merriweather post pavilion

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Thanks to xxxchange for the tip on this one; I'd read elsewhere that Animal Collective's "My Girls" -- which is my current favorite song on MPP -- was likely something of an homage to Frankie Knuckles' Chicago house classic "Your Love," and this pretty much confirms that...

As I mentioned last month, we're teaming up with Radio UTD and Domino Records to present the official Dallas release party for Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion tonight at 7 PM at the Cavern. This is your chance to hear what 9.6 / P4k's album of '09 sounds like, assuming you've abstained from downloading the leak...

As reported last week, Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion will be released early on deluxe 2xLP 180 gram gatefold vinyl, with full album download, on January 6th, 2009 in North America. This is possibly our most anticipated release of 2K9, so we're pretty psyched that Domino asked us to present the official Dallas release party for the record, which will take place on Monday, January

I'm not about to supplant this dude as the "global leak source," but man this one hits HARD. Ben Allen's production on this song is essentially flawless, and the Panda Bear/Avey harmonies are glorious. ****************************

Okay, so those Merriweather Post Pavilion excerpts from earlier are long gone (that didn't take long), but this is even better: hit up Les Inrocks to hear the glorious full studio version of "Brothersport," aka my current favorite Animal Collective song...

Well, these won't be up long, so go check them while you can. "Bluish" sounds pretty great upon first listen. ***************************

If you missed out on the highly-coveted Panda hat, you can now get Noah Lennox's rad Panda Bear x Maryland flag design on a shirt by clicking here. mp3: ********************************

Looks like Animal Collective will host a listening party for Merriweather Post Pavilion next Tuesday night in New York. RSVP required. Someone go and let us know if this guy's review is accurate. Edit: Also, based on the file name, looks like this could be the album cover...

An addendum to that highly (okay, totally) speculative post from the other day: here is the tracklisting for the new Animal Collective record, Merriweather Post Pavilion, as revealed by the band: 1. In the Flowers (live video)2. My Girls3. Also Frightened4...