Animal Collective: Tiny Desk ( Home) Concert

Bob Boilen, July 12, 2022 Every time I ve witnessed Animal Collective in concert the band has been bathed in colored light, with shapes and patterns floating above the members heads, often mirroring the unpredictable and mesmerizing journey that defines its music. Yet here, the band is brightly lit for its Tiny Desk (home) concert which it filmed at MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art), playing new songs from its 11th studio album Time Skiffs and the band s musical journey remains transfixing. The four members known by their monikers Deakin, Panda Bear, Avey Tare and Geologist are joined by a silent time skiff rider, dressed mysteriously in a hooded robe, who cuts paper shapes at a tiny desk as the band s music unfolds. The set begins as Animal Collective s new album opens, with Dragon Slayer morphing into Car The abstract words ping back and forth between Deakin, Panda Bear and Avey Tare, resembling a secret