Here Comes The Indian is the fourth studio album

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 by Baltimore

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-based band Animal Collective

Animal Collective

Animal Collective is an experimental psychedelic band originally from Baltimore, Maryland, currently based in New York City. Animal Collective consists of Avey Tare , Panda Bear , Deakin , and Geologist...

, released on June 17, 2003. This was the first album to bear the name Animal Collective; before Indian, they had chosen to credit themselves according to who played on each album.

Here Comes the Indian is the first release on which all four members of the group perform together, although, on their previous release, Campfire Songs

Campfire Songs (album)

Campfire Songs is the third album by Baltimore based band Animal Collective, here operating under an eponymous alias. It was released in March 2003.- Recording :The album comprises five individual songs played back to back and recorded in one take...

, Geologist was present for the recording.

Recording

The album was recorded live in three days. Avey Tare

Avey Tare

Avey Tare is a musician and founding member of Animal Collective. Portner lives in Brooklyn, NY.-Animal Collective:...

 played his guitar through an Ibanez

Ibanez

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 delay

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 rack and Boss

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 pitch shifter/delay pedal to create a doubled, fuller sound, since he was the only one playing guitar at the time. The group also took turns processing sounds through various effects, such as a Roland SH-2 synthesizer

Synthesizer

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 and a vocoder

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. Avey and Panda Bear

Panda Bear (musician)

Noah Benjamin Lennox also known as Panda Bear, is an experimental musician and a founding member of Animal Collective.-Early life:...

 later recorded the vocals at Avey's house onto MiniDisc, then added them in like electronic sounds along with piano loops that Avey had made. Mixing of the album lasted between three to four days.

In the run-up to the recording session, the members experienced a challenging time. After difficulties on tour and within the band, member Brian Weitz had decided to leave the band for one year to visit graduate school in Arizona. According to him, the recording was "the absolute heart of that darkness ... That’s why the album’s so hectic and chaotic. It was trying to shove all this weird energy into one recording."

Track listing

1. "Native Belle" – 3:52
2. "Hey Light" – 5:41
3. "Infant Dressing Table" – 8:35
4. "Panic" – 4:48
5. "Two Sails On a Sound" – 12:20
6. "Slippi" – 2:49
7. "Too Soon" – 6:27

"Ark" Early Mix

An early mix of the album can be found on the internet (although not commercially available). Most of the vocals had not been added yet. The guitar was more prominent, and track order was different, with different transitions between songs. http://www.brrrptzzapthesubject.com/?p=196

1. "Too Soon" – 7:01
2. "Native Bell" – 3:56
3. "Daylight" – 7:03
4. "Chant" – 5:26
5. "Two Sails" – 12:31
6. "Slippi" – 2:55
7. "Infinite Dressing Table" – 10:51

Personnel

• Avey Tare
  Avey Tare
  Avey Tare is a musician and founding member of Animal Collective. Portner lives in Brooklyn, NY.-Animal Collective:...
  
  
• Panda Bear
  Panda Bear (musician)
  Noah Benjamin Lennox also known as Panda Bear, is an experimental musician and a founding member of Animal Collective.-Early life:...
  
  
• Geologist
  Geologist (musician)
  Geologist is a founding member of Animal Collective. He provides electronic sound manipulations and samples for the band.Geologist grew up in Philadelphia and Baltimore and currently lives in Washington DC....
  
  
• Deakin
  Deakin (musician)
  Deakin is an avant-garde musician and a founding member of Animal Collective.-Animal Collective:Josh Dibb began writing and recording music with childhood friend Noah Lennox in 1991. While at The Park School in Baltimore, Josh met David Portner and Brian Weitz when they asked him to join their...
  
  
• Nicolas Vernhes – Engineer
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Reviews

• Review by Rod Smith of Minneapolis City Pages
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• Fat cats Animal Collective and Black Dice pounce on Austin by Andrew Ward of The Daily Texan
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