RIYL: The XX, The Shins, Broken Bells
So, Grizzly Bear just released their 4th album, Shields, a few days ago, so I thought that now would be an appropriate time to honor their beauty. For those of you who are unfamiliar with them, here is there most popular song, Two Weeks, which I'm pretty sure is in a Car commercial of some sort, I'm not sure. Who watches actual TV anymore instead of netflix?
Grizzly Bear is a sort of folk pop group I suppose, if I had to put a genre on their music. I love love love their heavy use of piano and their background vocals. The main vocals are very soothing and soft, and easy to listen to for a full album's worth. There is also a lot of acoustic guitar in their work, which accompanies the sassy tambourine very nicely.
My favorite song by them is Ready, Able, partially because I love the lyrics, and probably because it has the most trippy music video I have ever seen in my life. I don't have any experience with psychedelic drugs, believe it or not, but I have a feeling that this video is not far off base.
Check this out.
Here are some highlights from their new album, Shields.
This song sounds just like the XX to me, especially in the beginning. I love the vocals, and I love the background sharp-clapping noises. This is my favorite song of their new album.
I'm digging Sheilds as well. Have you seen the Grizzly Bear Dead prez mashup? Two Weeks of Hip Hop?
ReplyDeleteI just checked that out, I can dig it. The music from Two Weeks is very versatile, or I feel like a lot of rap lyrics could flow very easily with it. The guys who remixed this, The Hood Internet, remind me a LOT of the mash up guru, Girl Talk.
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