From the fork:
Josh „Deakin“ Dibb, the somewhat-elusive fourth member of Animal Collective who sat out the recording and touring for 2009’s Merriweather Post Pavilion, is back in the band. There are currently two AC tour dates scheduled for 2011– at Barcelona’s San Miguel Primavera Sound Festival (May 25-29) and Minehead, England’s All Tomorrow’s Parties (May 13-15)– and Deakin will be there.
stereogum:
After a sabbatical that saw him miss Animal Collective’s biggest crossover to date via Merriweather Post Pavilion, Josh “Deakin” Dibbs has officially returned to the fold, according to P4K. By ATP 2009 the band was hinting that his time away was coming to an end, and this year he could be seen everywhere Animal Collective was, including that weird thing at the Guggenheim or that day DJing the MoMA WarmUp in Long Island City’s PS1 (pictured above) and random bars around CMJ with Avey and Geologist. (In fact, it was Noah that was conspicuously absent from those band outings, though it’s more likely he was busy being a Tomboy/living in Portugal than sewing the seeds of sabbatical himself. Unless you guys want to start rumors, then, by all means: Dude’s totally bailing on the band.)
Welcome back, buddy.
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