According to this listing on Amazon.com, Animal Collective will be releasing their second album of 2009 on December 8th: Fall Be Kind. There’s no information about this album except that it’s out on December 8th and that it’ll be available in both CD & vinyl (along with download versions I’m sure.)

Merriweather Post Pavillion was released on January 20th and has been one of the most critically acclaimed albums of the year thus far. It’s currently the #1 rated album of the year at Rate Your Music.