Photo: Simon Fernandez CC2.0
Brooklyn band Grizzly Bear's latest album Painted Ruins is a set of eleven songs that aim at directness and simplicity after the comparative intensity of previous outings.
Guitarist Daniel Rossen has talked about the way their 2012 album Shields ended up being kind of dark and moody, and it was a place they wanted to move on from.
But Painted Ruins shows that the band hasn't lost its knack for layering - both with sound and intentions. William Dart calls this one 'superb'.
Painted Ruins, cover image Photo: RCA Records
Music Details
'Song title' (Composer) – Performers
Album title
(Label)
'Grizzly Bear' (Berlin) – Max Morath
Presenting That Celebrated Maestro
(Legacy)
'Marla' (Bear et al) – Grizzly Bear
Yellow House
(Warp )
'Service Bell' (Droste) – Grizzly Bear and Feist
Dark Was the Night, A Red Hot Compilation
(4AD)
'Plans' (Bear et al) – Grizzly Bear feat Band of Horses
Friend
(Warp )
'Two Weeks' (Bear et al) – Grizzly Bear
Veckatimest
(Warp)
'Foreground' (Bear et al) – Grizzly Bear
Veckatimest
(Warp)
'Gun-Shy' (Bear et al) – Grizzly Bear
Shields
(Warp)
'Four Cypresses' (Bear et al) – Grizzly Bear
Painted Ruins
(RCA)
'Wasted Acres' (Bear et al) – Grizzly Bear
Painted Ruins
(RCA)
'Sky Took Hold' (Bear et al) – Grizzly Bear
Painted Ruins
(RCA)
