Animal Collective Get First Official Grateful Dead Sample

Recent live staple "What Would I Want Sky" is approved to use bits of "Unbroken Chain" if Animal Collective wanna put it on record, according to a Tweet by the band's management (via GvsB.) Songwriter Phil Lesh apparently loved the track, and Avey Tare (who wrote "WWIWS") has hinted it may show up on a Brothersport EP this winter. Wonder if Phil knows Animal Collective only exists because Geologist and Avey admired each other's Dead shirts in 9th grade? Or so they say. Here's a decent BBC rec...

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16:26 on July 17 2009

Listen: Top Collaboration From Deerhunter And Animal Collective Members

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19:22 on July 17 2009

Animal Collective Get First Official Grateful Dead Sample

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20:30 on July 17 2009

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First Legal Grateful Dead Sample

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