Tapping into Pink Floyd, it spotlights how Grizzly Bear are now reaching for greatness. Key touchstones Neil Young and The Beach Boys are still apparent, and it’s possible they’ve cocked an ear to Sweden's Dungen. Shields by Grizzly Bear - CD (2012) for 9.00 from Pop / Rock Q (Magazine): 4 stars out of 5 - 'Closer 'Sun In Your Eyes' is evocative stuff. Grizzly Bear’s penchant for favouring the vocal arrangement over the actual song manifests itself on “Half Gate”, which is too close to Fleet Foxes for comfort.
The drama of this soaring piece brings to mind the wonder of A Wizard, A True Star-era Todd Rundgren, when he took his music beyond any expectations of musical constraints. The closing track, “Sun in Your Eyes”, is key. ‘Shields’ is a grandiose continuation of the themes explored on. This track casting from a grizzly bear foot came from Alaska. Shields (Original Version) Few guitar bands capture the ethereal quite as well as Warp veterans Grizzly Bear, and while they might welcome comparisons with fellow New Yorkers The Dirty Projectors or revered post-rockers Tortoise they’re pretty much unmistakable to listen to.
This terrific, dynamic album then moves into the sparkling “Speak in Rounds”, followed by the gauzy instrumental “Adelma”. Grizzly Bear releases their highly anticipated fifth full-length album 'Painted Ruins' following up their commercial breakthrough 'Shields.' The band spent the better part of two years writing and recording the eleven new compositions featured on 'Painted Ruins' with the entire album produced by Grizzly Bears own, Chris Taylor/5(). ly/2YhgWWeWatch Wolf & Bears music video of Sight TRACK OF THE WOLF in Elk. Beginning an album with a song that appears to be about bringing a relationship to a close is intriguing: is the relationship in question the one with the Grizzly Bear of 2009, the year their last album, Veckatimest, brought them into the mainstream? It’s a deeply striking calling card for Grizzly Bear in 2012. It opens with “Sleeping Ute”, a swirling psychedelic vortex evoking longing and endings: “those countless empty days made me dizzy when I woke… I know no other way than straight on out the door”. Grizzly Bear is an American rock band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2002.The band consists of Daniel Rossen (vocals, guitar, banjo, keyboards), Chris Taylor (bass, backing vocals, woodwinds, producer), and Christopher Bear (drums, backing vocals).
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