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Animal Collective: Scala, London

Sophie Heawood, The Guardian, 29 October 2005

LIKE WATCHING SPEEDED-UP FOOTAGE of the dawn, you don't quite notice when one part of an Animal Collective set has ended and another has started. Consequently, the four sonic adventurers can lead their audience unawares from gently hummed harmonies to shocking, ear-splitting howls.

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