Tracklisting

1: It’s You
2: Prospect Hummer
3: Baleen Sample
4: I Remember Learning How to Drive

Almost exactly ten years since its original release on FatCat, Animal Collectives Prospect Hummer EP is being re-issued as a Record Store Day exclusive on April 18th. Previously only available on CD and digitally, the record is this time made available in a first-ever vinyl pressing in a limited edition of 1,500 copies (UK / Europe). Prospect Hummer was the last release to see Animal Collective operating in a largely acoustic singer-songwriter / freak-folk mode, and three of the EPs four tracks feature the sweet, distinctive vocals of cult singer-songwriter Vashti Bunyan, whose last abum the brilliantly-received Heartleap was released by FatCat at the end of last year. The idea for this EP germinated during a 2003 tour which saw Animal Collective (playing as an Avey Tare / Panda Bear duo) supporting Four Tet across the UK. Having lo