Panda Bear | Laughed For A World Filled With Fantasy
It’s been a while since I beat you over the head with my love for Panda Bear, and I’m feeling a little guilty for slacking for so long. Since we last checked in with Panda, four (!) new tracks have surfaced, along with Panda Bear Live At ZDB September 2004, a two part digital-only EP, which you can buy at the low-quality, DRM-riddled digital music store of you choice. The new tracks are all brilliant, particularly the Scott Walker-sampling ‘Laughed For A World Filled With Fantasy’. However, the dark, schizophrenic ‘Bonfire Of The Vanities’ is also pretty great. This is a must have for any Panda Bear fans.
Panda Bear – Laughed For A World Filled With Fantasy.mp3 (First snippet from live EP)
Panda Bear – Untitled (Live @ Ma Fama).mp3
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Elsewhere:
-Check out Hot Chip’s myspace for a brand new song, probably from their planned ’08 album, Shot Down In Flames.
-Head over to Gorilla Vs. Bear for the theme song for YACHT’s ‘neverending tour’. Also, Jona Bechtolt has left The Blow to work as YACHT full-time.
– Blogarefordogs has an old Dan Bejar track, which is set to appear on The New Pornographers upcoming Challenger.
–I Guess I’m Floating hypes the criminally overlooked Seabear.
Seabear: The Ghost That Carried Us Away
If Animal Collective were forced to experiment less, take tranquilizers, and allow a cowboy to join their band, they might sound a bit like Seabear. Animal Collective comparisons don’t come cheap around here, and this one is well deserved. Like so many other great artists these days, Seabear hails from Iceland. If artists like Bjork and Sigur Ros are a little too dense for you, don’t worry; Seabear’s sound is considerably warmer than either of those two bands. Seabear specializes in a certain mellow style of experimental-pop, with clear vocals and soft beats. Their new album, The Ghost That Carried Us Away, is highly recommended.
Seabear – Libraries.mp3
Seabear – Hospital Bed.mp3
Seabear – Owl Walz.mp3
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