''The Painters'' is the eighth EP by American

experimental pop Experimental pop is pop music that cannot be categorized within traditional musical boundaries or which attempts to push elements of existing popular forms into new areas. It may incorporate experimental techniques such as musique concrète, al ...

band

Animal Collective Animal Collective is an American experimental pop band formed in Baltimore, Maryland. Its members consist of Avey Tare (David Portner), Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), Geologist (Brian Weitz), and Deakin (Josh Dibb). The band's work is characterized ...

, released on February 17, 2017. It is the first extended play released by the band since ''

Monkey Been to Burn Town ''Monkey Been to Burn Town'' is an EP by experimental pop band Animal Collective, released on May 27, 2013 on Domino. The release features three remixes of the track, "Monkey Riches", from the band's ninth studio album, ''Centipede Hz'' (2012), an ...

'' (2013). The EP serves as a companion to their 2016 studio album, ''

Painting With ''Painting With'' is the tenth studio album by American experimental pop band Animal Collective, released on February 19, 2016. The album is a follow-up to '' Centipede Hz'' (2012), and features contributions from John Cale and Colin Stetson. It ...

''.

Musical style

''The Painters'' continues in the "

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-splattering" pop aesthetic of its polarizing predecessor ''

''. The first track, "Kinda Bonkers", has been compared to its predecessor's opener "

FloriDada "FloriDada" is a song by Animal Collective, released as the first single from their 2016 album ''Painting With''. It was released on November 30, 2015 by Domino Records. Avey Tare explained that the song was "sort of inspired by hating on people ...

". It has been noted for donning a "tribal pulse", musically and lyrically resulting in a piece of "outreach

raga-rock Raga rock is Rock music, rock or pop music with a pronounced Music of India, Indian influence, either in its construction, its timbre, or its use of Indian musical instruments, such as the sitar and tabla. In addition, rock music from the 1960s ...

Critical reception

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'' rated the album 4 stars, calling it "possibly the perfect Animal Collective release".

Track listing

References

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