Animal Collective

American experimental pop band

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September 29 2023 The band released their album Isn't It Now? via Domino Records.
July 24 2023 Animal Collective announced their album Isn't It Now?, revealing its album art and track listing.
June 26 2023 The group released the 22-minute single 'Defeat' digitally and on 12-inch vinyl as the lead single for their upcoming album.
February 4 2022 Animal Collective released their album Time Skiffs via Domino, with the lead single 'Prester John'. Additional singles 'Walker' and 'Strung with Everything' were also released.
2021 Jeremy Hyman returned as an opening act drummer.
July 2 2020 The group announced a digital reissue of their back catalogue on Bandcamp, released the EP Bridge to Quiet, and officially changed the cover of People and renamed Here Comes the Indian to Ark.
June 2020 The band released 2 Nights, a collection of archival live recordings from 2001 and 2002, with profits donated to Climate Justice Alliance and Deep South Center for Environmental Justice.
2019 Released 'Painting With' album.
2019 Animal Collective embarked on a short tour performing new material, featuring all four members.
August 17 2018 Tangerine Reef audiovisual album was released.
July 16 2018 The band announced their audiovisual album Tangerine Reef.
March 19 2018 Animal Collective announced a tour where Portner and Lennox would play their 2004 album Sung Tongs in full.
2017 Animal Collective performed Sung Tongs album live at Pitchfork's 21st birthday event.
2017 Jeremy Hyman continued as a touring drummer.
March 21 2017 Announced plans to release the 'Meeting of the Waters EP' on Record Store Day, recorded live in Brazil by Avey Tare and Geologist in 2016.
February 14 2017 Announced the release of 'The Painters EP', which was released on February 17.
2016 Jeremy Hyman joined as a touring drummer for the first time.
February 2016 Released the album 'Painting With'.
2015 Recorded the album Painting With in the same studio space where Brian Wilson recorded Pet Sounds and Smile, showcasing their connection to and reverence for the Beach Boys.
November 25 2015 Announced their new album 'Painting With', which debuted playing on loop at Baltimore/Washington International Airport.
September 1 2015 Announced a live album titled 'Live at 9:30', released on September 4, 2015.
September 2012 Released the album Centipede Hz.
May 6 2012 Announced the release of a 7-inch single 'Honeycomb' / 'Gotham' through Domino Records.
April 21 2012 A 12" vinyl LP featuring studio and live recordings from the Transverse Temporal Gyrus project was released for Record Store Day.
May 6 2011 Avey Tare, Geologist, and Deakin presented a rare 35mm print of the 1983 film 'The Boxer's Omen' at the Maryland Film Festival's Charles Theatre.
April 18 2011 Announced a concert at Merriweather Post Pavilion on July 9, 2011, which is the namesake of their eighth studio album.
October 2010 All Tomorrow's Parties announced Animal Collective would curate and headline their UK festival in May 2011. Deakin confirmed to rejoin the band for this tour.
August 2010 Oddsac was released on DVD after screenings in North American and European theaters during spring 2010.
March 4 2010 Animal Collective collaborated with Danny Perez on the audio-visual performance piece Transverse Temporal Gyrus at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City, celebrating the museum's 50th anniversary.
January 26 2010 Paw Tracks reissues the out-of-print Campfire Songs album.
January 26 2010 Oddsac premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, marking the public debut of the band's experimental visual record project with Danny Perez.

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