Prospect Hummer, Animal Collective, Music CD

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Prospect Hummer


1	It's You 3:39
2	Prospect Hummer 4:40
3	Baleen Sample 5:05
4	I Remember Learning How to Dive 2:17

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On first listen, Prospect Hummer, the welcome four-song collaboration of obscure folk doyenne Vashti Bunyan with postmodern experimentalists Animal Collective, appears to be a formless wash of vocals and autoharp, a work that ebbs and flows with some power but ultimately signifies nothing. It gradually becomes clear, however, that something more is occurring here; the group is channeling the same sense of primal folk -- not traditional, yet very ancient -- that Bunyan and her friends did on the quiet 1970 masterpiece Just Another Diamond Day and Animal Collective did on a different scale with 2004's Sung Tongs. This is very much a modern recording, focusing on the spirit of the performance rather than song-based material (the only exception is the closer). While the material doesn't have the same infectious power as Bunyan's "Rose Hip November," it deliciously blends the similarities held by both Bunyan in the late '60s and Animal Collective nearly 40 years later. John Bush, All Music Guide

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Prospect Hummer


1	It's You 3:39
2	Prospect Hummer 4:40
3	Baleen Sample 5:05
4	I Remember Learning How to Dive 2:17

All Music Guide

On first listen, Prospect Hummer, the welcome four-song collaboration of obscure folk doyenne Vashti Bunyan with postmodern experimentalists Animal Collective, appears to be a formless wash of vocals and autoharp, a work that ebbs and flows with some power but ultimately signifies nothing. It gradually becomes clear, however, that something more is occurring here; the group is channeling the same sense of primal folk -- not traditional, yet very ancient -- that Bunyan and her friends did on the quiet 1970 masterpiece Just Another Diamond Day and Animal Collective did on a different scale with 2004's Sung Tongs. This is very much a modern recording, focusing on the spirit of the performance rather than song-based material (the only exception is the closer). While the material doesn't have the same infectious power as Bunyan's "Rose Hip November," it deliciously blends the similarities held by both Bunyan in the late '60s and Animal Collective nearly 40 years later. John Bush

Product Details

Format: CD - Digi-Pak
Release Date: 05/24/2005
Label: FAT CAT
Catalog No.: 9009
UPC: 600116120922
Sales Rank: 42,295

Album Credits
Performance Credits
Animal Collective		Primary Artist