Dance Manatee - LP

DMM remastered; comes with a digital download code! FINALLY! First-ever widely available pressing of Animal Collective's 2001 album Danse Manatee, presented here with the original artwork. Animal Collective's second full length, Danse Manatee - originally released in extremely limited handmade CD and LP editions, and later reissued by FatCat on CD only - followed quickly on the heels of their ecstatically buzzed-about debut, Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished. The first Animal Collective album to feature Geologist alongside Avey Tare and Panda Bear, Danse Manatee finds the band experimenting with a looser, more live, organic sound, adding Geologist's improvised electronics and backing vocals to the playful, otherwordly melodicism characterizing their debut. Essential for any Animal Collective fan, Danse Manatee showcases a crucial growth point along the way for this irrepressibly creative, innovative ensemble.