Prior to its breakthrough album, Sung Tongs, New York experimental rock band Animal Collective was best known for hypnotic performances—"happenings," really—where repetitive percussion and chanting built into moments of transcendence. The live album Hollinndagain captures one of the early shows, from the days before melody was much of a weapon in Animal Collective's arsenal, and the disc primarily proves that some experiences can't be recorded. Hollinndagain's seven songs contain passages where the seemingly random clapping, stomping, clanking, and pounding resolves into something genuinely exciting, as the band discovers a song while it's happening. But even though Animal Collective builds momentum with jagged feedback loops and pulsing whistles, Hollinndagain lacks a cathartic release. Unlike Sung Tongs, this record stays in start-up mode and never gets anywhere.