Brother Sport

"Brother Sport"
Single by Animal Collective
from the album Merriweather Post Pavilion
ReleasedNovember 9, 2009
RecordedFebruary 2008
GenrePop,[1] Afrobeat[1]
Length6:00
LabelDomino
Songwriter(s)Animal Collective
Producer(s)Ben H. Allen, Animal Collective
Animal Collective singles chronology
"Summertime Clothes"
(2009) 		"Brother Sport"
(2009) 		"Honeycomb / Gotham"
(2012)

"Brother Sport" is the third single from Animal Collective's 2009 album Merriweather Post Pavilion, released on November 9, 2009 by Domino Records.[2] The single is available as a 10" vinyl single and as a digital download. It was written by Panda Bear to encourage his brother into talking about previous ordeals that had troubled him.[3] The single's B-side is a live recording of "Bleed" with an extended jam linking into "What Would I Want? Sky" recorded May 27, 2009 at Henry Miller Memorial Library, Big Sur, CA.[4]

New Musical Express called it a "resplendent orgy of Afrobeat pop with touches of hard house, like Orbital double-dropping with Fela Kuti or Vampire Weekend in space."[1] In 2012, Stereogum ranked the song number two on their list of the 10 greatest Animal Collective songs,[5] and in 2015, Paste ranked the song number one on their list of the 12 greatest Animal Collective songs.[6]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Brother Sport"5:50
2."Bleed" (Live)9:42

References

  1. ^ a b c Mackay, Emily (9 January 2009). "Merriweather Post Pavilion". NME. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  2. ^ Animal Collective to Release "Brothersport" Single
  3. ^ "Animal Collective". Pitchfork.
  4. ^ Animal Collective's Avey Tare Reveals All About New EP, Film, Tour Hiatus
  5. ^ Tatusian, Alex (August 31, 2012). "The 10 Best Animal Collective Songs". Stereogum. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  6. ^ Levenson, Max Savage (December 4, 2015). "The 12 Best Animal Collective Songs". Paste. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
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