Recommended Listening

Don't believe the hype.

That being said, this is a pretty good record- I say "pretty good" only because with the album essentially bookended by two of the best songs Animal Collective have ever written ("My Girls" and "Brothersport") the bulk of it seems diminished in comparison. Still, every song has its merits, and only occasionally do they veer into the annoying Animal Collectivisms (the yelping, oh god the yelping) that hampered so much of their earlier work. Definitely worth checking out.