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Grizzly Bear

 


Grizzly Bear

I first got on board with this band with their 2012 album Shields & the amazing track "Two Weeks." I was a fan right away- but a lot of people would argue I should've been a fan already... the band had already had plenty of previous great albums: 2009's Veckatimest, 2006's Yellow House, and 2004's debut Horn of Plenty. It was Veckatimest that really exploded the band into the stratosphere- and by stratosphere I just mean internet blogosphere. It is always great when you can discover a band & work your way backwards through their discography & finding consistency. There is a certain beuaty in consistency. That was certainly the case with Grizzly Bear. The band began from humble roots, forming as a bedroom project of Boston-bred singer Edward Droste in Brooklyn in 2002. Holed up in his Brooklyn apartment, he laid the groundwork for the band's otherworldly debut album on a small hand-held tape recorder & with the help of Chrisopher Bear who later augmented the demos by adding additional vocals and instrumentation- gave the band a debut album for the ages, at-least the new age. To build a live show the band would enlist Daniel Rossen and Chris Taylor and would find themselves in one of the most consistent bands of the 21st century. Since jumping onboard with the band with Shields, they have gone on to release 2017's Painted Ruins. This band has never disappointed. There's no reason to be scared...

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