Like their animal counterparts, sightings of the electronic/rock band Grizzly Bear have been fewer and far between as of late. While we can’t quite call what happens to our furry friends, at least we have some new music to enjoy.

2017 being the year of the comeback, Grizzly Bear are back with some new material, “Three Songs.” The upbeat, pop track will be sure to be a summer mainstay at beach parties and campfires alike. The bouncy synths duel off with lead singer Ed Droste’s strained-but-uplifting vocals leading to a pretty infectious and inspiring chorus. The new track will (hopefully) find a home on the upcoming-yet-unannounced album.

The new track marks the first bit of new music from Grizzly Bear since their 2012 album, Shields. However the band has been slowly teasing a new project over the past year with a series of teaser videos on their Instagram. These videos contained snippets  of new music along with psychedelic visuals (directed by Michael Brown of Eaux Claire). Now that the new song is out, Grizzly Bear have explained the logic behind the torture, though they wouldn’t use that word.
“The idea of the snippets on our new Instagram @grizzlybear was something we thought people would enjoy,” they said. “Our songs are usually so layered and dense and it seemed like a fun way to peel back the onion layers of the new album. So to clarify, it wasn’t meant to torture you [yeah right] but more meant to show you small pieces of all the songs from the forthcoming album!”

With a new social media account and new music, all signs point to go when it comes to a new album coming out sooner rather than later. Check out the post and the new video below, and stay tuned as the album rollout starts picking up steam.

Hey all. Thanks to everyone for sticking with us as we navigate the wide world of modern social media album rollouts. The promotional journey is just beginning! Weeeee! Here’s a track from our new record. We feel like it’s a good introduction to the album, a good starting point, and we are proud of it. As you may know we’ve been working on this thing for a long time, after a long time away, and we are finally at the finish line. We’ve had a lot of fun making this one and we are excited to get back out into the world again and play some shows and all the rest! More info to come. Don’t know exactly in what order, but it is sure to be a slow and painful drip of minor details, spanning months, culminating in the release of a new record of which you’ve probably already heard half the songs, by which point you may or may not have lost interest and moved on and forgotten what we were doing in the first place. We appreciate your patience and support! We love y’all and thank you again. It truly means the world to us. WELP! <3 Sincerely, Grizzly Bear Ps. The idea of the snippets on our new instagram @grizzlybear was something we thought people would enjoy. Our songs are usually so layered and dense and it seemed like a fun way to peel back the onion layers of the new album. So to clarify, it wasn’t meant to torture you but more meant to show you small pieces of all the songs from the forthcoming album! Big thanks to the immensely talented Michael Brown @michaelbrowndesign for the analog video synth visuals… trip out!

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