Avey Tare

Best known as a founding member of experimental pop group Animal Collective, David Portner's (aka Avey Tare) psychedelic vision contributes to the band's highly influential output, a healthy solo catalog, and several warped side projects. During downtime from his main band, Portner has released records as wildly imagined as the completely backwards 2007 album Pullhair Rubeye and the more straightforward voicings of multi-faceted songwriting like 2019's noisily pastoral Cows on Hourglass Pond and the fractalized pop of 2023's 7s. In 2026, he teamed with fellow Animal Collective member Geologist to form the abstract duo Croz Boyce and release their self-titled debut album.