Here Comes the Indian

Here Comes the Indian
Studio album by Animal Collective
Released	June 17, 2003
Recorded	2003
Length	44:32
Label	Paw Tracks
Animal Collective chronology
Campfire Songs (2003) Here Comes the Indian (2003) Sung Tongs (2004)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Pitchfork	8.6/10[2]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[3]
Dusted	(favourable)[4]

Here Comes the Indian is the debut (later retroactively classified as the fourth) studio album by experimental pop band Animal Collective, released on June 17, 2003. Previously, the band's members had simply chosen to credit themselves according to who played on each album, starting with Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished (2000). Here Comes the Indian is the first release on which all four members of the group perform together: Avey Tare (David Portner), Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), Geologist (Brian Weitz), and Deakin (Josh Dibb).

Recording

The album was recorded live in three days. Avey Tare played his guitar through an Ibanez delay rack and Boss 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 and a vocoder. Avey and Panda Bear later recorded the vocals at Avey's house onto MiniDisc, then added in 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 (Geologist) 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."^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
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
Total length:		44:32

"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.

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
• Panda Bear
• Geologist
• Deakin
• Nicolas Vernhes – Engineer

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Pitchfork Media review
3. Amneziak (200?), Animal Collective: Here Comes the Indian, Tiny Mix Tapes, archived from the original on March 28, 2007, retrieved July 24, 2013 Check date values in: |date= (help)
4. Dusted review
5. MOTHER NATURE’S SONS: Animal Collective and Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti by Simon Reynolds, The Wire, 2005

External links

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