On Board With My Girls
Posted by BrokenSilence | Filed under Animal Collective
On most ‘best of’ lists for 2009, Animal Collective’s eighth studio album, ‘Merriweather Post Pavilion’, was #1. And many of that album’s tracks were on people’s ‘best songs’ lists, primarily, ‘My Girls’. I never sat down and gave ‘Merriweather’ a proper listen, not sure when I will, and I’ve only heard a scattering of the tracks. But one day my friend Jon told me to listen to ‘My Girls’. I did just that, and liked it, but only recently have I started to really enjoy the song (perhaps because I hear it everywhere). Call me late to the table, but here it is. ‘My Girls’ is a great track because it builds up from a synth splattered whisper that rummages till the end of the song, though on top of it soft booms of percussion and vocalized choruses grow in a communal, washing wave of sounds.
Tags: Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion, My Girls
