Animal Collective - Centipede Hz (2012)

After the amazing psych-rock masterpiece Merriweather Post Pavilion, Animal Collective's follow-up leaves me somewhat disappointed. The songs are for the most part rather average, but some brilliance does shine forth especially on the second half of the album. It's extremely quirky as you'd expect an AC release to be, but at the same time it feels like the band has kind of stagnated. Granted, this is a grower so I'll probably think better of it over time, but on my first listen I'm not very impressed.
7.5/10