[michael]

Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper, out on 12[sup]th[/sup]/13[sup]th[/sup] January 2015 on Domino. 4-track Mr Noah EP out right now! Deluxe 3xLP and 2xCD (and t-shirts) available to order here.

Crosswords EP digitally released 20[sup]th[/sup] August. Physical copies out 13[sup]th[/sup] November and available to pre-order here.

Visit the website for the PBVSGR audio/visual experience: pbvsgr.com



Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper tracklist and lyrics

• 01. Sequential Circuits
  02. Mr Noah
  03. Davy Jones' Locker
  04. Crosswords
  05. Butcher Baker Candlestick Maker
  06. Boys Latin
  07. Come To Your Senses
  08. Tropic of Cancer
  09. Shadow of the Colossus
  10. Lonely Wanderer
  11. Principe Real
  12. Selfish Gene
  13. Acid Wash

All unreleased album tracks premièred on different radio stations across the world on the 4th January.

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Mr Noah tracklist and lyrics

• 01. Mr Noah
  02. Faces In The Crowd
  03. Untying the Knot
  04. This Side Of Paradise

Artwork

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Crosswords tracklist

• 01. Crosswords (EP mix)
  02. No Mans Land
  03. Jabberwocky
  04. The Preakness
  05. Cosplay
  06. Lisbon Zoo [Bonus track on vinyl download card]

Artwork

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PBVSGR Remixes EP tracklist

• 01. Crosswords (Pete Rock remix)
  02. Come To Your Senses (Danny L Harle remix)
  03. Come To Your Senses (DJ Marfox remix)
  04. Boys Latin (Andy Stott remix)
  05. Mr. Noah (Container remix)

Available to stream on SoundCloud and buy digitally.

Artwork

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Demo recordings shared by Sonic Boom.
Recorded as a rehearsal for Noah's first GR-era performance at ATP. They have apparently been mastered a little, but it is a very cool little treat from Noah and Pete.
Split into mp3scourtesy of user Victor Borge.
Original link upped by SB.
Album artist is Trip Advisor, Noah and Pete's fantasy band. Tracklist of the songs ('official' titles in brackets)

• 01. Papadum
  02. Ms Pac Man (Faces in the Crowd)
  03. GYEAH
  04. Jabberwocky
  05. Boys Latin
  06. Mr Noah
  07. Nadir (Selfish Gene)
  08. Tropic of Cancer
  09. This Side of Paradise
  10. Miosiotis Garage (Crosswords)
  11. Principe Real
  12. Chavvy Cosplay

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'Mr Noah' video (dir. AB/CD/CD)


'Boys Latin' video (dir. Isaiah Saxon and Sean Hellfritsch)


'Tropic of Cancer' video (dir. by Dave Portner AKA Avey Tare)

Dave on the video:

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"Its always been in the spirit of Animal Collective to want to collaborate in many artistic ways with each other. Having been a fan of Noah’s music since we were teenagers, it’s sweet to finally be able to collaborate with him on something other than just making sounds and songs. I also am thankful to get my first shot at making something a little more long running in the visual/video world. This is one of my favorite songs on the record, hence my being involved with it. I’m grateful and excited to have worked on every moment of it and to have worked with all the sweet people who helped me put it together."

'Come To Your Senses' video (dir. Sam Fleischner)


'Crosswords' video (dir. Mount Emult, creative dir. Sonic Boom)


'Panda Bear and Sonic Boom: Greeting The Reaper '

A documentary featuring interviews with Noah and Pete on the making of the album.

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Panda Bear's 'Mix Ticks' mix
[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/anmlcollective/panda-bear-mix-ticks[/soundcloud]

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img]http://media.tumblr.com/4f195647222a93663113a2f9acc63345/tumblr_inline_nbt8kvbOFI1rqlfts.png[/img]

Features samples from GR era songs.

Panda Bear's 'Swallow at the Hollow' mix
[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/anmlcollective/panda-bear-swallow-at-the-hollow[/soundcloud]

Noah's Soundcloud description wrote:

Swallow at the Hollow is a mix of things I made around the same time as all the Grim Reaper tracks. They kind of feel like scribbles or doodles and for some reason or another I couldn't find my way of singing with them. Some of them just stuck out like sore thumbs. I hope you enjoy them and wanted to say thanks very much for listening and thanks to those of you who came out to see the shows the past couple of years. Happy Halloween...
PEACE noah

A cool little promotional tumblr.

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Under the Radar in studio article describing the album as as "break-centric" with a more "hectic, overloaded" feeling; "a celebration of the fact that new growth sometimes requires death"; and citing 9th Wonder as a big influence
UTR interview
Brief interview with Pitchfork, touching on themes of the record, life in Lisbon, family and Danny Perez's tour visuals.
In-depth Pitchfork cover story: 'The Wanderer'.
Vulture interview: 'Talking to Animal Collective’s Panda Bear About His New Album, Portugal, and What ‘Psychedelic’ Means'
Totally Dublin interview: 'Don't Fear the Reaper'
The Skinny interview: 'The Grinning Reaper'
Noah goes through the album track-by-track with The Fader: 'Panda Bear Tells The Story Behind Every Song On His New Album'
Q&A with Spin magazine: 'Panda Bear Doesn't Fear the Reaper'
An audio interview with Red Bull Music Academy: 'Panda Bear - Fireside Chat'
A 30 minute video interview with FaceCulture: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.
Q&A with Newsweek: Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper Meets Newsweek
Cool interview/feature with Stereogum: An Annotated Media Guide To Panda Bear

Bored of all that music nonsense? Panda Bear talks to Sports Illustrated about sports.
Find out, as part of The Fader's 'The Things I Carry' series, what Noah carries around in his pockets.

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'Principe Real' original instrumental

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A demo of a new song called 'Cosplay' via a mix (the v generous) Sonic Boom shared

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Live bootlegs in All Known Live Recordings thread.

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Original post and other older irrelevant info:

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So Panda Bear played a set of all new material on Saturday at Deerhunter's ATP, so hopefully an album will be on it's way soon(-ish). Speculate and discuss in this thread!

Several clips of new songs performed at ATP

Board member Akaio met Noah after one of his US tour shows and got a bunch of cool info.

[StrangeClams]

[saul_japancakes]

This is a really nice transition from Tomboy! This shit is FIRE!

[StrangeClams]

he better have guest rappers

[Akaio]

This is gonna be his best one yet

[Hellomark]

It sounds way cooler than tomboy at least.

[money man]

whoa, this sounds awesome!

[Lacrimosa]

fucking awsome indeed.

[real slippi]

I wonder how many times he begged Guy-Manuel and Thomas to guest on his record

[IkoOvo]

StrangeClamsSequel wrote:

he better have guest rappers

He better BE the rapper.

[jay]

damn that song at like 7 minutes in sounds like jane and its fuckin awesome

[rampface]

Seems like Daft Punk inspired these tracks. How amazing would it be if they found the time to produce his album?! I would lose. my. shit!!

[Akaio]

After RAM and Yeezus, this would seal 2013 as the year of Daft Punk

[johnnyvulpine]

the transition at 6:58 is amazing
and also everything else

[cody]

i hear influence from "replica" from oneohtrix point never in that pitch change at 5:19. i'm already digging the aesthetic of these new tracks more than the ones off of tomboy.
wasn't there talk on the old board of panda wanting to put these new songs out pretty quick this time around?

[dansinmanatee]

cody wrote:

i hear influence from "replica" from oneohtrix point never in that pitch change at 5:19

damn, yeah...anyone got anymore links or know if the youtube uploader got anymore footage from this set or any of the others?

[Hellomark]

I'm torn between wanting him to get in the studio and just record and release this bitch super fast or wanting him to announce a bunch of US tour dates for this year.

[Akaio]

He'd tour, it'd just be a matter of it happening before or after the album comes out

[hatredcopter]

deep singin' panda yesss!

[Chocolate Boy]

first this is so similar to tomboy
the triplet-ed synth textures and guitar lines
and the vocals are like beneficial but taken to some heavenly level

it totally has it's own identity though and sounds like a huge evolution,
i'm with this being his magnum opus thus far

sweet how the harmony progresses through the video, like the first song is so beautifully crafted between a simple 5-1 and then he starts playing with those minors in the harp song and that friendship bracelet-ey wholetone thing but minor

princepe real is so fully realized- heavy as shit on the groove like a deep club song
when the vocals came in... eahfeahehahaha

he seems to be so dedicated to the melody in all these songs

that last chord is chills

[Akaio]

I don't want to go ahead and say this'll be his mainstream breakout, but I honestly wouldn't be surprised if one of the songs became the next "My Girls"

[Chocolate Boy]

it's like he's reached that potential with every song and blended it with his eclectic taste

anyone who likes to get down will dig principe real

and that first song could be totally feel good danceable
and even ravel would feel good cause the melody is so crafted

[Tico]

holy cow this is gonna be amazing

[Akaio]

I can imagine Principe Real with like, arena-sized handclaps and shit
He's ushering in the new wave of something with this

[Tico]

i was in love with principle real the way it is now, i cant even imagine it with panda vox

[dio]

The second song has another nutcracker sample in it, more blatant than the Soft Serve Rip Curl one, and its from my favorite song from that ballet.

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These songs sound pretty great. Another one of those times when its great to be an AC fan (all the time?)

Edit: Atthetopsoftrees mentioned this in the live thread

[CampfireBeast]

omfg :') :') :') :') :') :') :') :') :') :') :') :') :') :') :') :') :') :') :') :')

[Mütterlein]

yay.

[moop]

so happy to see everyone is as hyped as i am!!!

[El Camino]

dansinmanatee wrote:

cody wrote:

i hear influence from "replica" from oneohtrix point never in that pitch change at 5:19

damn, yeah...anyone got anymore links or know if the youtube uploader got anymore footage from this set or any of the others?

I haven't had time to watch the videos yet but holy shit this has me excited.

[nevermind]

I am so happy right now. Goosebumps and shit. That first song sounds like ecstasy. The god damn beats in the second half is just killer.

As much as i want to hear the eventual record right fucking now, i hope he doesnt release it bit by bit like he did with tomboy. I want some foreplay with all this shitty bootleg recording, fan made titles and all that, and blow my load when the album drops

Edit: cant stop listening to that first song! "Only you could fill those spaces"

[tordino]

ahhhhhhhh

[Lacrimosa]

nevermind wrote:

I am so happy right now. Goosebumps and shit. That first song sounds like ecstasy.

ya and that's the song that will be on repeat when i'll be using ecstacy. or mushrooms.

[El Camino]

Well, this is amazing.

[scarfacesam317]

nevermind wrote:

I am so happy right now. Goosebumps and shit. That first song sounds like ecstasy. The god damn beats in the second half is just killer.

As much as i want to hear the eventual record right fucking now, i hope he doesnt release it bit by bit like he did with tomboy. I want some foreplay with all this shitty bootleg recording, fan made titles and all that, and blow my load when the album drops

Edit: cant stop listening to that first song! "Only you could fill those spaces"

This. If I could control one thing about the album, it will be having it not released bit by bit like Tomboy was. It just took away the whole 'album' feel for it, not that any of the songs were bad. But by the time the album dropped, there were only a few songs left that we hadn't heard.

[El Camino]

He also did that with Person Pitch so i guess that's "his thing" now which is pretty annoying. One single before the album is all i want to hear.

[Hellomark]

guys. the 2nd half of this video.
I have goosebumps.

[denjanenna]

wow.

regardless of quality, all of the songs in these videos sound really wonderful...the "90s hip-hop vibes" sound fits him like a glove it would seem...

i'm that much more excited about his new shit now....

[lion around]

that video is awesome. so excited for this... please do a summer show in NY!

[nevermind]

Holy shit. Avey and Panda are really killing it with their new material. I think im more hyped for Panda's new shit though. That is some next level Person Pitch right there. That second half part is so sick! I love what he's doing with his voice on most of these tracks.

BTW dont you guys find it weird that pfork hasnt reported on these new Panda videos?