Blog: The Tripwire

As we reported yesterday , vinyl sales are on an unprecedented upward rise in sales. This has led some to wonder if the hype over Animal Collective's newest record - only released on LP to date - will land it on the Billboard charts. It would be a monumental achievement in any format given the band's oddly enticing brand of music, but considering the album, which won't get released on CD until January 20, came out in a deluxe double-LP 180-gram gatefold vinyl format accompanied by a full album download [...]