(2023) Avey Tare - 7s    


Review:
Avey Tare, aka Animal Collective co-founder Dave Portner, is perhaps best known for his ability to merge seemingly unrelated styles to build intricate surrealist soundscapes, a talent which has granted him much critical acclaim over the years. He may come across more like your standard hipster dad than he embodies the genre-pushing mystique of a Scott Walker or Frank Zappa, but there’s clearly something special beneath the oversized headphones of a man who looks like he spends a lot of time flicking through Sun Ra bootlegs at Amoeba. 7s is an album of outstanding depth, each track so densely layered that focusing on just one element is like listening to a stand-alone song. The surreal landscape is rich with wah-wah guitars, classical pianos and mechanical noises. At this point you may be thinking 7s may sound unlistenably pretentious and avant-garde, but you’d be mistaken. It is Portner’s ability to actually make this whole structure work which is why this is such a fantastic pop record – and it is, above all, a pop record. Central to this record’s flamboyant charm is Avey Tare’s positive message about a world which we all look at so pessimistically. He is reminding us to tune into our surroundings, enjoy beauty and be wary of nihilism. Too deep? Maybe just walk to work without your airpods from time to time (not in London though – it’s shit). — loudandquiet.com


   


Track List:
01 - Invisible Darlings
02 - Lips At Night
03 - The Musical
04 - Hey Bog
05 - Sweeper's Grin
06 - Neurons
07 - Cloud Stop Rest Start


Media Report:
Genre: indie-pop, psychedelic rock
Country: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits
Compression mode: Lossless
Writing library: libFLAC 1.2.1 (UTC 2007-09-17)


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