like just comes from music that we like listening to, basically.

It's just like, it's all out there.

You know, so much music is accessible and fun for us to dive into.

We just listen to so many different kinds of music from around the world.

But I also think it's just, we just force these kind of, force ourselves into these situations where I feel like using an instrument that I'm not very comfortable with I feel like opens up these kind of doorways to being creative and writing new stuff.

And I feel like you or I will play an instrument for a couple years or like say Song Tongues is very acoustic guitar oriented and after a few years of working on material, that kinda material becomes very repetitive.

I feel like you get into kind of like, a this is what I do with this instrument kind of thing.

So I feel like we've always over the years just forced ourselves to pick up new things.

And it just, it creates this new approach.

(ethereal music) ♪ In the distant ♪ ♪ The rider ♪ ♪ I saw ♪ ♪ The rider ♪ ♪ Come ♪ ♪ In the distant sky ♪ ♪ The rider ♪ ♪ Come ♪ ♪ In the distance ♪ ♪ Tight-Skinned rider ♪ ♪ Saw come ♪ ♪ In the distance ♪ ♪ I saw ♪ ♪ A rider tight-skinned ♪ ♪ Ride ♪ ("Strung with Everything" by Animal Collective) (crowd cheering) (bass guitar music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music continues) ♪ Don't peak, it won't last that long ♪ ♪ Or rarely ♪ ♪ It's really new everyday ♪ ♪ You need that click and they wrote it wrong ♪ ♪ Delivery ♪ ♪ Our terrarium moaned ♪ ♪ No sleeping in ♪ ♪ There's a natural clicking ♪ ♪ That can be heard in the kinks ♪ ♪ You need to forget the troublemaker ♪ ♪ Dislike the silicone heads ♪ ♪ Fresh sneakers in Babylon get dirty ♪ ♪ But we're digging that way ♪ ♪ I cut my pace no more racing urges ♪ ♪ How many days do we have ♪ ♪ I like some pressure and it likes pleasing ♪ ♪ Som5 find their way in a hearse ♪ ♪ Th5 summer's here and the time is crying ♪ ♪ It spent all year in your head ♪ ♪ I've got this world I think ♪ ♪ I build a thing and it does ♪ ♪ I do believe there's a conscious in things ♪ ♪ Don't believe in the time ♪ ♪ Just the inside of you ♪ ♪ Feel it all collapse ♪ ♪ I think that things will fall apart ♪ ♪ The grass will find its shape again ♪ ♪ The sun's no better off lately ♪ ♪ The sun's no better off now ♪ ♪ The sun's no better off lately ♪ ♪ The sun's no better off now ♪ ♪ Na, na, na ♪ ♪ They'll move west when the winters biting ♪ ♪ Build hotels for their thirst ♪ ♪ They'll move east when the deserts drying ♪ ♪ I moved in, you checked out ♪ ♪ We've got this heart ♪ ♪ It speaks out a thing and we feel ♪ ♪ The air sinks in ♪ ♪ There's a mist on the sea ♪ ♪ There's a clearing for rest ♪ ♪ There's a piece of glass ♪ ♪ It went into your foot ♪ ♪ The fire and bleeds and soaks us out ♪ ♪ The grass can't find the green again ♪ ♪ The sun's no better off lately ♪ ♪ The sun's no better off now ♪ ♪ The sun's no better off lately ♪ ♪ The sun's no better off now ♪ ♪ The sun's no better off lately ♪ ♪ The sun's no better off now ♪ ♪ The sun's no better off lately ♪ ♪ The sun's no better off now ♪ ♪ Let's say tonight you and me ♪ ♪ We'll watch the sky fall into pieces ♪ ♪ And for a moment imagine strings ♪ ♪ Holding the trees from falling down ♪ ♪ You know I would not be afraid ♪ ♪ With your head against my shoulder ♪ ♪ And even though all hearts are strange ♪ ♪ We're all strung with everything ♪ ♪ The sun's no better off lately ♪ ♪ The sun's no better off now ♪ ♪ The sun's no better off lately ♪ ♪ The sun's no better off now ♪ ♪ Let's say tonight you and me ♪ ♪ We'll watch the sky fall into pieces ♪ ♪ And for a moment imagine strings ♪ ♪ Holding the trees from falling down ♪ ♪ You know I would not be afraid ♪ ♪ With your head against my shoulder ♪ ♪ And even though all hearts are strange ♪ ♪ We're all strung with everything ♪ ♪ Let's say tonight you and me ♪ ♪ We'll watch the sky fall into pieces ♪ ♪ And for a moment imagine strings ♪ ♪ Holding the trees from falling down ♪ ♪ You know I would not be afraid ♪ ♪ With your head against my shoulder ♪ ♪ And even though all hearts are strange ♪ ♪ We're all strung with everything ♪ (audience cheering) Thanks y'all.