Animal Collective (Photo by Tom Andrew)
Baltimore’s Animal Collective is one of those rare contemporary rock bands that make inspired psychedelic music less rooted in the golden haze of ’60s worship than the poke-and-swipe ambiance of our modern age. Of course the influences are obvious — the repetitive harmonies of “Smile”-era Beach Boys, the metronomic pulse of Phillip Glass, Pink Floyd’s stirring soundscapes — but the results are as uniquely otherworldly as they are bombastic. And the quartet is a true “collective,” with band members coming in and out of the picture as solo projects and whims dictate.
Animal Collective brings the vivid neo-psych to the National, 708 E. Broad St., at 7 p.m. Nov. 4. $24.50 to $28. All ages.
612-1900 or thenationalva.com.
