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On Friday night headliners Animal Collective will unravel the cosmic chaos of their latest stellar long-player Merriweather Post Pavillion beneath the campfire glow of the starry Welsh sky. Already acclaimed as one of the albums of 2009, its euphoric brilliance is guaranteed to get the Green Man party started with a technicolour bang. Trust us - you'll be dancing like a loon.

Comprising a loose collective of avant-garde musicians, Animal Collective was established in New York City by Avey Tare (aka David Porter) and Panda Bear (aka Noah Lennox). Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished marked the group's first release in 2000. Issued on the musicians' own Animal imprint, it was the first of a flurry of captivating, occasionally frustrating releases exploring the fringes an intersecting boundaries of folk, noise rock, ambient drone, twisting psychedelia, and ultimately pure melody.