Sophomore animal collective album, never before released on lp, released here in special edition heavyweight dmm vinyl. ‘danse manatee’ was the first animal collective album to feature now permanent member geologist. this album is being re-released alongside three other animal collective albums on fatcat: ‘spirit they’re gone, spirit they’ve vanished’, ‘sung tongs’ and ‘feels’. a ‘live’ sound permeates the surface audio aesthetic here, but the more intriguing development is the music itself: geologist contributes live electronics and incidental vocals, panda bear is singing more, the whole thing is more organic, fleshed out and looser, whilst retaining the playful, melodic otherworldliness that characterised their preceding album.