[Provanities]

Man, just went through a breakup last week and my soul is crushed. These two jams are tiding me over and Friday could not possibly be better timed. Thank you Noah and Pete for doing some lifesaving with this new music. Can't wait.

[rohcti]

Sonic boom wrote:

Hope some of you are in the social mood to get together & will join us ! Planning a party here myself . Gonna be a late one in Portugal : )

This made me so happy, I'm gonna try my damnedest to make it to The Thursday (live stream) party

[howsoever]

Sonic boom wrote:

But woo hoo . Just a kiss away now . Got another vid for you too after the RESET party LP playback too.
Made by Joana Linda & Fern Perreira .
Dang Dang Dang .....
Hope some of you are in the social mood to get together & will join us ! Planning a party here myself . Gonna be a late one in Portugal : )

So sweet to hear Fern's part of the video! Especially with Danger's loving lyrics <3 I loved the playing the long game vid...

[evan6032]

Is Noah going to be part of the streaming party? I know the boys are already playing a show that night

[Sonic boom]

evan6032 wrote:

Is Noah going to be part of the streaming party? I know the boys are already playing a show that night

Yeah . He's on the loose w AC that day in the usa , but think he's gonna pop by if he can to say Hi .
Busy busy times !

[evan6032]

Sonic boom wrote:

evan6032 wrote:

Is Noah going to be part of the streaming party? I know the boys are already playing a show that night

Yeah . He's on the loose w AC that day in the usa , but think he's gonna pop by if he can to say Hi .
Busy busy times !

Exciting times tho! Can’t wait to tune in and enjoy the jams Pete, really excited for this record you guys cooked up

[meys]

Sonic boom wrote:

meysell wrote:

bumping pete's playlist on a tough day - bringing some joy to it, thanks man. that interview was a little rough to watch, did not feel like a good mesh between interviewer and interviewees. good on you both for sticking through it though

Perfect result . You know what follows a bad day though my friend ? A better one .....
It's normal . There's no good days without bad days . Otherwise it'd be like the Galbraith in Gullivers Travels . Just constant unthrilling sameness . Acceptance of that makes tough days less tough . Hope goodtimes are rolling today xp

hey pete. you have no idea how much this meant! i really appreciate the kind words

[Sonic boom]

meysell wrote:

hey pete. you have no idea how much this meant! i really appreciate the kind words

Hey - Anytime . Not kind words though - I truly believe that. And You might be proving that. U take care please for me xp

[Sputnik Monroe]

These new songs are amazing! Thanks, Boom for your presence through this release, it has been very fun. Can't believe I get to see AC live the same day this albums drops! What a treat!

[awesome]

mark richardson in the WSJ with what reads to me like the most positive (and best written) review of Reset yet

just 3 days + an hour or so til the listening party

https://www.wsj.com/articles/panda-bear ... 1659994700

[Cooper]

Can you please copy paste n spoiler that piece?

[awesome]

Spoiler: show

‘Reset’ by Panda Bear & Sonic Boom Review: A Cheerful Collaboration
Noah Lennox and Peter Kember come together on this album that uses samples of ‘50s and ‘60s tunes to create unmistakably good vibrations.

Sometimes an album is designed to help the listener understand where its creators are coming from, or perhaps to allow him or her to think more deeply about complicated issues. And sometimes records aim for something more elemental. When Noah Lennox, the 44-year-old singer-songwriter raised in Baltimore who is a member of the experimental band Animal Collective and records as Panda Bear, began working with Peter Kember, the 56-year-old from Rugby, England, who as Sonic Boom served as co-leader of the seminal psych-rock band Spacemen 3 in the 1980s and early ’90s, their remit was simple: Make songs that would help listeners feel better during these troubled times.

This experiment in uplift led to the wonderfully life-affirming new LP “Reset” (Domino), out Friday. The duo, both now based in Portugal, previously worked together on two of Mr. Lennox’s solo albums as Panda Bear—“Tomboy,” from 2011, and “Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper,” from 2015. On those records, which mixed indie-pop tunefulness with darker and more experimental undertones, Mr. Kember was strictly a producer, helping Mr. Lennox realize his creations. Here, they are full collaborators, sharing writing, singing and production duties across nine cheerful and affecting numbers that encourage us to hold on to hope, and revel in the magic of the present moment.

Five of the record’s nine tracks are built around brief loops taken from the introductory bars of well-known songs from the 1950s and ’60s. The opening “Gettin’ to the Point” is a statement of purpose in both title and content—it’s constructed atop a fragment of an acoustic guitar part borrowed from Eddie Cochran’s hit “Three Steps to Heaven,” released around the time of the ill-fated rockabilly star’s death in 1960. The chiming, circular riff plays through the entire track as Mr. Lennox sings a graceful new melody on top of it that points to the styles of days gone by. Since early in his career at the dawn of the millennium, Mr. Lennox’s vocal timbre and phrasing have been compared with those of Brian Wilson. On this LP, he makes the most of the similarity, crafting sunny and memorable tunes that complement the collage-like arrangements.

Some references to other eras are less direct. The third cut, “Everyday,” has no credited samples, but the track’s title, form and lyrics—“Everyday, a little bit longer / Everyway, a little bit stronger”—point to the 1957 single of the same title by Buddy Holly and the Crickets, while the title of the flowing “Whirlpool” evokes the Beach Boys, as do its honeyed harmonies. And sometimes the lines between past and present are blurry. “Edge of the Edge,” which contains a loop on loan from Randy & the Rainbows’ 1963 song “Denise,” opens with clattering drums and “oooh-oooh” backing vocals from the original, and the doo-wop group seems to sing in support behind Mr. Lennox. Mr. Kember, meanwhile, sings along with the ghostly voices in a baritone register, as if he were himself one of the Rainbows, which lends a pleasingly disorienting quality.

Given the effortlessly catchy tunes, the recycled sounds from what we imagine to be less complicated times, and the album’s choir-like vocal layering, “Reset” is steeped in childlike innocence and nostalgia. But the album has a slightly tangled relationship to recording history. The samples bring the listener to the distant past, but the blocky structure of the tracks brings to mind the computer grid, where each individual element is pasted into place. One never has the illusion of a band from a bygone era playing and singing around a microphone, and the songs on “Reset” are far from seamless constructions, though that’s by design. The strobing synths that have been a trademark of Mr. Kember’s music since his days in Spacemen 3 float in and out of arrangements, bringing a dizzy and disorienting edge to the predominant sweetness.

Those who have followed Mr. Lennox’s work in and out of Animal Collective will hear this release and think immediately of the album “Person Pitch,” his 2007 Panda Bear masterpiece, which ranks among the best releases of the 2000s. That record, which mixed and matched borrowed fragments with Mr. Lennox’s original melodies, used techniques similar to this one, though it had a wider emotional palette. If this record has a weakness, it’s the obvious one derived from its initial concept—you’re never going to put this one on unless you’re in the mood for something cheerful. But if you are looking for such positivity, and are interested in how record culture and the art of sampling can be used in service of eminently listenable indie pop, “Reset” is hard to beat.

[hypo's]

tnx dude

[Sonic boom]

Provanities wrote:

Man, just went through a breakup last week and my soul is crushed. These two jams are tiding me over and Friday could not possibly be better timed. Thank you Noah and Pete for doing some lifesaving with this new music. Can't wait.

Pleased it's useful in tough times my friend . Things happen for reasons & as Noah always says , you sometimes have to push thru the tough times to reach the better next level . It can be hard to see at the time , but better times are around the corner already .
Just point yourself in a positive direction with no expectations & magic will come to you .
When I followed it , that recipe was always good to me ..... Love to you there & take it easy please xp

[Fovrodi]

Did PB play any video games during these sessions, did you?

[Sonic boom]

Fovrodi wrote:

Did PB play any video games during these sessions, did you?

I'm an OG joystick & button guy......I played Galaxians a bit.....infact , there's the big ship from that taking a kamikaze dive with us a bunch in Whirlpool
Noah is the deep video guy though ....He told me the other day , when he was a kid his folks didn't want him to play video games or watch TV , but he was so into video games he just read about them all the time , anything he could find , After a year his dad caved & bought him a console cos he realised he was just so into them ...... And I don't think anything changed there : )

[dio]

^lol sweet. panda's a video game mag reader in the 90s, cool

[awesome]

Reset is stereogum's ~album of the week~

https://www.stereogum.com/2195521/panda ... -the-week/


e: i think this is the first review with no beach boys/brian wilson ref

[face plant]

lovin these jams. y'all probably know these but can't risk not posting them
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er8PN385PEA&ab_channel=missyweiner[/youtube]
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ_ptl-uXok&ab_channel=VinylandshellacbyStarday[/youtube]

[awesome]

face plant wrote:

lovin these jams. y'all probably know these but can't risk not posting them
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er8PN385PEA&ab_channel=missyweiner[/youtube]

love Egyptian Shumba, also dig this one a lot that also has a lot of attitude

[Sonic boom]

Love that Beverly jones & the Prestons ...little gnarly on the lyrics ...but nice jam ..

This guy has the antidote maybe ?

[Sonic boom]

dio wrote:

^lol sweet. panda's a video game mag reader in the 90s, cool

hahaha . Yeah .... funny what we resonate with , eh ? He knew it was for him .

[awesome]

remembered that comp i heard the Beverly Jones song on....... this is a great mix of early stompers

[scrambledgreggs]

awesome wrote:

Reset is stereogum's ~album of the week~

https://www.stereogum.com/2195521/panda ... -the-week/


e: i think this is the first review with no beach boys/brian wilson ref

the highest accolade!

[Stan]

This is the line which really gave me goosebumps:

"The songs make me feel like it’s 1960 and 2009 and present day all at once."

[nathan]

Vibes have been absolutely impeccable in here. What a delight this album rollout has been. As others have expressed above, I too am very much in need of a Reset. Thank you sb and everyone for posting thru it all

[MrAirplane]

"Egyptian Shumba" and "Hear You Talking" are both on an old episode of Geo's radio show that features a bunch of songs from around that time. Probably my favorite O'Brien System episode

https://www.nts.live/shows/geologist/ep ... nuary-2018

[Fovrodi]

Sonic boom wrote:

I'm an OG joystick & button guy......I played Galaxians a bit.....infact , there's the big ship from that taking a kamikaze dive with us a bunch in Whirlpool
Noah is the deep video guy though ....He told me the other day , when he was a kid his folks didn't want him to play video games or watch TV , but he was so into video games he just read about them all the time , anything he could find , After a year his dad caved & bought him a console cos he realised he was just so into them ...... And I don't think anything changed there : )

Thanks, can definitely identify with reading (at least until middle school then it was bad news hehe)

[Fovrodi]

MrAirplane wrote:

"Egyptian Shumba" and "Hear You Talking" are both on an old episode of Geo's radio show that features a bunch of songs from around that time. Probably my favorite O'Brien System episode

https://www.nts.live/shows/geologist/ep ... nuary-2018

Nice pull! FWIW most of the episode was guest DJ'd by DJ Hat Box, not sure if they have much of a web presence

[Sonic boom]

Fovrodi wrote:

Sonic boom wrote:

I'm an OG joystick & button guy......I played Galaxians a bit.....infact , there's the big ship from that taking a kamikaze dive with us a bunch in Whirlpool
Noah is the deep video guy though ....He told me the other day , when he was a kid his folks didn't want him to play video games or watch TV , but he was so into video games he just read about them all the time , anything he could find , After a year his dad caved & bought him a console cos he realised he was just so into them ...... And I don't think anything changed there : )

Thanks, can definitely identify with reading (at least until middle school then it was bad news hehe)

uh oh ! you too , eh ? : )

ooh.... Shadow Morton x Jeff Barry / Ellie Greenwich... full house .
Free extra ball & Flippers & Bumpers become supercharged ! My fave Shangri Las jams ....

[Sonic boom]

nathan wrote:

Vibes have been absolutely impeccable in here. What a delight this album rollout has been. As others have expressed above, I too am very much in need of a Reset. Thank you sb and everyone for posting thru it all

Word . You all have been a treat . It;'s been pure Up Dog thru & thru : )

[GrassUno]

face plant wrote:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er8PN385PEA&ab_channel=missyweiner[/youtube]

Fovrodi wrote:

Damn, these are sick! Thanks for sharing

[unrecordednight]

psyched for this stream on thursday! for those who have been paying closer attention, what's the title of the one that goes "here it comes, here it comes, here it comes" and the one that ends with "gotta take a day to think it through, and maybe a night to make up my mind"?

[Hellomark]

I believe those are "Everythings Been Leading to This" and "Livin in the After", respectively.

[unrecordednight]

cool cool ty!

[bullseye]

Haven't been able to keep up with this thread in the past few weeks, just wanted to chime in how excited I am for the album. Edge of the edge is great. On my first listen with the Danny Perez video, the song seemed a lot busier than it actually is. Lyrics are superb, vocals are spot on, synths and sounds rub me the right way. Can't wait to take a few deep dives into reset over the weekend. Thanks also for all these behind-the-scenes tidbits and YouTube links, sonic!

[Sonic boom]

bullseye wrote:

Haven't been able to keep up with this thread in the past few weeks, just wanted to chime in how excited I am for the album. Edge of the edge is great. On my first listen with the Danny Perez video, the song seemed a lot busier than it actually is. Lyrics are superb, vocals are spot on, synths and sounds rub me the right way. Can't wait to take a few deep dives into reset over the weekend. Thanks also for all these behind-the-scenes tidbits and YouTube links, sonic!

My pleasure my friend . Thank you too for hanging out .

Btw - A little bird told me the RESET release happens at Midnight on the 11th ....wherever you are ....
.... Australia I guess first ....

Also , we have some extra juicy stuff we cooked for you I think you're gonna like as part of the RESET party .... That I think you'll enjoy ....A slow but sweet dessert .....

Hope u can join us tomorrow eve ! And send us a pic or a vid of u partying !

[GrassUno]

Provanities wrote:

Man, just went through a breakup last week and my soul is crushed. These two jams are tiding me over and Friday could not possibly be better timed. Thank you Noah and Pete for doing some lifesaving with this new music. Can't wait.

I feel you man, I just got out a 7 year relationship a few months back and living alone for the first time has been so strange. It gets better and you get stronger. I can't wait to wake up on Friday and blast this album in my car going to work. Got to love the groovy things

[speen]

is that a love of my life clip on instagram? that song sounds crazy now, damn. exciting!

[Sonic boom]

Nice review From FLOOD MAGAZINE

Spoiler: show

Panda Bear & Sonic Boom
Reset
DOMINO
ABOVE THE CURRENT
Reset is an album that resembles a musical toy with its mature lyrical edges covered in gobs of neon-colored Play-Doh. It largely avoids the prickliness of other pandemic releases by rubbing itself in sugary melodies and production, while repeat listens reveal it has a sharp emotional story to tell under the surface—ominous deaths occur on “Go On,” and “Edge of the Edge” alludes to strange fruit with a hidden rot and someone sick as a dog digging through trash. These multilayered and colorful songs flow from Noah Lennox, the psych-pop adventurer best known as Animal Collective’s Panda Bear, and the former Spacemen 3 alt-rocker and compendious producer Pete Kember (a.k.a. Sonic Boom).

Bells, Beach Boys melodies, Latin American percussion gourds, and monster-under-the-bed electronic rumbles charge the Peter Pan heart of this collaborative record. “Gettin’ to the Point,” the tropical opener, feels like the first jump into a warm, aquamarine body of water. Its bright acoustic guitar loop is infectious, recalling Panda Bear’s Person Pitch era. “Go On” and “Everyday” continue the summery streak and push Kember toward the mic, singing “Give it to me” like a mantra on the kaleidoscopic former track, while the latter sees him dive-bombing his airy baritone verses over sequencers, pattering percussion, and slide whistles.

Deeper into the tracklist, Lennox’s psychedelic melody on “Whirlpool” is twisted like a lime over a cold drink by Kember’s eddying production, while “Edge of the Edge” is a quintessential Panda Bear track that encapsulates the kernel of the idea Kember struck upon with his musical partner during the cabin fever days of their 2020 lockdown (it also just sounds straight up like a Beach Boys song). Kember wanted to take the ornate intros to classic tracks from the likes of Eddie Cochran, The Everly Brothers, or even The Belle Stars’ “Iko Iko,” from Rain Man, and really loop the hell out of them in one- or two-chord chunks for Reset. “Edge of the Edge” has a perfect musical intro loop for this, with its telephone-dialing beep and deep-bass doo-wop bump. It’s undeniably catchy from the jump, and works like a musical barber shop pole that can stretch skyward forever.

As the album moves along, its bright loops begin to elongate as the songs become more diffused and intricate. “In My Body” and “Danger” serve as stately and welcome comedowns from earlier musical flights of fancy, while “Livin’ in the After” is this pair’s Van Dyke Parks–like bauble, bursting with strings, rumbling synths, and galloping percussion. You admire its main melody as it glints in the sunshine and down through a canopy of Sonic Boom’s lively instrumentation. The final track on the album keeps the energy at skywriting levels: “Everything’s Been Leading to This” races along as a fitful electro-pop bookend for an album that similarly started with a sugar rush.

Reset is a pop album full of surprises. Seek it out, slip into it for a while, and play in its balmy environment again when you need a restart on your day. We all deserve some bright musical Play-Doh to blunt the sharper edges of adulthood, and the Panda Bear and Sonic Boom factory is fully functional.