Animal Collective: "Bleeding (Live)"


Animal Collective's "Brothersport" 10" single is out now, and the best reason to cop it might be the B-side, a 10-minute extended live version of "Bleeding" that the group taped in Big Sur, California. Check it out at the Hype Machine, via Stereogum.
We haven't yet heard the studio version of this track; it's set for release on Fall Be Kind, the band's forthcoming EP, which is due out November 23 digitally and December 15 physically via Domino. According to group member Avey Tare, the live version of "Bleeding" actually includes previews of two songs from Fall Be Kind.
Talking to Pitchfork last month, Avey Tare said, "The B-side to the single is a live version of 'Bleed', which we did at Big Sur on our last large U.S. tour. We played at the Henry Miller Library, which was awesome. We did this extended jam linking 'Bleed' into 'What Would I Want? Sky', so that's on there, too."
"What Would I Want? Sky" is the Animal Collective track that famously includes the first-ever licensed Grateful Dead sample. The whole sprawling, dizzy live version must've exploded minds at Big Sur.