Animal Collective’s Avey Tare, AKA Dave Portner, is releasing a solo album called Down There on October 26 on the band’s label, Paw Tracks. The nine-song record is his first solo offering and was recorded by band mate Josh Dibb aka Deakin. According to the press release spiel, Avey’s “favorite animals are the otter and crocodile [and] the latter has played a big role in his newest record.
” Looks like the members of Animal Collective are still as loopy as ever.