wearing mismatched colored clothing dance erratically, with flashing colored lights illuminating them. They all dance around a glowing ice sculpture of a young boy and girl, which is slowly melting. Occasionally, a screaming white face is seen flashing among the erratic dancing. The video prominently features the Brooklyn-based FLEX dance crew. Critical reception The single received critical acclaim. Melissa Locker of TIME said, "Animal Collective’s anthem to summer shows the band at it’s [sic] idiosyncratic best. The sing-along melody is filled with catchy hooks and a driving beat that screams sunny day." Mike Deane of Pop Matters said the song "manages to hit a perfect balance of pure pop bliss mixed with wonky and interesting electro instrumentation, and it even maintains a few weirder, more classic Animal Collective bits, like the ending repetition of “just you” and the midway slow down that immediately joins the pulsing syncopation." He also stated that if Animal Collective "can make more hits like “Summertime Clothes” I don’t know if I’ll ever listen to another band. That’s right: It’s that good." Sarah Smith of FasterLouder says that Summertime Clothes is "one of Animal Collective’s finest musical moments." Bart Blasengame of Paste said the single is "a robo-tripping love song where—over a bouncing low end and weird harpsichord crescendos—Tare and Panda Bear’s harmonies sound absolutely Shins-esque." NME said that the song is a "sun-stroked piece of bio-mechanical mongrel pop with a Neu!-ish rhythm and the feel of Grandaddy in its spacey winsomeness: you could analyse it for hours." Will Hermes of Rolling Stone stated "Summertime Clothes is a swirling pastoral with dance-music thrust." In popular culture "Summertime Clothes" is featured in the soundtrack to the video game Skate 3. Animal Collective performed the song live prior to its release on the Late Show with David Letterman on May 7, 2009. Remixes Released alongside the single were three remixes by Dâm-Funk, Leon Day AKA L.D., and Zomby respectively. References 2009 singles Animal Collective songs 2009 songs Domino Recording Company singles