Peacebone

"Peacebone"
"Peacebone"
Single by Animal Collective
from the album Strawberry Jam
Released	August 13, 2007; August 21, 2007 (EP);
Recorded	January 2007
Genre	Experimental pop;
Length	5:14
Label	Domino
Producer(s)	Animal Collective
Animal Collective singles chronology
Animal Collective chronology

"Peacebone" is a single (and later an EP) by American experimental pop band Animal Collective, released on August 13, 2007 by Domino Records. It was issued in advance of the group's 2007 album, Strawberry Jam, which was released in September of that year.^[1] The single version contains "Safer" as a B-side, while the EP contains two additional remixes of "Peacebone" by Black Dice and Pantha du Prince, respectively.

Formats

There are three different versions of the single. The 10" vinyl features the B-side "Safer", a live favorite during the Collective's Strawberry Jam concerts in 2005 and 2006. The 12" vinyl contains two remixes of the title track, one by Black Dice and another by Pantha du Prince. Finally, the CD is a collection of both vinyl releases, and is considered by the record label to be an EP.^[2] ^{[citation needed]}

Song content

The word being spoken throughout the song was confirmed by band member Deakin on the Collected Animals message board to be "bonefish".^[3] The sample appears to be taken from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's online media archive.^[4] About the further lyrical content, Avey Tare said in an Interview with BBC:

I'm just blending together visual images from different places. [...] But it always comes back down to the chorus, which is about having an obsession with the past, which is something I'm not into in terms of culture. Music should be more than just something to stomp to - it should be more interactive. For us it's not always about just writing a good song - we wanna play with your ears in terms of colors and space with sound.^[5]

Music video

The accompanying video for the song "Peacebone" was created by Timothy Saccenti.^[6] It makes many references to the film Aliens, and tells a love story between a Xenomorph-like creature and a girl.

Track listing

EP version
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Peacebone" (album version)	5:14
2.	"Safer"	9:13
3.	"Peacebone" (Black Dice Remix)	4:58
4.	"Peacebone" (Pantha du Prince Remix)	10:02

References

^ Domino
^ Domino USA
^ "Collected Animals ~ View topic - an extremely important question". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
^ ML Audio 111931; Albula vulpes
^ BBC Collective: "Strange Fruit" Archived May 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. 16 August 2007.
^ How To: Make the "Peacebone" Video (The Fader)

[1] Domino

[2] Domino USA

[3] "Collected Animals ~ View topic - an extremely important question". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2008-07-04.

[4] ML Audio 111931; Albula vulpes

[5] BBC Collective: "Strange Fruit" Archived May 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. 16 August 2007.

[6] How To: Make the "Peacebone" Video (The Fader)

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v t e Animal Collective
Avey Tare Panda Bear Deakin Geologist
Studio albums	Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished Danse Manatee Campfire Songs Here Comes the Indian Sung Tongs Feels Strawberry Jam Merriweather Post Pavilion Centipede Hz Painting With Time Skiffs Isn't It Now?
Visual albums	Oddsac Tangerine Reef
Live albums	Hollinndagain Animal Crack Box Live at 9:30
EPs	Prospect Hummer (with Vashti Bunyan) People Peacebone Water Curses Fall Be Kind Keep + Animal Collective Monkey Been to Burn Town The Painters Meeting of the Waters
Singles	"Who Could Win a Rabbit" "Grass" "Peacebone" "Fireworks" "My Girls" "Summertime Clothes" "Brother Sport" "Honeycomb" / "Gotham"" "FloriDada" "Gnip Gnop" / "Hounds of Bairro"
See also	Discography Paw Tracks
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