Animal Collective: Strawberry JamDomino: 9/11/2007
I have been following Animal Collective for a few years now, since just before Sung Tongs, and I don't remember anything they've done that's as naturally catchy as the songs on Strawberry Jam. I'm not sure if their sound has migrated closer to my notions of pop, or whether listening to Animal Collective has changed them, but hearing Strawberry Jam makes me think they have always been making pop music. It's just that the world has been slow to catch on. If one were to send "Peacebone", Animal Collective's most accessible stab at a single, to 1939, the visionary genius popsmith Cole Porter would have recognized the intention behind it. After all, the differences between "Peacebone" and Porter tunes like "Too Darn Hot" are merely superficial; the results in both cases are a hummable, memorable melody and the urge to dance. The only reason that Strawberry Jam hasn't garnered the same fame for Animal Collective that Kiss Me, Kate did for Porter is that the former are taking a perpendicular approach to pop music that is, at least for now, unrecognizable or unplatable to the population at large. I suspect that will change over the next few years.
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