Animal Collective - Centipede Hz. Review

To say you liked Merriweather Post Pavilion but find the majority of Animal Collective discography, for lack of better terms “difficult” is blasphemy to their very dedicated fanbase. The problem with MPP was Animal Collective managed to create one of the most innovative pop records for the past century, at the expense of the experimentation that made them so endearing and different from your run of the mill “alternative” band.

The Vaccines - The Vaccines Come of Age Review

Hands down my favourite debut album for last year was The Vaccines What Did You Expect from The Vaccines? Hyped to the brink of certain doom, the album was a surprisingly satisfying rock album, heavy on the short but sweet but just as heavy in the entertainment value of the record.

Despite being little over a year, the band have quickly released the dreaded follow-up album, named The Vaccines Come of Age (or simply Come of Age). With only a year after the impressive debut, the question on mine and many others lips was simply; can the band, famous for their addictive, under three minute tunes either replicate it again without diluting it, or possibly take a significant change?