Shields is not going to grab you, but it rewards patience. Written and recorded following a six-month hiatus from band activities, the album was produced by bassist and multi-instrumentalist Chris Taylor, and preceded by the singles, 'Sleeping Ute. Seven-minute closer Sun In Your Eyes, meanwhile, is booming, sweeping and a little bit hippie. Shields is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band Grizzly Bear, released on Septemon Warp Records. The Hunt dips into melancholic Radiohead territory, Droste gives good vocal on the propulsive A Simple Answer, and Half Gate grows into an art-rocky epic. The Brooklyn band’s signature choir-like vocals, led by Ed Droste and Daniel Rossen, with backups by Chris Taylor and Christopher Bear, are on display, though the angelic harmonies that made their previous album, Veckatimest, such a breakthrough are lower in the mix – more an effect than a feature. The US indie band announced details of the eagerly anticipated album earlier this year but have kept the title of the. The new LP is called Painted Ruins and is set to be released. The first relatively hooky tune comes not via lead single and opening track Sleeping Ute, but in fourth song Yet Again, which establishes a clear and immediate groove and has hummable melodies on offer. Grizzly Bear have confirmed that their new album will be titled Shields. Grizzly Bear has at long last announced a follow up to their 2012 indie-pop masterpiece, Shields. Their 10 songs often pull in several different directions at once and go on strange experimental tangents, usually during the last few minutes. It gives one the impression that the band could release an album this rich and complete every three or.
Shields is not a thematic sequel to Veckatimest, but it is a logical continuation. In the end they made like circus performers and drove a motorcycle over it. Grizzly Bear aren’t writing for the masses on their lush and interesting fourth album. Ultimately, Grizzly Bear decided to walk the tightrope. GRIZZLY BEAR play Massey Hall on September 26. Friend now feels like an essential release in Grizzly Bear’s catalogue, home to a live staple (their creepy, cavernous reconstruction of the Crystals’ He Hit Me) and a pivotal moment in.