Grizzly Bear's debut offers up a lysergic brand of minimalist psychedelic folk perfect for those who find Elliott Smith's early work a bit too accessible and upbeat. Marking an evolution from one-man home recording project to full-fledged quartet, the studio-recorded Horn of Plenty features a mostly melancholy mix of acoustic guitars, reeds, retro organs, and samples, all drenched in enough acid-washed effects to give Devendra Banhart flashbacks. Frontman Ed Droste's weary, somnambulistic vocals work well with the slackadaisical melodies to create an unsettling atmospheric sound full of shimmering shadows. Songs like the opening "Deep Sea Diver" and the mesmerizing "Shift" crawl along at an almost funereal pace, the latter featuring what sounds like a scratchy Gramophone recording of a piano augmented only by echoing whistles, clapping, trippy found sounds, and weirdly hypnotic multi-tracked vocals. The expanded lineup and production budget have done nothing to change the group's lo-fi approach, which produces a murky sound that unfolds like a narcotic dream you can't quite shake upon waking. This is the kind of album you'll want to listen to late at night, perhaps a few sheets to the wind, with lights off and headphones on to allow these creepy, quiet little tunes to worm their way into your subconscious.
Alright, the girlfriend and I are about to escape for two nights to Emerald Lake in scenic Vermont, so I figured I'd post a camping related song courtesy of Grizzly Bear. This song's a bit fragile, and doesn't quite contain the same bounce of step that I'll have as I leave tomorrow morning, but it's still a fine tune by a talented song writer. So here it goes, and off I go. Ado until Sunday.
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Normally, this would be the place where I'd tell you all about seeing Grizzly Bear and Dirty Projectors over the weekend...however, due to a series of miscommunications, personal insults and threats of bodily harm, I did not see Grizzly Bear on Saturday, and instead got kicked out of the Iron Horse this weekend. So, I got this email from Ed Droste yesterday, and I'm not mad anymore...at Grizzl...
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#10.1 - Grizzly bear - ShiftUploaded by lablogotheque
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(Somewhere below is the "Deep Sea Diver" music vid which I feel like I've been pimping but I like to watch the move-drawings. Many times I've viewed this, already.It's cute-ish? and blue.)I think I need to append my format for MOG.I'm used to writing these lengthy analysis' of the things on my mind and in the meantime intertwining music to fit in with whatever scenario I'm trying to portray. i....
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Normally, this would be the place where I'd tell you all about seeing Grizzly Bear and Dirty Projectors over the weekend...however, due to a series of miscommunications, personal insults and threats of bodily harm, I did not see Grizzly Bear on Saturday, and instead got kicked out of the Iron Horse this weekend. So, I got this email from Ed Droste yesterday, and I'm not mad anymore...at Grizzl...
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As the trend of having an animal as part of your band name continues, my mp3 collection is starting to resemble a zoo (not a bad thing). Animal Collective, Band of Horses, Modest Mouse, Wolf Parade.....I'm confident that there's at least one current "animal" band that we each love. Maybe it's the familiarity of the animal kingdom that keeps us interested, or maybe it's a catch-all-tie-in-to-the...
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Grizzly Bear is getting a big buzz at CMJ. I've heard about 5 of their tunes. They're all good and very different. This one reminds me of early Pink Floyd.The next one is a live thing ...just acoustic. But still very goodGRIZZLY BEARYellow HouseWarp Brooklyn's Grizzly Bear named their between albums EP Sorry For The Delay, which was a taste of things to come as well as an apology for delaying ...
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Grizzly Bear recently performed some songs for Pitchfork TV’s “Cemetery Gates” in a chapel in the middle of a graveyard in Brooklyn.While that settles in, check out the above video of “Fix It,” a song from the band’s 2004 debut, Horn of Plenty. The best band of the year also cranked out incredible renditions of [...]
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Alright, the girlfriend and I are about to escape for two nights to Emerald Lake in scenic Vermont, so I figured I'd post a camping related song courtesy of Grizzly Bear. This song's a bit fragile, and doesn't quite contain the same bounce of step that I'll have as I leave tomorrow morning, but it's still a fine tune by a talented song writer. So here it goes, and off I go. Ado until Sunday.
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…and some bands record their best songs there too.
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(Somewhere below is the "Deep Sea Diver" music vid which I feel like I've been pimping but I like to watch the move-drawings. Many times I've viewed this, already.It's cute-ish? and blue.)I think I need to append my format for MOG.I'm used to writing these lengthy analysis' of the things on my mind and in the meantime intertwining music to fit in with whatever scenario I'm trying to portray. i....
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#10.1 - Grizzly bear - ShiftUploaded by lablogotheque
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| 1 Deep Sea Diver |
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| 2 Don't Ask |
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| 3 Alligator |
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| 4 Campfire |
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| 5 Shift |
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| 6 Disappearing Act |
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| 7 Fix It |
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| 8 Merge |
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| 9 A Good Place |
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| 10 Showcase |
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| 11 Le Duchess Anne |
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| 12 Eaves Dropping |
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| 13 Service Bell |
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| 14 This Song |
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