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agreed!
I don’t think it’s any more 311 or Sugar Ray than later-period Animal Collective, save for the slightly more reggae rhythm. I don’t love this, but then again, I don’t love any post-Feels AC!
Well, at least Janelle’s high up there. I can only hope that one day she’ll get the fame and adulation that Kanye’s getting now.
Fans of Animal Collective’s who prefer their more adventurous albums (Here Comes the Indian, Sung Tongs) have good reason to be disappointed with MPP. While “nice,” it offers what countless other indie pop acts dish out: sunny, melodic ditties inspired by Brian Wilson.
And the lyrics are almost depressingly banal. “We Tigers” may not be classic poetry, but it’s a hell of a lot more intriguing than Panda Bear’s boring domestic life.
I certainly felt there should have been such arguments! Not only because I personally felt that it pales in comparison to Here Comes the Indian, Sung Tongs, and Feels, but simply because no review fully convinced me of why they gave it such high marks. But these days, if you imitate Brian Wilson, you have a good chance of having an Album of the Year.
Your article defending MAYA inspired me to write up a comparison of MAYA with MBDTF just last week, so I was pleased that you found this to be overrated as well.
For anyone who’s interested:
http://gutsgutsgotnoguts.blogspot.com/2010/12/maya-owns-dark-twisted-fantasy.html
Battles “Ice Cream,” Very Best’s “Super Mom,” and Patrick Wolf’s “The City.”