[moop]

the grim reaper era has been AMAZING!

- we got 2 EP's and an LP
- the ATP soundboard recordings which is in itself a whole nother album pretty much.
- the best visuals panda(OR AC) has had yet w/ danny AND a badass website to properly view them.
- panda going all the way fucking out for live his live performances and just sounding better than ever and taking his voice in different directions (tropic(live and otherwise), LONELY WANDERER, selfish gene!)
- every song got a proper studio recording ... even gyeah is coming!
- MIX TICKS... (& another 30 minute mix of unreleased material to be released eventually)
- amazing live re-working of YCCOM & alsatian & preakness (which we even got a studio version of!!!)
- the come to ur senses segue into tropic... which makes me cry every single time
- SOFT SERVE RIP CURL...love that shit.
- production that has never sounded better or had more love into it
- SONIC BOOM being a bad ass bitch and keeping us completely involved in the process the whole time & giving us so much insight into panda and the music.

this whole era has just been a true labour of love and new places for panda. sure, some things were not as we hoped or sounded different live (which we have the ATP recording for anyways) i do wish there were a few more DROPS here and there and the amazing g-yeah > jabawaqy transition (which is a true shame didn't pan out)

NONTHELESS. it has been an amazing experience and i can't wait to see where he goes next!!!!!! <3 u panda and sonic!

[preacherben]

moop wrote:

the grim reaper era has been AMAZING!

- we got 2 EP's and an LP
- the ATP soundboard recordings which is in itself a whole nother album pretty much.
- the best visuals panda(OR AC) has had yet w/ danny AND a badass website to properly view them.
- panda going all the way fucking out for live his live performances and just sounding better than ever and taking his voice in different directions (tropic(live and otherwise), LONELY WANDERER, selfish gene!)
- every song got a proper studio recording ... even gyeah is coming!
- MIX TICKS... (& another 30 minute mix of unreleased material to be released eventually)
- amazing live re-working of YCCOM & alsatian & preakness (which we even got a studio version of!!!)
- the come to ur senses segue into tropic... which makes me cry every single time
- SOFT SERVE RIP CURL...love that shit.
- production that has never sounded better or had more love into it
- SONIC BOOM being a bad ass bitch and keeping us completely involved in the process the whole time & giving us so much insight into panda and the music.

this whole era has just been a true labour of love and new places for panda. sure, some things were not as we hoped or sounded different live (which we have the ATP recording for anyways) i do wish there were a few more DROPS here and there and the amazing g-yeah > jabawaqy transition (which is a true shame didn't pan out)

NONTHELESS. it has been an amazing experience and i can't wait to see where he goes next!!!!!! <3 u
panda and sonic!

yeah this is really a fun era to be part of. tomboy will always be my shiz, and person pitch influenced 10000000 bedroom pop albums for a reason, but the greaper might be my fav

[Natalidae]

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[rohcti]

The endings to these songs rule. Like a lot.

[rohcti]

1. Boys Latin
2. Cosplay
3. Mr Noah
4. Faces
5. Untying the Knot
6. Crosswords (EP mix)
7. Come to Your Senses
8. Sequential Circuits
9. Selfish Gene
10. No Man's Land
11. Jabberwocky
12. Butcher Baker
13. TSOP
14. Acid Wash

I made a playlist for these songs. It's nice to mess around with the order of things since the songs don't have transitions. I think this order works surprisingly well while still maintaining a narrative. I cut out songs I don't like our don't fit. ToC was the hardest to do away with since it's maybe my favorite from this era but it breaks the flow.

[sky crawler]

lmao at Cosplay

this guy rules

[rohcti]

Yeah man. I love how tongue in cheek he gotten lately

[Dallou]

CokePotCrack wrote:

Panda is still the guy, but I'm really not huge into the stuff he released lately (mr noah, pbvsgr, crosswords.) It just doesn't give me that same old feeling. It's cool, and panda's got a dope voice, but it all sounds pretty normal, like not as unique as a lot of panda/ac. I honestly feel like he's treading water a bit. I do love to hear the panda singing about marijuana tho haha.

Come to your senses, Nadir or tropic of cancer don't feel special to you ?

[HowardTJMoon]

Dallou wrote:

CokePotCrack wrote:

Panda is still the guy, but I'm really not huge into the stuff he released lately (mr noah, pbvsgr, crosswords.) It just doesn't give me that same old feeling. It's cool, and panda's got a dope voice, but it all sounds pretty normal, like not as unique as a lot of panda/ac. I honestly feel like he's treading water a bit. I do love to hear the panda singing about marijuana tho haha.

Come to your senses, Nadir or tropic of cancer don't feel special to you ?

Nah, I agree with coke man. Current Panda's stuff kinda lacks the same kind of oomph that his earlier stuff did. Most, if not all of the songs are the same couple of lyrics repeated, same background music with a couple of effects and stuff. It's cool and all, but I just can't get into it. Weird though, because I liked the boots a lot.

[lucasmoreira]

moop forgot the 4 great music videos, Mr. Noah, Boys Latin, Come to Your Senses, and Tropic of Cancer (directed by Avey!) where all awesome in my opinion

[dervish]

how about a special edition grim reaper mixed liked the new crosswords and the same track list as the atp with transitions? that's the way to release gyeah!

[amber]

The merch is also really awesome! The artwork of this era is amazing.

[rampface]

I love my Greaper shirt so much!

[speen]

First time i've posted since the EP drop. so many pages were added lol. I'm so happy with the EP, it's seriously awesome. No Man's Land caught me so off guard. It's so giddy!!!

I'll admit- I am missing the THX drone and the heaviness of the Jabba beat. But honestly, it's still such a great EP. Preakness is overwhelming. Love u sonic and panda

[speen]

Also, Pete, if you root through all these posts and see this, how much of a hand did you have of the addition of the bass lines in so many of these songs? I loved the live versions, but the addition of those poppin bass lines pretty much grounded songs like No Mans Land and Faces in the Crowd. They feel so much better with the bass- it's just kind of funny/unusual to hear such prominent bass lines in panda bear music, which has normally sat on a cloud instead of jolting the ground

[amber]

rampface wrote:

I love my Greaper shirt so much!

It's so soft! And the tour shirt is just cool as fuck.

[Sonic boom]

demonclusters wrote:

Also, Pete, if you root through all these posts and see this, how much of a hand did you have of the addition of the bass lines in so many of these songs? I loved the live versions, but the addition of those poppin bass lines pretty much grounded songs like No Mans Land and Faces in the Crowd. They feel so much better with the bass- it's just kind of funny/unusual to hear such prominent bass lines in panda bear music, which has normally sat on a cloud instead of jolting the ground

Yo !
I think how it went was we did it on one track or other- ctys maybe .....and then it became apparent that Noah was super on it w the parts he came up with - tsop and butcher being a good example - so we just went thru and put them on all except nadir and tropic i think...
Ditto all the percussion . He wanted to do it and we just varied what was used on different Trax .
He's quick in the studio...... Kinda sporty about it .....decathlon vibe haha

[roopn]

like roark was doin', here's my choice cuts of the era at the moment. Set out like a side a side b of an el pee

1. Sequential Circuits
2. Crosswords
3. Faces in the Crowd
4. Butcher Baker Candlestick Maker
5. Untying the Knot
- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
6. No Mans Land
7. Jabberwocky
8. Principe Real
9. The Preakness
10. Cosplay

that's a nice spread I think, 2 Mr Noah tracks, 4 album tracks and 4 Crosswords tracks
ah fuckit maybe a bit imbalanced, I'm just hyped on the new tracks i guess

edit: and it's 40 minutes exactly

[SpritBear]

What's all different with the new crosswords mix?

[popadam]

been listening to it in double album form like this:

1. no mans land
2. ms pacman
3. jabberwocky
4. butcher baker candlestick maker
5. boys latin
6. come to your senses
7. shadow of the colossus
8. lonely wanderer
9. this side of paradise
10. selfish gene
intermission: davy jones' locker
1. sequential circuits
2. mr noah (radio edit)
3. crosswords (ep mix)
4. the preakness
5. tropic of cancer
6. untying the knot
7. principe real
8. cosplay
9. acid wash

been making me love this era twice as much

[meys]

SpritBear wrote:

What's all different with the new crosswords mix?

from what i can tell, the robot voice is gone and the stereo field is a little wider? a couple of things have been brought up in the mix too

[Dallou]

HowardTJMoon wrote:

Dallou wrote:

CokePotCrack wrote:

Panda is still the guy, but I'm really not huge into the stuff he released lately (mr noah, pbvsgr, crosswords.) It just doesn't give me that same old feeling. It's cool, and panda's got a dope voice, but it all sounds pretty normal, like not as unique as a lot of panda/ac. I honestly feel like he's treading water a bit. I do love to hear the panda singing about marijuana tho haha.

Come to your senses, Nadir or tropic of cancer don't feel special to you ?

Nah, I agree with coke man. Current Panda's stuff kinda lacks the same kind of oomph that his earlier stuff did. Most, if not all of the songs are the same couple of lyrics repeated, same background music with a couple of effects and stuff. It's cool and all, but I just can't get into it. Weird though, because I liked the boots a lot.

Well each is own !

[Tropic]

I think the people who haven't been that gone on this era will come to appreciate it maybe a year or two from now. Structurally a lot of these songs are simplistic, as far as AnCo go, but that's part of the joy. Once we've moved onto the next AC record and era I think ye'll look back and see this era in a totally new light. Your disappointment will be assuaged

[Fovrodi]

Eh, fuck 'em really right?

[kingo]

Fovrodi wrote:

Eh, fuck 'em really right?

[terrestrialjane]

This ep is stellar and total panda expectations have been exceeded as usual.

Glad this was the last present under the Christmas tree , at least that we see.

Thank you Mr Boom and Bear for doing God's work ... (:

[Stanshant]

Fovrodi wrote:

Eh, fuck 'em really right?

If you're so hardcore, why did you fuck off for so long, and when do you plan to repeat?

¦D

[rohcti]

popadam wrote:

been listening to it in double album form like this:

1. no mans land
2. ms pacman
3. jabberwocky
4. butcher baker candlestick maker
5. boys latin
6. come to your senses
7. shadow of the colossus
8. lonely wanderer
9. this side of paradise
10. selfish gene
intermission: davy jones' locker
1. sequential circuits
2. mr noah (radio edit)
3. crosswords (ep mix)
4. the preakness
5. tropic of cancer
6. untying the knot
7. principe real
8. cosplay
9. acid wash

been making me love this era twice as much

Nice dude. I like a lot of your choices. I'm trying to get ideas. We should make a thread for these. I've gotten sick of the album ordering after all this time so it's breathing new life into these songs for me. I'm usually reluctant to mess with stuff like this but it just works too well.

[HowardTJMoon]

Tropic of Cans wrote:

I think the people who haven't been that gone on this era will come to appreciate it maybe a year or two from now. Structurally a lot of these songs are simplistic, as far as AnCo go, but that's part of the joy. Once we've moved onto the next AC record and era I think ye'll look back and see this era in a totally new light. Your disappointment will be assuaged

Yeah, probably. Admittedly I should force it to grow on me a little more.

Fovrodi wrote:

Eh, fuck 'em really right?

No sir, don't make me turn in my AnCo gun and badge! Please sir!

[faded arrow]

lol i was just listening to the atp rehearsal again and the 'wazzup' sample is hilarious, cannot imagine hearing that in this studio version

['Bros' Owl]

no man's land .. you know when you love a song so much it makes you cry a bit?

[jusswerjk]

'Bros' Owl wrote:

no man's land .. you know when you love a song so much it makes you cry a bit?

I know, right?! That song is like...platinum level. Instantly catchy but rewards infinite listens.

[Cussing Bum]

roark wrote:

Nice dude. I like a lot of your choices. I'm trying to get ideas. We should make a thread for these. I've gotten sick of the album ordering after all this time so it's breathing new life into these songs for me. I'm usually reluctant to mess with stuff like this but it just works too well.

I'm the same. I never usually make different track order mixes, but with so many songs the possibilities are fun and almost endless. I've been giving it some thought.

I think I want to try starting with Crosswords and going into Popadum, then ending with Cosplay into Acid Wash. Or what about beginning with Butcher. Lotta cool possibilities.

[rampface]

Is it just me or is the ep mix of Crosswords slower??

[archie]

its got that dubbbyyyy vibee
nice n warm n bassy the guitars are lower in volume and the vocoder bass thing is gone so it can get real dubby subby
i love it

[streetflashhh]

this

01 No Man's Land
02 Faces in the Crowd
03 Jabberwocky
04 Mr. Noah
05 Boys Latin
06 Sequential Circuits
07 Crosswords (EP Mix)
08 Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker
09 Come to Your Senses
10 Tropic of Cancer
11 Selfish Gene
12 Cosplay

[Tico]

From what I can tell the plucky strings in the crosswords ep mix are louder as well. This ep fucking kills though, I can't believe how crazy Cosplay gets after the singing stops. Jabber is better than I wouldve ever expected too. My fav song from the era is still BBCM

[roopn]

So excited to spin this come November. I think when this is set to arrive I'll have finished most of my final exams and be ready to be free of the school system

[roopn]

Tico wrote:

My fav song from the era is still BBCM

this and seq cirq are my faves on the album.

[speen]

popadam wrote:

1. no mans land
2. ms pacman
3. jabberwocky
4. butcher baker candlestick maker
5. boys latin
6. come to your senses
7. shadow of the colossus
8. lonely wanderer
9. this side of paradise
10. selfish gene
intermission: davy jones' locker
1. sequential circuits
2. mr noah (radio edit)
3. crosswords (ep mix)
4. the preakness
5. tropic of cancer
6. untying the knot
7. principe real
8. cosplay
9. acid wash

Love this playlist. did i miss somewhere to get the mr noah radio edit? is that downloadable somewhere