Avey Tare

Avey Tare is the stage name of Dave Portner, a founding member of Animal Collective. His solo records run parallel to that band's work and lean further into the strange end of it: smeared tape textures, songs that drift rather than resolve, and his own voice stacked and looped until it becomes another instrument.

His first solo album, Down There, came out on Paw Tracks, and later records including Eucalyptus and Cows on Hourglass Pond moved toward acoustic guitar and looser song forms without losing the murk. Before going solo he made Pullhair Rubeye with Kría Brekkan, a record released with its tracks reversed. He also led Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks, a trio with Angel Deradoorian and Jeremy Hyman, whose album Enter the Slasher House pushed toward brighter, more rhythmic psych-pop.