To celebrate the 15th anniversary of their lauded 2009 effort Merriweather Post Pavilion, Animal Collective are releasing a deluxe vinyl repress of the album.
Arriving on June 28th, the album will be pressed to color vinyl and feature the same translucent green and blue as Merriweather Post Pavilion’s original, optical illusion-esque artwork. The deluxe vinyl repress will also arrive in a reflective foil mirrorhead gatefold jacket.
Domino Records, the band’s longtime label, is also offering an exclusive 10-inch variant with the album’s fan-favorite single “My Girls” as the A-side and a live recording of the unreleased track “From A Beach (BBC Session)” from a 2007 BBC Radio 1 session as the B-side. Pre-orders for Animal Collective’s 15th anniversary vinyl repress of Merriweather Post Pavilion are ongoing and available here.
Though Merriweather Post Pavilion is getting the anniversary treatment, Animal Collective are not merely strolling down memory lane. The group has released two new albums in two years: 2022’s Time Skiffs and 2023’s Isn’t It Now?. They also reissued their debut album last year and unearthed an early cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams.”
Revisit our 2022 interview with Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), and read our 10 year retrospective essay on Merriweather Post Pavilion’s impact.
