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Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 7:36 pm
by Stanshant
Never ever ever better than when he just warbled over a seven minute world music/60s loop.
Seriously.
I'm Not and Laughed For A World are pure ecstasy for me. Completely transcendent years and years beyond where I felt moved by almost anything else he's done. He still makes fantastic music but he hit an epiphanous peak so early and so high, so much higher than virtually anything, before he even really knew what he was doing.
So many tried to imitate and not a fuckin one came close.
This was the period when you really did think fuck is AC anything without PB? This guy is is the true fuckin GOAT. Incomparable ecstasy and a life of sunshine and crying with happiness. Every ass was a tight bun. You could walk away from any job and take a shit on the boss desk because you just sleep on your buddy's couch until you want another fuckin job. Too bad, the system. Turns out I fuck you. Let's get a foot massage. Let's swallow a sword. Let's jump in a lake. Let's work for NASA.
And then he releases Tomboy, starts writing trad arr structures and you have to pay a mortgage.
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 7:59 pm
by denjanenna
too much truth packed into one post
solid theory
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 9:50 pm
by terrestrialjane
I smell a conspiracy
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 10:13 pm
by jusswerjk
Bill Gates funded Tomboy. Look it up.
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 11:20 pm
by dio
he's never gonna do plunder-phonics-enya-core again. this the last time.
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 11:37 pm
by Hash
jusswerjk wrote:
Bill Gates funded Tomboy. Look it up.
lollllll fuck
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:50 am
by ingenue
Stanshant wrote:
And then he releases Tomboy, starts writing trad arr structures and you have to pay a mortgage.
Lol spot-on. There is something special in youth that lights up for a few years, then fades, never to return. For all of us.
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 4:02 am
by dio
I meeeeeean. We're kinda taking the piss I kno but to be fair when I was in college there was a lot about tb and pbvsgr that excited me more than washed-out fucking PP. Maybe that had more to do with the fact that "ethereal" reverb choir-core became embarrassingly prevelant among white dude bandcapmers myself included but uh. Carry on, legit ignore.me
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 4:20 am
by Stanshant
I'm actually not taking the piss

Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 4:40 am
by yoko bono
Panda Bear's Daily Routine > Animal Collective's Daily Routine
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 4:46 am
by Stanshant
Song For Ariel >>>>>>> Guys Eyes
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 5:07 am
by Fovrodi
In hindsight it's kind of wild Chores and Derek made it on the album, barely anyone's fingerprints but panda's (not a criticism, just observing). Guess same goes for Street Flash::avey
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 5:18 am
by roopn
how much cum can stan spill to preserve 2007 like a mosquito in amber
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 5:31 am
by dio
I meeeean.... panda kinda sucks and he's mean.
((but boy do I love when he writes McCartney esque compsed shit like Alsatian, last nite, selfish, half of buoys. and sunset on vinyl is maybe the best thing that happened to me year it came out. )))
u just really miss wuhan dog. in terms of my own nostalgia I only kiiiindaa miss 2013 sometimes and greaper boots are just fine to me. that time was way more about amok, mbv and modern vampires of the city so I lucked out re my crippling nostalgia I guess
they popped off in 2010 too but that year was whatever overall. 2009 when I actually got into the band was just like okay. my life's sucked man, I got lucky
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 5:36 am
by dio
wait how old were u in '07? could my life still peak? is LP12 next year gonna be my version of the Stan hard-on for that era??
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 6:14 am
by yoko bono
Young Prayer or GTFO
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 6:22 am
by Fovrodi
Kinda wish they did a mega-album after MPP instead of the split of solo works, not exactly a new thought but the dynamic could've been magic:
Avey- Keyboard, bass drum, sequencer
Panda- guitar, sampler, add'l drums (snare, tom, crash)
Deakin- guitar, electronic percussion
Geologist- samplers, bass (moog taurus pedals)
Laughing Hieroglyphic
3 Umbrellas
Oliver Twist
Glass Bottom Boat
Ghost of Books
Lucky 1
Cemetaries
Slow Words
Mountain Game
Footy
Alsatian Darn
Last Night at the Jetty
Surfers Hymn
Scheherezade
[etc.]
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 7:18 am
by Stanshant
roopn wrote:
how much cum can stan spill to preserve 2007 like a mosquito in amber
dio wrote:
wait how old were u in '07?
I was 26.
I do miss Wuhan (although the Wuhan I loved is gone forever in the pursuit of modernity) and that era of peak AC is forever entwined with that chapter of my life like DNA but I also one hundred percent think PB was never more inspired or more joyful than at that time.
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 11:09 am
by Tropic
Fovrodi wrote:
Guess same goes for Street Flash::avey
What does this mean fov?
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:23 pm
by rohcti
After watching the Lodge room boot on YouTube, I'd have to say he's better than ever. But I think his contributions back then were better with AC anyway
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 4:00 pm
by Fovrodi
Tropic of Cans wrote:
Fovrodi wrote:
Guess same goes for Street Flash::avey
What does this mean fov?
Sorry, I was making a similar point about how little of the other dudes finger prints are on street flash, so sparse. Not a complaint or a criticism, just an observation.
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 6:30 pm
by destiny
i think i prefer homies pb tbh...all he needs is a beat, a sample and bass. also those songs are the fking best in his catalog live...his sound was crazy. i wish he played benfica and blew all of our faces off
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 11:08 pm
by coral lord
FEEL ON1NE!!! wrote:
i think i prefer homies pb tbh...all he needs is a beat, a sample and bass. also those songs are the fking best in his catalog live...his sound was crazy. i wish he played benfica and blew all of our faces off
homies pb is definitely my favorite of his stuff since MPP
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 11:32 pm
by Tropic
Fovrodi wrote:
Tropic of Cans wrote:
Fovrodi wrote:
Guess same goes for Street Flash::avey
What does this mean fov?
Sorry, I was making a similar point about how little of the other dudes finger prints are on street flash, so sparse. Not a complaint or a criticism, just an observation.
Oh, that's interesting. Song feels very Avey yes. Sounds like early Down There
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 2:33 am
by Tropic
Fovrodi wrote:
Kinda wish they did a mega-album after MPP instead of the split of solo works, not exactly a new thought but the dynamic could've been magic:
Laughing Hieroglyphic
3 Umbrellas
Oliver Twist
Glass Bottom Boat
Ghost of Books
Lucky 1
Cemetaries
Slow Words
Mountain Game
Footy
Alsatian Darn
Last Night at the Jetty
Surfers Hymn
Scheherezade
[etc.]
Damn man this got the juices flowing.
You can count on me
Lucky 1
In Photographs
Glass Bottom Boat
Oliver Twist
Surfers Hymn
Ghost of books
Last night at the jetty
Benfica
Slow Words
Laughing Hieroglyphic
Alsatian Darn
Good House
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 3:22 am
by roopn
Down Boy!!!
????
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 3:50 am
by Dusty
I visited Lisbon last summer and yeah I can see how moving to a place like that would result in songs as magical as Laughed for a World and Bros. Not saying I dislike new PB I really love
buoys and a good portion of Reaper but man if this theory isn’t spot on
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 11:37 am
by rohcti
FEEL ON1NE!!! wrote:
i think i prefer homies pb tbh...all he needs is a beat, a sample and bass. also those songs are the fking best in his catalog live...his sound was crazy. i wish he played benfica and blew all of our faces off
Yeah Benfica would have been amazing. Still mad I didn't get to see him last tour
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 9:24 pm
by mildew_on_rice
roopn wrote:
Down Boy!!!
????
Oh god you're referencing an old post of mine aren't you? Did that somehow become a meme here? Jesus. It was on a different account.
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 10:11 pm
by Stanshant
One of the greatest ever mate. Well done.
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2020 12:16 am
by Tropic
I am unfamiliar
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2020 1:51 am
by roopn
mildew_on_rice wrote:
roopn wrote:
Down Boy!!!
????
Oh god you're referencing an old post of mine aren't you? Did that somehow become a meme here? Jesus. It was on a different account.
Sorry to bring it back into your mind, to be honest I'm only aware of it from a few people mentioning it months ago, figured it's a bit of a laugh
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2020 5:34 pm
by headroom)))
Person Pitch is my favorite album of all time. I'm just glad that PB is still making music after making something so seminal. "You won't make that one againnnn!" The Homies vinyl EP is my second favorite and his track Studie with Teebs is amazing. The man still has the golden touch.
Sung Tongs + Prospect Hummer, Feels and Person Pitch is the holy trinity of AC music for me. I was a year late to Sung Tongs and got into it at the same time as Feels. So 2005 - 2007 was the highest peak of connecting hard to AC music. Getting stoned and listening to the textures and buried sounds in all those albums really helped me grow as a listener to music. It was those albums and live bootlegs all the time.
That being said, I was 19 to 22 at that time which was a great period in life for me. No anxieties or desk job back then and I was finding new art that lit my brain on fire all the time. I think my mind was more receptive to things back then too. My theory is that I look at a screen too much when I listen to music these days. If I split my attention I'm obviously not gonna appreciate sound as much. Anyways, its a incredibly huge hill for any new AC material to reach those peaks. But I hear the essence of that era in their new music all the time. Its just not as wild as it was back then because they helped shape what it means to be wild now. I'm super happy to have been exposed to their sounds at that age. I wouldn't have ventured into so many different avenues of music if I didn't hear those albums back then.
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2020 6:02 pm
by Stanshant
Really enjoyed that post, so much resonated with me.
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2020 9:46 am
by Sonic boom
ingenue wrote:
Stanshant wrote:
And then he releases Tomboy, starts writing trad arr structures and you have to pay a mortgage.
Lol spot-on. There is something special in youth that lights up for a few years, then fades, never to return. For all of us.
It ain’t necessarily so ....on either points my friends
Every perception in life is based on perspective . And if yours is valid , so must be mine and everyone else’s . Just imagine xp
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2020 5:13 pm
by dio
sick.
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2020 5:38 pm
by Stanshant
My comment was accurate for me.
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2020 6:06 pm
by dio
we're all right.
doin it right is the pinnacle of panda
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2020 12:48 am
by snake
Stanshant wrote:
Song For Ariel >>>>>>> Guys Eyes
the best
panda with the midas touch for sure
Re: Panda Bear Theory
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2020 9:03 pm
by headroom)))
Sonic boom wrote:
ingenue wrote:
Stanshant wrote:
And then he releases Tomboy, starts writing trad arr structures and you have to pay a mortgage.
Lol spot-on. There is something special in youth that lights up for a few years, then fades, never to return. For all of us.
It ain’t necessarily so ....on either points my friends
Every perception in life is based on perspective . And if yours is valid , so must be mine and everyone else’s . Just imagine xp
I think some of us fall into the trap of believing in nostalgia's perfection. I know I certainly do. But then I hear new shit that blows my mind and get excited about right now. Like
CHEB!