Wednesday, July 04, 2007

This just in from Pitchfork…

Premiere: Animal Collective ‘Fireworks’ (Video)



A Fourth of July shot fired by Animal Collective: the new video for ‘Fireworks,’ from the highly anticipated Strawberry Jam. The video, directed by Jon Leone, beautifully captures the chem-free psychedelia of fireworks displays, the way the lights turn into colorful geometric shapes when you squint your eyes just so. The song's got a little of everything Animal Collective does best — a bit of Spacemen 3 guitar, a few subdued chants, and some trademark vocal whoops-- but the lyrics are unusually direct and concrete. And then it ends, as it should, with a grand finale that combines bombs bursting in air that look a bit like a joyous bunch of people creating an earth-bound version with sparklers. Ooooh. Ahhhhhh. Awwww. Happy Independence Day!



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