Panda Bear - Person Pitch

almost spiritual.......

An album of this standing, if ever, rarely comes along. Animal Collective's Noah Lennox furthers his alter role as Panda Bear and boy are we ever glad he did. Call it experimental, far-outlandish or even psychedelic if you will. The sheer truth is that "Person Pitch" is genius. Intoxicating and optimistic, it's almost spiritual! Maybe Portugal had some something to do with (Noah now resides in Libson, Portugal with his wife and daughter) who knows? What we do know is that the album is full of subtle surprises that reveal themselves with every listen; typical of Animal Collective, I know. But "Person Pitch" is truly in a class of it's own. Simply put, this is one of the most beautiful, personal, special, good-spirited, healthy, invigorating, enchanting, exhilarating, carefully crafted albums of all time.

August 21, 2008

tight

This cd is very tight. I really like how they play off what sounds to me like audio feedback loops, which essentially creates a new kind of music. Makes me wonder how they did it with out creating chaos July 8, 2008

perfect pitch

the whole thing (and in particular 'bros') sounds like it was made by some happy 8 year olds high on acid and kool aid....its totally insanely brilliant. June 25, 2008

apparently, i need more patience, or at least some better weed.

there are a lot of hyped up bands out there right now (2008) making this kind of record. yeasayer, caribou, animal collective, grizzly bear, just to name a few. i'm trying to think of who started this current sub-genre of indie but can't place it -- probably animal collective -- this guys other group.

it's not like the early 90's where bands like pavement, sebadoh and gbv made lo-fi records because that's the only studio or 4-track they could afford. these bands are purposefully going for a certain low-fi asthetic. it's noise, for noise sake. think the beach boys filtered through enough eq's to make everything sound tiny and trebly. i'm not saying it's not original, i'm not even saying that sometimes it actually works, cuz it does.. sometimes. but man, over the course of an entire album? it's just so boring. and then to get 10 more bands doing the exact same thing? and can they pull it off live? i dunno, i've never seen them in concert but i kind of doubt it.

if you like tinny sounding music that meanders aimlessly (and forever) without any real hooks or discernible lyrics, then this is for you. as for me, i'm still looking for bands that make music without any overtly obvious touchstones -- i.e. early r.e.m, the smiths, pavement, the pixies, early modest mouse, hell maybe even some jesus lizard? yup, still no one out there that sounds like the jesus lizard.

i'll give an extra star just cuz this guy home recorded this with some loop program which must have been a b*tch. now please go make something that doesn't sound like your other group. May 22, 2008

A B-side to the Lion King Soundtrack?

Nothing about this album made me say "wow". Campfire songs, Spirit they've gone, Feels, all three albums left my head reeling. And meritted multiple listens through before I could form a cohesive opinion (which ended up being possitive on all counts).
I bought this album on the strength of the animal collectives portfolio, and on the strength of amazon reviews. Really though, I wish that I had obeyed the skeptic in me.
The aboriginal chanting, vocal feedback, and programmed drums, are all very nice elements. Blended together, its pretty enchanting music. But I feel like Panda Bear could have done much better. To tell the truth, Person Pitch bored me to tears. My biggest complaint is the lack of uhm... structural dynamics? what I mean is the songs progress very little, if at all. More static than four-on-the-floor techno. I was hoping for something of an experience... what i got was a good soundtrack to a very long nap. May 20, 2008

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