A gentler entry in Animal Collective's diverse catalog, this collection of lengthy, atmospheric folk was recorded mostly live in semi-improvised sessions on a back porch. Meditative and ambient, this material predicted just one layer of the group's dense, freaked out take on pop that would follow.
The third album from the Chilean saxophonist--her first with Crash Trio--is an exercise in hard post-bop wed to finger-popping grooves, Latin jazz, folk sounds, syncopated Caribbean rhythms and samba. Whether ballad, blues, or swinging hard bop, this trio's interplay is canny, soulful and deep.