Best of Freak-Folk

Though the term wasn't coined until the 21st century to describe acts like Devendra Banhart and early Animal Collective, the roots of freak-folk lie in '60s experimentalists like Pearls Before Swine and The Incredible String Band. A blend of acoustic instruments, lo-fi noise, and electronic processing, freak-folk floats in the unsteady netherworld between the organic and the synthetic.