Yusssssssssss, bearded hipsters rejoice. The messiah has listened, and (they) have answered. According to peeps at Brooklyn Vegan, Grizzly Bear began recording music for a NEW studio album on June 1st of 2016. This all came out at, you guessed it, a Bernie rally in BK, back in May— Who wants to count how many mason jars filled with DIY, cold-brew coffee were sipped by the event’s attendees? Who wants to count how many of those people actually turned out to vote? Ooooh me, pick me! Okay, but really, what is important here is that nearly five years of complete destitution have passed in the wake of profound Grizzly Bear silence, i.e. the last thing heard from the band was 2012’s Shields.
The time has come. Part the Red Seas, Droste! Announcement was further confirmed via yellow on yellow selfie from Grizzly Bear mastermind Ed Droste. Swoon ladies.
Pitchfork relayed the group’s progress report back in October, “Now, in a new tweet, the band have announced the new LP is ‘90% done’ and this will be the “last update until you hear it.”
The forecast can be misleading, especially if you live in New England, but something in the air smells a lot like an album release date announcement…any day now…
…2017 feels like it could be a good one if Droste and Co. deliver. Please deliver. The anticipation is killing us all [enter fade in of GB track “Knife” here].
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