So this is a new feature I plan to do every month in which I will discuss an album I think is underrated. This month:
Avey Tare - Down There
One half of the main creative force behind the indie juggernaut Animal Collective, Avey Tare is less regarded than his peer and bandmate, Panda Bear. Panda Bear's 2008 solo album, Person Pitch, is a warm melodic album that was included on a lot of critics "Best of" year end lists and it was even voted above Animal Collective's last album, Merriweather Post Pavilion, in Pitchfork's best of the decade list (coming in at #8). Although the exact contributions of each member for any Animal Collective song are unknown, a lot of people associate Panda Bear with the lush melodies and Avey Tare with the avant garde experimentalism of the band's music. So when Avey Tare announced the release of his solo album, many wrote it off (especially those who heard his previous album, Pullhair Ribeye - a collaboration with Kria Brekken of tape loops and songs he recorded backwards).
"Cemeteries"