Panda Bear
Person Pitch
2007
Canonized only two years after it's conception and with good reason, Panda Bear (of Animal Collective), with his second solo album, helped spark a flurry of home recorders creating lush, looped based pop music. And in the wake of Animal Collective's monumental "Merriweather Post Pavilion", Noah Lennox's creative trajectory makes all the more sense. On "Person Pitch" Lennox creates a whirling, psychedelic summery pop album that brought more than a few nods to Brian Wilson. Which safely lead to the towering electronics and looped beat construction of "Merriweather..."
The talk of the record is always about "Bros". It's a terrific track and certainly a centerpiece for the record, but I wanted to mention "Ponytail" as it's one of the more affecting. A simple and direct final track with Panda Bear's own precocious profundity: "when my soul starts growing / I get so hungry / and I wish it never / never would / never would stop growing". -S.R.
This album has nice moments… it also has some flaws… but mostly it just plays it really, really safe. By far the standout track to me is “Comfy in Nautica,” a fantastic opener that sounds like the best church choir you’ve ever heard. The third track, “Bros,” is irritatingly long – there’s nothing in the song’s last six minutes that the listener doesn’t get in its first six. Overall, it’s an album that I see as very pleasant... but not very daring. - Phil
Haha - whoever made this youtube video must have also thought the song was little too long:)
ReplyDeletei really like "take pills" from this album but it's too short. i never thought "bros" was too long- that part towards the end with the sobbing /back tracking/acoustic riff is my favorite part.
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Lol, it's funny, Phil, because I think videos on YouTube have to be less than 10 minutes long. So, YouTube thinks this song is too long.
ReplyDelete@ Michael - That's definitely my favorite part of the song as well.
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