Animal Collective have been been one of the most talked-about bands of last year, with their album Merriweather Post Pavilion ending up on many, many top ten lists, and they’re not content with that. They’re premiering their “visual album,” directed by Danny Perez, at Sundance this year – a couple of screenings have already happened, but I think there are a couple more tomorrow. Anyway, from all reports, it’s a trippy, bizarre, mood-driven piece made up of musical motifs and psychedelic images broken up by some short narrative sequences. (A couple of reviews are here and here.) Pretty much what I’d expect out of Animal Collective, actually. It’s unlikely we’ll see this at a theatre near us, but what do you think? Something you’ll hope to find on DVD some day?
The brief, seizure-inducing trailer for the film is after the jump:
I love the Animal Collective’s music, they’ve been one of my favourite bands for a long time, but I’m not sure how their trippy lo-fi videos will pan out at feature length. It’ll probably just give me a headache after a while.
I watched this trailer three times the other day. It scares me a little and I still want to see it.
Played at Sundance – it’s apparently going to play a few cities on the big screen.
WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jonathan – EXACTLY.
Marina, yeah, the imagery in the video is a little disturbing. Let me know if you see it, I’m curious.
David, it’s a little under an hour, I think, so it’s pretty short for feature-length. But still, a whole lot longer than a music video.