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It may just be coincidental that Animal Collective released both Animal Crack Box and Merriweather Post Pavilion in the final year of the 00s. But the two releases-- one a long-awaited mix of early experimental work, the other a massive crossover success-- frame the band's progress pretty neatly. Over the course of the decade, a group that started off noisy and challenging grew into one of indie rock's most well-known and key acts, opening their sound to audiences who became increasingly more receptive to "difficult" music.