Animal Collective by Hisham Bharoocha
Animal Collective have been working with producer Russell Elevado.
Animal Collective‘s new single Defeat is a 22-minute affair featuring guest musicians Samara Lubelski (violin), Leila Bordreuil (cello) and Ben Chapoteau-Katz (saxophone).
Set to be released as a limited edition 12-inch on August 25th, on the flip-side will be a live track entitled The Challenge which has been entirely improvised across 11 different shows between March-September 2022.
“The only time it was even discussed was after shows late in the touring cycle when it took on its own identity,” Geologist said.
‘How did we feel about the Strung intro?’ often provided the answer to ‘how was the show?’ But the discussion always ended at what happened that night, without any detailed critique, and never with how it might happen the next. We became aware the same discussions were happening amongst our fans, who were recording, uploading and listening to the shows each night.
“They took notice and named the section The Challenge. This edit is for them.”
