Animal Collective is celebrated not just for their acclaimed albums but also for their eclectic mix of one-off releases and collaborations. Their recent project, 'A Shaw Deal,' exemplifies this ethos, being a collaborative album created by Geologist as a birthday gift for Doug Shaw. The album showcases how the band continuously merges creativity with personal connections, reflecting their commitment to artistic exploration even amid challenges like A.I. artistry. The project features reimagined guitar sounds captured during the pandemic, demonstrating a delightful departure from traditional acoustic authenticity.
Animal Collective's appeal lies in how they've staked out an oasis of aspirational strangeness where anything can happen, and the usual expectations... need not apply.
Geologist made these seven tracks by taking guitar recordings Shaw posted on Instagram during the pandemic and running them through his modular system until it spat out tangles of sound.
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