Avey Tare

Avey Tare is the alias of David Portner, a founding member of the Animal Collective. Avey Tare first came to light on the ‘Spirit They’re Gone / Spirit They’ve Vanished’ album he recorded with Panda Bear and initially released on their own Animal label in 2000, and which was described by TimeOut NYC as “the discovery of the year…”. Since then, Avey Tare has been an integral part of each of the collective’s recordings, and this 12” represents his first solo release.

Far from a simple or stable ‘band’ proposition, Animal Collective is an umbrella name used for a grouping of four people - Avey Tare, Panda Bear, Geologist and Deaken - who play together in different configurations and whose releases are prone to continual musical change: from beautifully skewed pop ballads to fiercely ruptured noise-squalls, tribal rhythmic work-outs and simple folk songs.

Animal Collective’s ‘Sprit They’ve Gone…’ was released as part of a double CD on FatCat in October 2003. In May 2004, FatCat released 'Sung Tongs'.