Grizzly Bear Painted Ruins Grizzly Bear Artwork Album Art. “Losing All Sense” is also unusually straightforward for them, a mix of guitar rock and keyboards that sounds like it could have come from side two of Billy Joel’s “Glass Houses. Grizzly Bear Shields Fantastic Indie Album Completely Worth A Listen Richard Diebenkorn Cover Art Grizzly Bear. As upbeat as the song sounds, Rossen keeps singing, “I woke to the sound of dogs, to the sound of distant shots and passing trucks,” which actually could be mournful.
“Mourning Sound” puts Christopher Bear’s drums and Chris Taylor’s bass groove up front, creating an ’80s-influenced dance-rocker with unusual synth flourishes to maintain some edge, as Ed Droste and Dan Rossen trade vocals. The tracks were also released simultaneously on an extended. But after the tour for 2012’s “Shields” album, Grizzly Bear took some time off, only reappearing now with their new album “Painting Ruins” (RCA).Īnd it’s clear their sound has changed. Brooklyn indie poppers Grizzly Bear has finally released the name of their upcoming fourth album as well as some cover art. Shields: B-Sides is a compilation mini-album by American indie rock band Grizzly Bear, released on Novemon Warp Records.The release is available on 12' vinyl and on digital download, and features eight tracks, five of which were recorded during the same sessions that yielded the bands fourth studio album, Shields (2012). Grizzly Bear’s breakthrough a decade ago established the indie rockers as the poster boys of what was possible in hipster Williamsburg as well as what the next-generation Radiohead could sound like.Īfter opening for Radiohead, the quartet landed two Top 10 albums in a row, as well as a major-label deal. Although Shields the fourth plate is of the American indiefolkgroep Grizzly Bear, the cd also slightly away from the difficult second. BOTTOM LINE Returning to a different indie-rock world with a harder-hitting sound.