Collected Animals

jerry wonder wrote:

distorted compared to what? certain other genres of music for the past hundreds of years? this is like saying all vocal music where you can't discern the words well is distorted/contorted and are not "standard vocal practices". TF does that even mean?

wait was your whole post sarcastic? sounds like it. genius if it was.

he wasn't fucking with you jerry..singers in music schools, conservatories (etc...) are taught to shape their mouths certain ways, how to breathe, when to breathe, posture, and the list goes on. i think he was trying to convey that AC don't adhere to certain standards within the academic mindset

But you can say that about nearly any rock and roll/alternative band from the 60's on. The rolling stones for example. AC is not special in this regard.

If you're trying to say that AC is different than broadway and classical music/choral music, then sure, but what even about Organum music from the early renaissance? Each vowel in that music was sung over about 3 min each, def not standard music practices.

the organum burn... wrap it up angelic chaos's ex

I love AC warped vowels, one of my favourite things about them whereas any opera is shit as fuck

I like both, but I was merely trying to give an explanation as to why Panda's voice might sound weird to some. Almost every singer-songwriter has some degree of unusual singing characteristic, which is great because it's part of their story and their distinct sound.

Sometimes the way bill strobeck films is a bit annoying but some parts are out of this world.

I agree but it’s a welcome sacrifice for how original that style of filming is in skateboarding

the organum burn... wrap it up angelic chaos's ex

Hahah

nice lil interview. he ranks his records and says Tomboy is his fav. I'm starting to notice he says "I'd wager" a lot lol
https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/5 ... oah-lennox

the DJ PANDA BEAR interview is back up without the DJ part tho...

nice lil interview. he ranks his records and says Tomboy is his fav. I'm starting to notice he says "I'd wager" a lot lol
https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/5 ... oah-lennox

cool interview, the best one with the one about the titles

Sounds to me like I hate your stupid fuckin ex

Just read the last page, and loled at this

I just noticed there are not many drums on the record, mostly high hats, some kicks here and there, few snares. But it does not sounds like it lacks any because of the huge bass.
This record is growing on me like crazy. It's something else. Everytime I listen to it on my headphone, it's sounds perfect.
The more I listen to it, the more I am impressed by it.
I love Grimreaper but there was a few track that I was not fan of (05 Butcher Baker Candlestick Maker,10 Lonely Wanderer) but this one is the perfect lenght, 9 tracks 25 or something minutes. I can play it in full and on repeat whitout thinking about it.
Also there are a lot of perfect little moments in the record that reminds me of young prayer in which his intonation and singing is a bit special and not drowned it the mix (which I also love on the other release).
1.40 Creshendo," there's that" IKIDK and many more
.I just love it and it comes from a person who was a bit disapointed after listening to the freebird even tho I saw him live in Paris. A show I considere my favorite ever.
The homies EP and now this record, it might be my favorite panda bear on two punch whiyh young prayer and person pitch.
So yeah that record slaps and I am happy I love it after beeing a bit sceptical at first, or unexcited? which maybe would be a better way to express how I felt after the Homies EP fucked me up.

Sorry for the long post and spam and mistakes, I am drunk and listening to the record and it's insane.
Xoxo
Dallou

Official PB album power ranking:

1: Person Pitch
2: Buoys
3: Tomboy/Homies/Young Prayer
4: Reaper
5: s/t

This is the correct order, won't be reading any responses.

I almost have to agree w Panda, Tomboy might be his best... but my current fav is tied Buoys and Homies

I'm glad ur so psyched on it Dallou lol, I feel all of that! I love the minimal use of drums and how everything feels so wide open and empty and how the bass fills that space. The production and the way the songs are constructed feels really fresh, but I also just really love the songs and the melodies and the way the album progresses from song to song. Short albums rule

cool interview

tomboy (w/ preakness) is best album

wonder which tracks he'd swap out between PBVSGR and the 2 EPS, there's def a lot i'd cut from PBVSGR and replace with some of the tracks from both EPs, think that could be a beast of an album with the proper tracklist from that era

this would be my ideal PBVSGR:

Sequential Circuits
Mr Noah
Faces in the Crowd ->
Crosswords
Lisbon Zoo ->
Jabberwocky
Butcher Baker Candlestick Maker
Come to Your Senses
Tropic of Cancer
Popadam
Cosplay
Nadir (THX/Apocalypse Now ending)

Tomboy has long been my fav PB record, so I feel validated lol. Although Buoys will probably topple it for first place tbh. Interesting to hear him talk about Friendship Bracelet. It was always my least favourite but that thing about it slowly rising up and up is really interesting, and something I'd never picked up on. Good prompt to listen again and reconsider - I'd always dismissed it as a meandering and directionless track

omg yes I love Friendship Bracelet especially the chord changes so I was really happy to read him say that! I've talked about it before but it's crazy, each verse (or idk if you would call them verse but I just mean the sections in the first part of the song) goes up a half-step higher from the last one, which causes that weird subtle rising effect, it's kinda hard to notice it unless you actually look at the chord changes. also it's even more complicated because within each of those sections there are more key changes, so it's like key changes on key changes. He practically cycles through every major and minor chord there is lol. But besides that aspect of it I just like the song a lot, it's a weird one for him but it's pretty emotional and moving imo

wonder which tracks he'd swap out between PBVSGR and the 2 EPS

I think I remember Petek saying that Noah thought about changing principe real for faces in the crowd after the lp was done

definitely would have preferred that. i remember an interview where noah said he didn't like principe real or he didn't like how it turned out or something, said he had no interest in playing it live. so that sounds like it makes sense. and faces in the crowd kills, maybe in the top 5 songs from that era for me

Mr Noah
Crosswords (demo)
Ms Pac-Man
G-yeah
Jabbawocky (demo)
TOSP (demo)
Nadir

Best album he's done perhaps.

The rest can/should be forgotten.

i think tomboy is def the panda album i have the biggest emotional connection to, so i'm glad to see him rank it first. jetty - drone - alsatian darn is such an unbelievable three-song stretch

dud wrote:

wonder which tracks he'd swap out between PBVSGR and the 2 EPS

I think I remember Petek saying that Noah thought about changing principe real for faces in the crowd after the lp was done

Oof, I'm torn. Those are both two of my favorite tracks. I wish they were both on there. Maybe I wish it was a powers that b-style double...

I've never liked Principe,

faces and maybe cosplay could fit on the record and are good. also could be axed:

selfish gene
Butcher Baker
acid wash

get at moi

didn't realize yal were talking about this here but in another thread I said re: that pbvsgr track-swapping comment:

also, I like the part where he mentions that he would swap out a few tracks on pbvsgr but they weren't done with those at the time.... so that could only be No Man's Land, Jabber, Lisbon Zoo and Cosplay right?

idk which id swap out but maybe id take out Tropic and Lonely and just make it STRAIT bangers, and then he could have a more chilled EP with tropic/lonely/cosplay maybe...

im in the mood where I WANT to sound flippant, so FUCK acid wash, tropic of cancer and like idk I don't like sequential circuits like at ALL, so ya put Faces, Jabber, and NML and it would probably be the greatest album of all time allllmost. weird how he wanted to spread out the goodness

im at the point now where I hate tropic, even tho its impressive sampling, ill never unhear pas de deus and like idk it sounds like weird karaoke to me, idgi, esp post Buoys... like maybe if it had been produced like a Buoys song it wouldn't sound like doo doo to me

ok thats me wilding out and being flippant, at end of day I <3 all music ^_^

how did pbvsgr not end with marijuana into apocalypse now, what world areth we living in

Guys.... wrap your peckers.

sunset still kinda >>>>>>>> all of Buoys, but master, ikidk and buoys come close. but god damn sunset still and 4evr

acid wash is great yall - the structure is really similar to token too, which is cool, both have that rising instrumental break with huge bass that just really really soothes my earballs

He shoulda done an insane triple album with all like 19 tracks from the GR era

Shoulda been:
Get rid of the two disposable tracks (or add them to the end of their previous tracks)

Sequential circuits
Mr Noah
Crosswords
No mans land
This side of paradise
boys latin
CTYS
Tropic of Cancer
Faces in the crowd
Principe real
Selfish gene
Acid wash

Mr Noah b-sides:
Lonely wanderer
Untying the knot
BBCM

Crosswords b-sides:
Lisbon zoo
Jabberwocky
Preakness
Cosplay

There’s also two albums in here: on of the more beat driven songs and an EP of slower songs:

Mr Noah
Crosswords
BBCM
boys Latin
CTYS
Principe real
Lisbon zoo
Jabberwocky
No mans land
Faces in the crowd
Untying the knot
This side of paradise

Vs

Sequential circuits
Tropic of Cancer
Lonely wanderer
Selfish gene
Acid wash
Cosplay

Also was there a reason Lisbon zoo wasn’t just included on crosswords? Not ready in time for cd/vinyl pressing?

Wish it would at least get added digitally / streaming

i think it got mastered too late and i also think there's an uncleared sample in there

Anyway, Buoys is definitely my second favourite behind Person Pitch. The more I listen, the more both the subtleties and impact of the sparse elements grow stronger. It's so so refreshing in comparison to both TB and GR which lean very heavily on a certain vocal style he'd already perfected off the bat with PP. This has echoes of that sound but it's much bolder and more stark than anything since YP.

Update: the rest of the songs grouwed on me. Cant wait for the Bouys Acoustish Trio Tour Toar Torè

Anyway, Buoys is definitely my second favourite behind Person Pitch. The more I listen, the more both the subtleties and impact of the sparse elements grow stronger. It's so so refreshing in comparison to both TB and GR which lean very heavily on a certain vocal style he'd already perfected off the bat with PP. This has echoes of that sound but it's much bolder and more stark than anything since YP.

This is where I'm at, too. And I think it's a lovely position to be in.
Though I'm suspecting what I like about Buoys is what I'm not getting from the boots. Whereas TB and GR material was so tasty in their live forms.

If Panda visited the PNW I'd absolutely still buy a ticket. But I would be kinda nervous about the show tarnishing (maybe the wrong word) the Buoys tunes. IDK.

The thing about Tombouys is that I cannot imagine putting Person Pitch 3rd place and yet here we are. Even though I conceptually enjoy longer albums (or small albums with multiple eps - radiohead are masters of thisish) I think GREAPERs big old thing just disqualifies it because like several folks have said, being able to loop bouys just slaps and Tomboy is kind of its own thing because of how precious it is.

This record is perfect, Noah is an angel. This is becoming my go to record whenever I am drunk and it works perfectly. (drunk and sober).
This one might be up there with person pitch and young prayer for me. Too soon to tell but I am definitly amazed and happy by how much I love it. Might be my favorite record from anyone since the A day with the homies, lol, such a stan things to say but it's just how I feel.And I did not see this coming at all.

This is where I'm at, too. And I think it's a lovely position to be in.
Though I'm suspecting what I like about Buoys is what I'm not getting from the boots. Whereas TB and GR material was so tasty in their live forms.

If Panda visited the PNW I'd absolutely still buy a ticket. But I would be kinda nervous about the show tarnishing (maybe the wrong word) the Buoys tunes. IDK.

Nothing about seeing him perform the songs live will tarnish them.

has anybody discussed the fact that the phrase "clever bear" appears in the lyrics to this album?

has anybody discussed the fact that the phrase "clever bear" appears in the lyrics to this album?

hate 2 break it to you but it's 'bend'

buoys reminds me that panda bear made danse manatee and campfire songs. you can listen to the album in terms of its songs, hearing the melody, singing along, listening to the guitar chords etc. but there's another level of listening where you can just appreciate the sound, at the tiniest levels, and there's so much subtlety there. it reminds me of listening to those early albums