This next single started being played in live shows in 2007, first appeared in recorded form in 2008, and had a video made in 2009. It's in the indie version of
Call the Shots!
2. Animal Collective - In the Flowers
Who else could beat Animal Collective but Animal Collective?
In the Flowers shares all of
My Girls' positive traits (waterlogged sonic atmospheres that give way to catharsis, climaxes in all the right places), with none of its' faults. Moreover, it is so staggeringly precise in the depiction of new-found love, and all the woozy feelings that come along with it, that it - more than any other Animal Collective song - cements them as the voice of their (my/our) generation.
SO WHAT COULD TOP IT?