Avey Tare “Down There”
Paw Tracks PAW 35 cd/lp/digital
300 dpi jpeg of front cover:
jpegs of Dave Portner: (credit: Josh Dibb)
credit: Atiba Jefferson
Dave Portner AKA Avey Tare
was born in Baltimore County, Maryland on April 24th in the year of 1979.
He moved to New York City in 1997 where he resides to this day (in south
Brooklyn). Though he spends most of his time writing songs and producing
sounds (usually in the group Animal Collective) he also is an intense record
collector, film fanatic, book head, friend, and traveler. It's from
these things primarily that Mr. Portner gets his inspiration, still striving to
blend sounds and discover musical territory that seems unfamiliar. His
favorite animals are the otter and crocodile. The later has played a big role in
his newest record.
Down
There is a world of nine new
songs from Animal Collective's Avey Tare. His first official solo full
length carries you through a murky world of sound, an alien death world of soul grooves
that is both honest and otherworldly. Wait for sundown and turn it up loud. Take
a ride on this haunted boat and let yourself be guided through deep sloshy
rhythms, waterlogged bass, and moonlit breaks in the canopy that reveal a
crisp crystalline pop buzz. Down There
was recorded in the month of June by old friend Josh Dibb (Deakin) at the
Good House, an old church in upstate New York, surrounded by The Great Swamp and
visited regularly by monks, white widows, and groan toads.
n North American press by Motormouth Media
n College radio promotion by Terrorbird
UPC: CD – 677517103526 and LP 677517103519
Release Date: October 25th, 2010
Tracklisting: 1. Laughing Hieroglyphic 2. 3 Umbrellas 3. Oliver Twist 4. Glass Bottom Boat 5. Ghost Of Books 6. Cemeteries 7. Heads Hammock 8. Heather In The Hospital 9. Lucky 1