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Animal Collective give away free tape compilation with shoes
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 29 September 2010
Animal Collective have designed several exclusive pairs of trainers for Keep Shoes, which will come with a free compilation of unreleased material by the band on audio cassette.
This is exactly the sort of thing people invent when they want to make jokes about hipsters.
Each member of the band has designed their own pair of trainers, which will go on sale in March next year, with proceeds donated to the Socorro Island Conservation Fund which funds conservation projects in the Revillagigedo Archipelago near Mexico.
The band’s Brian Geltz, aka Geologist, said: “After much discussion we decided we wanted to give money to a small under-funded organisation to which we felt a personal connection. Josh [Dibb, aka Deakin] and I have been scuba diving together for a number of years and the Revillagigedos was one of the most amazing places I have ever seen. Hopefully this project will protect the animals of the Revillagigedos through at least one more fishing season and draw more attention to the global problem of illegal fishing”.
For more information, pictures and to pre-order the shoes, go to: www.keepcompany.com/ac/
