Shields [Transparent Vinyl]

Grizzly Bear – Shields [Transparent Vinyl]

Grizzly Bear never broke up. In the six years that have passed since their most recent shows, the four members who first drifted into the group two decades ago as loose friends and even total strangersChris Bear, Ed Droste, Daniel Rossen, Chris Taylorhave drifted out into other things. Theyve made other music, pursued other careers, cultivated other families, lived other lives beyond the bounds of being this band. And now, for the first time since 2019, these four musicians and friends will drift back into Grizzly Bear, to test the ties that made them one of this centurys most engrossing and beloved acts and see where else those old connections may yet lead. Because Grizzly Bear never broke up, their first shows in six years are not a reunion; they are a simultaneous point of arrival and departure, their next destination still unknown.That sort of open-ended approach, after all, is what still makes Grizzly Bear one of this youngcenturys defining acts. Twenty years ago, they quickly morphed from a lo-fi songwriter project to a full band with an instantly singular sound, uncanny harmonies slipping around arrangements that paired the glow of a chamber orchestra to the grit of a rock group. They helped to redefine what was possible within indie rock by balancing lushness with looseness, a technical excellence with an emotional openness. Their musical traces remain ubiquitous, bits of their unorthodox perspective on sound and texture now part of the firmament. Hearing these songs live in 2025 will feel less like shaking hands with the past, then, than seeing their fingerprints in the present, as if for the first time.These live shows will be accompanied by color vinyl album reissues of Yellow House, Veckatimest, Shields and Painted Ruins.A1. Sleeping Ute A2. Speak In Rounds A3. Adelma A4. Yet Again B1. The Hunt B2. A Simple Answer B3. What’s Wrong C1. gun-shy C2. Half Gate D1. Sun In Your Eyes