It's amazing how so many good albums fly under my radar. Coming almost 10 years late to the party, I'm throwing it back this Thursday to Animal Collective's wonderful 2005 album Feels, and its opener "Did You See The Words". The track sounds unlike anything I have ever heard from the wildly ecstatic group, almost as if it were off a record from the likes of a group such as Grizzly Bear.

The building electric guitar and drums really help set this piece apart from anything from the band that I've heard. It also helps to set the mood for the record, a very psychedelic record about coming of age. "Did You See The Words" is slowly but surely becoming one of my favorite songs off of one of my soon-to-be favorite albums.

posted by Staff
October 2014