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I may as well have waited an hour or two before posting this. The band moved the November 10 launch date for Climb Up ahead by three weeks, at least in terms of MP3 purchases on Rhapsody.

This is alien terrain, and not only because of the heavy space rock flavoring. Beats are tribal and muddled, vocals are distant and baroque. The music is universal. And driven. And weird. And sparse. And familiar. You could ask mom for a no-interest loan to this stuff, or you could summit K2. The opening track absolutely begs a naked beach bacchanal, but for PhD’s only. “Rook” declares checkmate. “Closure” is anything but. I’m keeping this on our Best of 2009 watch.

Go listen. Will you like it? Let’s hope. In the meantime, I need your help with an ultra-nationalist gang trying to infiltrate our blog and embed Animal Collective videos.