Panda Bear - Alsatian Darn

[K31M4NHEAD]

¬_¬ Not sure if DAM or DARN.

[oracleeye]

the world will end and chad bro chill will die and we will all slowly begin to become more and more human until we have reached a state of flawless perfection at which point we will evaporate.

[Cronominite1]

brilliant....

[casseroles6]

what is an alsatian darn?

[kentuckythunderpussy]

@casseroles6 a German Shepherd with only 3 legs

[Vaminos123]

Tomboy is alright but this song is on a whole other level. It does wonders for the soul

[MckyMseNTarotCrds]

Awesome. 

[MrMickeybitzko]

Yes! Wooly filament shards clinging to your skin, like an ouch cube in an R. Crumb panel, except rangy, diaphanous and distended. The background chatter is like a third lobe within your skull. It doesn't get better until it suddenly DOES.

[avedic]

that little off-kilter chromatic bass wash at 3:40 is why i love his music...

and no it's not "just a pointless sound effect over a beat." not to my ears or consciousness anyway. it somehow means something very real.

[XMagicanX]

The ending is...hypnotic.

[slavek20]

i don't understand. bum,bum,bum,bum,bum...cue other fairly interesting sounds in the background, sing off beat...please. i like good music. i don't listen to commercial radio at all. this guy different, but what is it? i like weed too! gimme some mushrooms! gimme some alcohol, whatever...

this is just a bit weird, it's not terrible, but it's not great.

i just don't feel it. the song exists. that's all.

[c0LoRz]

@slavek20 its not for everyone. What you're confusing as off beat is really a song in reverse. Split the song in half. First half is in reverse, second half is normal. More or less at least. Assuming you didn't play the song in its entirety, start from 2:40. You are more likely to enjoy it that way.

[amanuscar]

@slavek20 this is the kind of music one listens to in order to achieve an altered state of awareness, similar to that which is found on psychedelics. It's not necessarily for dancing to or putting on at a party or something like that. Think of those fairly interesting sounds in the background as focal points and just focus on them. Everything is there for a reason. Check out Drone from this album, it's the best representation of that concept.

[manutdtreble7]

Best song on the album besides Slow motion and Tomboy IMO.. But the whole album is golden..The production i guess was done by the same guy who produced Congratulations. But i feel like when I listen to this i don't need any substance in the world to calm me down except this. But some mushrooms wouldn't hurt i guess lol. This is truely Wonderful

[StuHutch]

this is the best song of 2011

[ZeBernardo69]

@StuHutch FOR SURE! Next to Surfer's Hymn (and Wilhelm Scream - James Blake)

[MrMickeybitzko]

This is gloriously baffling music, echoes from a beach party on Jupiter, a bauble floating in amniotic fluid, too gorgeous to be truly touched.

[avedic]

@MrMickeybitzko beach party on jupiter...love it! and i totally get what you mean. it just calls across cosmic time in a way...like pointing to something older, bigger, and more meaningful than your own little ego.

[heydontbeadick]

acid anyone?



[EFPhiladelphia]

met this guy, truly a gentleman when he doesn't have to be-- he epitomizes hope for music..nicely done

[gdowden820]

wait... say whaaaat?!

[atmerktomakim]

the more I listen, the more I fall in love with this guy. awesome

[Svabidab]

Say can I make a bad mistake? Say what it is I want to say say,

say what?

[thinedoor2]

We can concede that life is beautiful without endorsing the full breadth of it and propagating the manifold of conscious experience indefinitely into the future. We have to make such distinctions or else we're just denying truth. Affective experience is arbitrary and modular; don't invest so much in what you feel.

[alliant]

@thinedoor2

you havent made yrself clear to me

[elysian1111]

liking music is all relative. today it doesn't hit. next week after you get fired and dumped by your girlfriend all of a sudden you feel it.

music is medication. some days you need it more than others.

[avedic]

this song also kinda reminds me of caribou....another excellent current artist

[avedic]

there's something about this that seems both futuristic and very primal at the same time. like it exists outside time and space. :o

[kanggene]

I can't miss you.

[heysatan8]

I have a music video in mind for this song. During the climax I envision a bunch of people in a swimming pool at night illumined by bright golden lights, splashing and waving their arms in hectic synchronization...

[turtnip]

@heysatan8 name=sigur ros=props.

[nikolaskejd]

1:51 yes

[taila1976]

April is the month

[danielmizzle]

I feel that, technically, the song really ended at 4:20.. not 4:22

:D

[Shirokinukatsukami]

@danielmizzle

Hmmmmm, what a daring and thought provoking comment, certain to generate a myriad of controversy. i like it, but how will it go over when one factors in the agruements of Foucault?

[unkommon2001]

It's pretty different from anything on Person Pitch. And I love it. I can't even imagine how much I'm gonna love the new album. I can't even imagine the high rating pitchfork's gonna give it. Probably a 10. Unless they read this...

[ozafter1]

Here's to fatherhood!!

[osufan77]

This is how I imagine pop music sounding like in a hundred years. Beyond amazing.

[SoberFreeShow]

let it slide...no i won't let it slip by...no i won't

[babidiss]

Im from Honduras, a third world country located in central america... and i thank God that even though i'm in one of the poorest countries in the world i have the chance to enjoy this kind of music... music is one the things that really keep me going through the day, thank you panda for making the world a little bit rounder... un hondureño te agradece de corazon :)

[babidiss]

i feel so lucky for having the chance of being borned in the 90s cuz now im 20 and i can enjoy this music... i will surely show this to my son... and he will say "dad your so lucky to have heard this in your youth" :)

[Carnacki23]

And there's a whole LP on the way. I'm going into therapy and I'm going to say "Doc, this album is amazing! I can't even describe what I feel listening to this!"

[bezwaarlijketruffel]

anyone know what the artwork is from?

[springsten]

@bezwaarlijketruffel

The artwork is done by Scott Mou, who've been collaborating musically with Panda Bear under the name "Jane".

[bezwaarlijketruffel]

@springsten Thanks :)

[ImperativeNation]

Anyone else having trouble with the title on this one?

I know alsatian is a german sheppard, but the "darn" part of it I don't get.

[DrObscura88]

@ImperativeNation Alsace is a region in France bordering Germany. People and things from there are alsatian. So it's a darn from Alsace. Think about it :P.

[LMW87MMA]

@DrObscura88 Way to answer his question, genius. He was wondering what the word "Darn" was referring to.

[DrObscura88]

@LMW87MMA Face palm. I know what he was asking. I simply offered an alternative explanation. Care to share something a tad more constructive rather than scouring comment pages for things you can call out?

[LMW87MMA]

@DrObscura88 u mad?

[Thieskepooh]

@LMW87MMA @DrObscura88 now now boys, we're all getting a little anxious to hear the full album, so let us rejoice in plenary affections for panda bear, darn it!

[EwanSheldon]

@ImperativeNation yeah a darn is like a mending of material. to darn is to sew over a hole in some material. i'm still not entirely sure of the significance of a darn from the alsace though. noah knows.

[zeynoon1]

I guess they've reached a plateau for now. I can't wait to see what good album they'll put together after these.

[SoberFreeShow]

i'm dying without the lyrics..

[thebikita]

i think this is my favorite of the tomboy singles by far

[KOB245]

I think this is my favorite of the tomboy singles so far

[robbizzledog64]

say what, can i make a bad mistake. say what it is i want to say to you

[cadanmccann]

he's so fucking passionate on this one, i love it

[Vaminos123]

I heard this like a week or so ago...its already one of the top songs on my ipod. Upbeat, yet calming at the same time. Beautiful at the very least

[sevenfl0w]

this new material makes person pitch sound bad

[SoberFreeShow]

@sevenfl0w not bad, but different. he is growing in his music. darker and deeper than PP

[sevenfl0w]

@SoberFreeShow dont get me wrong, i love PP as much as anyone but this is on a whole nother level

[SoberFreeShow]

"let it slide, no i won't let it slip by"

"say what it is i want to say..say what it is i want to say to you.."

[adonepelagree]

i need lyrics!

[tittiesman1231]

this album is going to change my life as i know it.

[giobot]

@tittiesman1231 titties

[moldofthefawn]

@tittiesman1231 yes.yes.yes!

[jahcksawn]

@tittiesman1231 everything changes your life as you know it. this is just an expression of that everything. beautiful.

[SoberFreeShow]

panda > everything else

[BendoGecko]

This is my favorite song of the year.

[TimeForDadTime]

when the song pucks up about 2:45 i get so pumped up

i LOVE it

[AWolfMusic]

Wow.

[DarknessHowls]

Yay! I'm so glad this is on here. Fantastic song.