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I’m offering these two tracks as a benefit for the land and people of WNC. All of your contributions will go directly to Asheville Tool Library, who have been visiting different parts of WNC repairing necessary equipment for free. They have been a crucial resource for myself and many folks around the area. And to Downtown Marshall / Nano Hub. Marshall is a town that was just about destroyed by flood waters. Many good people have been working hard to clean and restore it.
I appreciate you all for whatever you contribute.
Thank you ❤️
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Panda Bear: Sinister Grift
OUT FEBRUARY 28TH
On Sinister Grift, Panda Bear’s first solo album in five years, Noah Lennox has returned with another statement that feels equally cumulative and unprecedented in his catalog. While his solo records have ranged from starkly intimate expressions of grief to colorful, electronic opuses, his music has never before sounded so warm and immediate. Working in his Lisbon, Portugal home studio with Animal Collective bandmate Josh “Deakin” Dibb, Lennox transforms Panda Bear into something resembling an old-school rock ensemble, playing nearly all the instruments himself and inviting kindred spirits into the process such as Cindy Lee, Spirit of the Beehive’s Rivka Ravede, and—for the first time on a Panda Bear solo album—each of his Animal Collective bandmates.
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"Defense" b/w "Virginia Tech" 7". Only in record stores starting Friday.
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Hey all, Geologist here…. Excited to announce “A Shaw Deal” - a record I made for/with my dear friend Doug Shaw, coming out on Drag City on January 31, 2025. I made this for Doug as a surprise birthday present back in 2022, using no sound sources other than some of the instagram videos he posted of himself playing guitar during the pandemic. Playing those videos on loop during some dark times helped me immensely and I wanted to send them back to him in an alternate form to say thanks.
During that time, I was thinking a lot about calcification. As a parent, person, artist, member of a community, it was becoming easier with age to believe I am what I am, others are what they are, and things will be what they will be. Even if it’s possible to imagine a change, it can feel like it requires the creation of something that doesn’t exist yet, and that initial genesis is an impossible barrier to any future work. It’s one thing to tell yourself that the raw material is already there, and another to believe it and act on it. The music Doug was sharing at the time is one thing that helped me believe it, and I wanted to use it to make him believe it too.
I didn’t set out to make a Geologist record, or even a record anyone but Doug would hear. I didn’t add any new sounds beyond what existed, and just fed the raw materials through myself as a possible channel. That way, I could say, “Happy birthday. You made a record, you just didn’t know it.” Luckily he liked it and hopefully you will too (and hopefully we’ll hear more of his amazing talent!)
Cover art by Jesse Paul Miller, an artist I’ve admired since getting his Secret Records 7” on Fire Breathing Turtle back in 1997. Mastered by Adam McDaniel at Drop of Sun, Asheville, NC. And check out the first song on the LP - “Route 9 Falls” - with a video by the always reliably mind-blowing and singular Danny Perez. Thanks!
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