[Wilbur]

Haha, all the Tomboy singles were suspiciously close to 4:20 too.

[Takyon]

Huge thanks to Sonic and Scooter!

This has such a classic Panda sound to it. I doubt that this is anything like what the album will sound like but it's awesome to hear Noah going back to basics.

[dance avey dance]

Wilbur wrote:

kbakz wrote:

Yegarma wrote:

WOAH this is so good thanks pete for sharing! and thanks to everyone else who found the song! i seriously cant fucking wait for this album now

also, maybe this has already been discussed (i've been keeping away from the boots so im not sure which samples we've found) but yeah im pretty sure the chanting sample that starts in the beginning is some version of the song Mbube - maybe this version, but sped up a bit?

ohh nice find, that's definitely it!

Yeah, I think it was dance avey dance who suggested it was Paul Simon's "Homeless" a while back, and I thought that was it, but this seems closer.

Nice find yegarma! make sure to post in the samples thread if you didn't already It definitely sounded exactly like Homeless...until this song haha. Even the little roll in the beginning is there!

[Natalidae]

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[colin]

ok theres a sped up version of an ac song in the mixtape with mj day and i cant find it. or maybe its a panda bear live only song. anyone?

[colin]

Takyon wrote:

going back to basics.

nahway this is a soundship to the futurespace

[clayton]

Natalidae wrote:

speaking of neutering lyrics - what happened to that one song from ATP that has since disappeared - the 'your (bed?) is so good' one??

that track is awesome, i hope he doesnt leave it off

[CampfireBeast]

Ok upon many more listens this song is actually incredibly evocative. A combination of the title being so theatric in nature and "make my day" being the last song of the ATP set I presume it will be the closer on the album? This song is representative of that final push into death for me. The first part sounds like a boat going down a dark swampy creek lined on both sides by people wearing cartoony day of the dead masks, kind of like a ride at disney world. It has this druggy hazy feeling that is similar to the opiated drug coma they put someone in who is fading away in hospice care. Not a scary feeling but the feeling of physical bliss and acceptance.

The chopped up sample seems like that person losing their grip on the reality we exist in. The words become mixed and lose all meaning and just turn into noise. Panda's angelic tones soaring overtop. Then the final sound fades in...which to me it evokes the towering horror that is the infinity of non-existence. A sound so present and unwavering, it is the final blackness that is more powerful than anything we can comprehend.

Not making claims or presumptions that is just what this song reminds me of! I hope its actually the closer/on the album. Very psyched for this now, this album has immense potential. I wonder if all of it will have a narrative type structure?

[colin]

i think its more like idgaf yolo smoke weed mon

[basementvoice]

CampfireBeast wrote:

Ok upon many more listens this song is actually incredibly evocative.

I'm totally with you! Like this seems like next level AC right here. It's not just some watery psychedelic noise pop it's got a lot of substance beneath the surface.

[StrangeClams]

colin wrote:

i think its more like idgaf yolo smoke weed mon

[El Camino]

yeah i'm gonna have to go with colin on this one

[Gool Aid]

i dono i dont think its as simple as that/while it could also be kinda like a "yo just chill out" kinda song. but if the whole theme of the record is about how death brings in the new i think its just sorta like a cleansing kinda jam, it fits well with the gospel samples driving the track.

[El Camino]

haha yeah i kinda said that jokingly but i definitely agree with you there, i got those vibes too

[StrangeClams]

i'm getting some "i'm bored, gonna go listen to slasher flicks" vibes

[coollodges]

Guys maybe I'm crazy but I don't think this new jam is a live recording from a concert. Whatever it is I am digging it.

[colin]

dgaf yolo smoke weed cuz life is short... mon

[CampfireBeast]

coollodges wrote:

Guys maybe I'm crazy but I don't think this new jam is a live recording from a concert. Whatever it is I am digging it.

^totes a live recording

[Gool Aid]

^for sure? i didnt think it was a live recording either

[CampfireBeast]

nah not for sure

def sounds like it to my fat dumb ears tho

[dio]

that'd be whack if he started producing/doing vox so raw and live sounding like that. Might be kinda cool but I don't really see that happening cuz he seems to be all about through-composing and Panda-choir. Could be interesting. Wish we knew if this was an LP cut or a one-off demo-y thing so I'd know how to even approach it..

[rampface]

This sounds legit imo

[dance avey dance]

Q tips, people. Amongst other things, you can tell primarily by the distant vocals that it's live. The samples are so upfront and clear because they are part of a direct feed to the soundboard. You guys are getting way too used to all the crappy iphone recordings of recent shows that when a legit live recording comes out everyone is floored.

[Calvin]

i don't listen to live bootlegs but i really liked the vocals. i'm into lofi vocals in general

[MarfaJazz]

I'm fairly certain this is a soundboard recording. Still though, it's cool that Noah seems to be just goofing around and having fun with his music. In that sense I love it.

[Gool Aid]

jus thinking if this is going to be a dubby record i wouldnt be that surprised to hear him go this raw

[MantaRay]

dance avey dance wrote:

Q tips, people. Amongst other things, you can tell primarily by the distant vocals that it's live. The samples are so upfront and clear because they are part of a direct feed to the soundboard. You guys are getting way too used to all the crappy iphone recordings of recent shows that when a legit live recording comes out everyone is floored.

I'm not an audio expert or anything, so I apologize if this question sounds stupid, but wouldn't you still be able to hear a good amount of natural sound/audience noise even if it is a soundboard recording? I guess it's hard to tell with this recording, since there's a good amount of atmospheric stuff going on in the background anyway, but the music/sounds/vox sound pretty isolated (i.e. like it's not live).

And just as an aside, if this is in fact a studio recording of "Make My Day", I'm totally cool with that. I felt something like Benfica sounded a little sanitized with the studio treatment (even though I still like it), and I was/am afraid that these new jams will sound like that when they get the studio treatment.

[the feeling store]

What's to say he didn't record it like this aesthetically to mimic a live sound? What I mean is, why can't it sorta be a "studio version" while also essentially being a live soundboard type recording? I'm not an expert either, but I think it could be kind of cool if he was looking for that live sound and recorded it in such a way that is set up as if it's a soundboard recording, minus the crowd in the room.

Having said that, I agree with everyone else about the "studio treatment" sentiments. I actually enjoy that this sounds more raw. It adds character to it. It makes sense for this song too, while it may not to this degree for every song. For example, the "can't go back" song may benefit from a little more polished / less delayed vocals, but a similar approach would be preferred IMO.

[Hellomark]

^I agree with everything in this post

[MantaRay]

the feeling store wrote:

What's to say he didn't record it like this aesthetically to mimic a live sound? What I mean is, why can't it sorta be a "studio version" while also essentially being a live soundboard type recording? I'm not an expert either, but I think it could be kind of cool if he was looking for that live sound and recorded it in such a way that is set up as if it's a soundboard recording, minus the crowd in the room.

Having said that, I agree with everyone else about the "studio treatment" sentiments. I actually enjoy that this sounds more raw. It adds character to it. It makes sense for this song too, while it may not to this degree for every song. For example, the "can't go back" song may benefit from a little more polished / less delayed vocals, but a similar approach would be preferred IMO.

That's a good point, I didn't even consider that. He could've just played it live and set up a few mics, as opposed to recording each part on different tracks.

And I totally agree with the point on "can't go back". That song deserves to sound crisp and pure, imo, and I really hope the album version doesn't have a lot of reverb-ed/delayed shouts or samples from movies/field recordings/children's television shows/etc.

[archie]

MantaRay wrote:

dance avey dance wrote:

Q tips, people. Amongst other things, you can tell primarily by the distant vocals that it's live. The samples are so upfront and clear because they are part of a direct feed to the soundboard. You guys are getting way too used to all the crappy iphone recordings of recent shows that when a legit live recording comes out everyone is floored.

I'm not an audio expert or anything, so I apologize if this question sounds stupid, but wouldn't you still be able to hear a good amount of natural sound/audience noise even if it is a soundboard recording? I guess it's hard to tell with this recording, since there's a good amount of atmospheric stuff going on in the background anyway, but the music/sounds/vox sound pretty isolated (i.e. like it's not live).

And just as an aside, if this is in fact a studio recording of "Make My Day", I'm totally cool with that. I felt something like Benfica sounded a little sanitized with the studio treatment (even though I still like it), and I was/am afraid that these new jams will sound like that when they get the studio treatment.

theres no audience noise because a soundboard recording means it a recording of everything thats fed through the speakers, meaning that it is the pure sounds and pandas mic

[lhtd]

Without a question a live recording.

Like DAD said, the samples are dry and up-front, which is the result of recording the direct feed of Noah's gear. If you listen though you'll hear that there a "backend" ambience to the sounds - especially to the vocal feed - which is what happens when room mics are added to a direct signal. Doing this dampens up the mix and makes the listener get a feel for the venue's environment. But the biggest give away to me is the compression. It's sounds really unnatural and is the effect when you compress a master bus of a live recording as opposed to treating each channel individually.

If you don't believe me, go listen to officially released live songs. The Brother Sport and Summertime Clothes from LA in 2007 that was given away with MPP are a perfect example. Homebase is another.

SOURCE: Audio is my job.

[Vovenarg]

i agree ^

[geraldine]

grundletron3030 wrote:

this is so dope - i do think it is a soundboard tho. I really hope the studio production stays true to this for the most part.

not sure if this has already been mentioned, but the snippets of dialogue at the end are from Apocalypse Now. Can be heard at 0:05 in this video:



Also I love how the beginning of that massive synth chord at the end sounds like a train. Panda loves those train samples, doesn't he?

This is cool.
Apocalypse Now is great. Hope there's some AN-inspired imagery on this album.

[Losercore]

Is that the brother sport "BOOw" that I hear every now and then in make my day? It sounds a lot like it.

[leaf_dwelling]

so the pitchfork video from youtube is a new PB track? I can't keep up with you all.

[clayton]

What about a p4k video? did I miss something?

[leaf_dwelling]

clayton wrote:

What about a p4k video? did I miss something?

It was on the page from the 3rd mixtape link sonic boom posted.

[michael]

talking about this


the pitchfork video leaf dwelling is talking about

[Zero Cool]

This might be out of context but I want to know why the mp3 files of the mix-tapes are named with Artist as Samantha Tyson and Album as Samantha Tyson's Album?

PS

Would be cool to have the track list of the mix-tapes