Grizzly Bear

One of my favorite bands ever, Grizzly Bear, are preparing to release their new album just in time for summer.

Having not released a full length album since the immense 2006 effort Yellow House, the band have been busy gathering new fans and touring across the globe.

In between Yellow House and their upcomng album titled, Veckatimest, they released the superb Friend EP which contained the haunting and minimalistic He Hit Me and the sombre but endearing Shift.

Their new album seems promising having heard a couple of the tracks on their Myspace. My favorite of the two is Two Weeks, a lighthearted affair that is dominated by simple notes looping on a keyboard, with the drums plodding along in the background but the vocals from Chris Taylor give it that classic Grizzly Bear finish .

Their new album is out on May 26th on the ever-impressive Warp.

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