These folks said some really great things about us, and we are quite flattered. Thanks to all y’all who are moved enough by our music to write about it and let other people know! We’re glad that listening to us does something good for you. (There’s some bad stuff out there too, but we’re gonna make you google search for that… ). There’s a few bites below, and links to all our press below that.
“[EXPERIMENTS IN POP] It would be easy to say Animal Eyes sounds like the Dirty Projectors hanging out with Grizzly Bear, but I won’t. The groups have similar characteristics (quick, whirring guitar riffs; layers of shiny vocals; bright, experimental undertones), but direct comparisons sell the band short. Found in the Forest, the group’s debut album released last November, holds 10 invaluable and far-flung tracks. From the quick and campy accordion featured on “Sweet Eyes” to the bluesy, mountainous sound of “Goat Chasing,” Animal Eyes is a genre-bending pop group that’s not afraid to do things its way” -Nikki Volpicelli, Willamette Week
“Animal Eyes sounds like the love child from an acid trip, mountaintop orgy that involves the Fleet Foxes and Animal Collective, who, after a night of vicious passion, created a baby that was then raised in rural Alaska by a pack of musical wolves, led by Aplha, Tom Waits” -Brianna Brey, The Source
“[EXPERIMENTAL POPTIMISM] It’s good to see Animal Eyes climbing the local recognition ladder. Since migrating to Portland from where-the-fuck Alaska a couple of years back, the quintet has done little but charm the pants off local audiences of all stripes. With the whimsical collectivity of Belle and Sebastian and an experimental omnivorousness reminiscent of Dirty Projectors, Animal Eyes has tidily seduced venues all across this fair city with its indispensable, cathartic hollers. The group’s debut album, Found in the Forest, made a minor splash this November and has been deservedly gaining word-of-mouth momentum ever since” -Morgan Troper, The Portland Mercury
Portland:
5-17-12 BePortland Live Show Review
4-18-12 Music Scene PDX Live Show Review
4-15-12 SYFFAL’s Bandcamp Artist of the Week
3-18-12 Music Scene PDX Live Show Reviews
3-14-12 Willamette Week Mississippi Studios Show
2-18-12 Portland Mercury Ella St Show
2-03-12 The Deli Mag Review
1-31-12 Local Cut Blog Song Review
1-10-12 Willamette Week Bunk Bar Show
1-01-11 Portland Monthly Band of the Minute
11-25-11 Willamette Week Album Review
9-03-11 Rose City Live House Show Review
8-22-11 I’d Love to But I Have a Show Blog
8-11-11 Rose City Live PALS Fest Review
7-29-11 BePortland Interview
San Francisco:
2-25-12 Mutiny Radio Interview
Bend:
5-18-12 The Source Blog Review
1-20-12 Bend Bulletin Review
1-25-12 The Source (full page live show review)
Fresno:
12-7-11 The Owl Mag
