Tomboy is closer in style to full-band releases such as last year's excellent Fall Be Kind EP than his previous loop'n'sample or chant-based solo experiments. Here Noah eschews the more dissonant idiosyncrasies that have fuelled his detractors' ire, while maintaining the imaginative sparkle that endears him to the rest of us. Luckily, there are very few reasons not to like Tomboy hopefully Animal Collective lovers and haters alike will agree.
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But hey, your experience may differ - I'm just surprised it got the free pass from the Animal Collective naysayers. Save for bandmate Avey Tare's trademark caterwaul, it ticked all the boxes in the Big List of Reasons People Usually Hate Animal Collective: coarse, muddy production values hip/twee lyrical content discordant arrangements heavy repetition that bored rather than entranced.
It contained none of the freeform savant glee I'd come to associate with classic Animal Collective material. It was a mess, a sloppy jumble of disparate loops haphazardly arranged and flooded with reverb. I must first confess, though, that I didn't much care for Person Pitch. I was sneaky and asked for a second one, so you can rest assured what you're about to read is an accurate and fully-formed critique of this record. The powers that be have therefore employed the kind of diligent security measures reserved for Area 51 press conferences or a new Radiohead LP by allowing only one digital stream per reviewer. (One of the nutters tried to get in touch with me the other day I mean, who the fuck am I? How do they know?!) This 'gotta-hear-it' clamour follows the success of 2007's Person Pitch which was widely hailed as the Animal Collective album even Animal Collective haters can love (or at least grudgingly accept).
But it wasn't just the Animal Collective hardcore trying to hunt down illicit promos and bootlegs ahead of time. Rabid speculation has surrounded Noah Lennox's third solo album ever since its announcement way back in May last year. Calling Tomboy a much-anticipated release would be like describing Charlie Sheen as a fellow in need of a warm camomile and a good night's sleep.
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