# 10 Animal Collective- Merriweather Post Pavillion
December 9, 2009
Shocking, I know. I’m just going to go ahead and assume everybody already has this album and cut to the chase. Odds are good that MPP is going to hit the #1 spot for alot of critics this year, as it certainly has been labeled the best album Animal Collective has put out to date. Creatively, the album has alot going on for it and each song holds up quite well individually or played one after another. But i’m not going to lie to you folks, I could care less about Animal Collective. Yeah sure they make some fine music and all have really wacky aliases but whatever. The only reason I even bothered to download this album is because of two people: Jason Dill and Jake Johnson. Did you watch’em? I’ll admit In The Flowers is pretty epic even without Dill’s wild style, insane trick selection, crazy personality and distinctive. But it is because of Dill that this song gives me goosebumps. That wallie feeble, those trashcan ollies, oh and that ender. So good bra. Then you have amateur Jake Johnson. Now when him and Grant Taylor (who skates to a fuckin awesome Dinosaur Jr. song) got on Alien Workshop I wondered who they were. Now after seeing much more coverage and AWS’s video this year (Mindfield, which I urge you too see all the way through) I was sold. Jake Johnson’s smooth stylish steeziness (alliterations anybody?) flows perfectly with the mellow bounce of My Girls. Switch wallrides abound, Mr. Johnson killed and definitely made it ok for Animal Collective to be blasted at your local skatepark. So there you go. Is it blasphemy that I didn’t really care for the rest of Merriweather Post Pavillion? I’ll leave that up to you. But I can tell you that In The Flowers is definitely one of my favorite songs of all time now. So yeah. Yay for Animal Collective.
#9 on its way…..
