Electronic-folk four-piece Animal Collective are preparing to kickstart a North American tour in support of their latest, surprisingly pop-packed effort, Feels, on February 21st in Boston.
The album, which features the energetic, choral-pop tracks “Grass” and “Did You See the Words,” is a kind of turning point for the Brooklyn collective, with its roots in ecstatic, free-form jams. “The music has a lot to do with love and loving in our lives in the past year,” says drummer Panda Bear.
The group’s intense live show tends towards the improvisational, sometimes breaking into dancing and drum circles.
“For us,” says guitarist Deakin, “playing music together is happiness.”
Perhaps in a nod to their more raja-inflected songs, popular Nepali folk singer Prem Raja Mahat is slated as one of Animal Collective’s opening acts.
Animal Collective North American tour dates:
02/21: Boston, Paradise Rock Club
02/22: Montreal, La Sala Rossa
02/23: Toronto, Lee’s Palace
02/24: Lansing, MI, Temple Club
02/25: Chicago, Logan Square Auditorium
02/26: Minneapolis, First Avenue
03/1: Seattle, Neumo’s
03/2: Vancouver, Richard’s On Richards
03/3: Portland, Wonder Ballroom
03/4: Sacramento, The Library
03/5: San Francisco, The Fillmore
03/7: Los Angeles, Vanguard Theatre
03/14: San Diego, Epicentre
03/15: Tucson, Solar Culture
03/19: Atlanta, Variety Playhouse
03/20: Asheville, NC, Orange Peel
03/21: Washington, DC, Black Cat
03/22: Philadelphia, Starlight
03/23: New York, Webster Hall
03/25: New York, Bowery Ballroom
Source Rollingstone.com.
