PANDA BEAR (ANIMAL COLLECTIVE) - Drone and Tomboy (LIVE IN BELGIUM 16-01-2010)

[Pawl2]

meh

[somethingcustom]

Damn, its crazy being able to finally listen to the final product.

[treinspore]

at about 3:55 (the cool beat starts sliding in) - it reminds me of wagner's "die walkure" - first few bars of act 3...

[ZACHDISASTER]

We are people...nothing more, nothing less.

[tvm80]

which kind of instruments he plays on this live set ?

"just" synths ?

[renoo27]

@tvm80 What do you think he's holding?

[Nicoyutub]

the first one is really powerful live, IMO.

[ckwrich1]

Save the Panda Bears from cras comments.

[berwynmom]

Can i look at one fucking animal collective related video on the god damn internet without reading the word hipster? Jesus fucking Christ, people sure know how to ruin the magic side of things!!!

[berwynmom]

covert vegan you sound like a jackass.

[nicky560]

PANDA BEAR > all other music combined ever

[picturenoise]

The guitar sounds amazing

[thelemurfool]

What are these songs called?

[somethingcustom]

@thelemurfool if he opened with the same two songs in Paris, London, and Dublin, then first song is called 'Drone' at the moment and the second song would be 'Tomboy.' If he opened with two different songs then you got me.

[cdogz101]

this tomboy single is going to be great for this summer coming up

[ScurvyJohn]

Sounds similar to Young Prayer, vocally. As electronic as Person Pitch, and no samples in sight. Seems under developed as of yet, but I know that Panda will not disappoint. Tomboy is coming out in September!!

[SeanRose331]

great job!

[72815E26]

Love it!

[numbersnmumbless]

now i saaaaaaay

[Laubotje]

I was there

it was awesome

[LordRadio190]

God bless you Panda Bear (00:30)

[WarrenPanto]

It sort of makes me think Panda Bear poured psychedelic chemicals directly onto his brain and wandered around in a ren fair.

[covertvegan]

all animal collective songs come to fruitation in front of a live audience.. one can watch the transformations of many pieces looking back on older live preformances of merriweather songs.. if you were at any live shows before 2008 you may have noticed how akward many songs started out, still wonderfull though. they were just tiny seedlings then! perhaps this is the reason Noah chose to preform new material in front of a european audience rather than the hyper-critical hipsters a la usa...

[rubeyepullhair]

totally agree on this one

[ChimichangaCongo]

it's not like hyper-critical hipsters are unique to our nation, hun.

[vintagedrgonzo]

@ChimichangaCongo,

maybe not, but they are definitely more vocal/rude than in any other.

[TheDivineAberration]

@covertvegan yeah just cus its in europe doesn't mean theres no hipsters... in fact theres loads here.

[LazyDaysSD]

@covertvegan he opened with this song in LA brotha, we ain't all hipsters.. like me

[DarknessHowls]

I actually thought the first song was alright...it's not catchy, but it's still pretty good. It reminds me of some of the stuff on Animal Collective's "Fall Be Kind" EP a bit.

[Odin13]

yeah its shitty quality, but it sounds great.

can only imagine how awesome the LP would be

[ptowblazer]

I love Animal Collective. I like Panda Bear. I'm not sure how to judge these songs any other way than the way they are right now, the only we've heard them. Should we just not have an opinion? I'm know they will sound different in the studio. I certainly hope so anway! Objectively, this is a painful 10 minutes. If this was just some random dude's songs and video . . . well you know where I'm going.

[BendoGecko]

disagree. I enjoyed these songs, rough though they may be. Panda is a studio perfectionist. these will sound great.

[beethousand]

the first song is pretty boring and is him going like EHHHHH AHH EHHHHHH over and over with no memorable melodies like ones on person pitch but the second song is alright it'll improve in the studio

[brothersport92]

i think it sounds perfect, anyone know of a new album soon

[CAZEMM]

There is definitely one coming soon man, i heard march, which is awesome. I also agree with it sounding perfect.

[somethingcustom]

I think March is a major stretch, probably later in the year IMO.

[vintagedrgonzo]

he just announced its not til september, unfortunately...

[somethingcustom]

yup September... hope it leaks though lol

[vintagedrgonzo]

@ somethingcustom, haha what terrible people we are...

[somethingcustom]

I know :(

[jeezkopf]

the second song is incredible

[Somone23]

after another listen this rules

[carterschmagan]

Lol @ people judging these songs as they are right now. Any Animal Collective/Panda fan knows that every song on their studio albums are massively reworked final versions of songs they first played years before.

[carterschmagan]

I mean, come on, there's not even percussion on these songs, and that's Panda's specialty.

[TheCrostonBab]

I'd agree for AC but Panda's solo stuff has generally come out very similar in studio to on stage. Only the songs which later became AC songs changed significantly. Give me an example if you think I'm wrong.

[postshanna]

this sucks

[booboonah]

this is really boring, visually and musically

[vintagedrgonzo]

anyone else think panda needs to do something with four tet?

that shit would be insane.

[numbersnmumbless]

these first two were for sure the weakest of the whole set, but it gets much better. don't let these two put you off

[thisisfunah]

i was at the berlin show... the new songs were all very very good. for the first time in a while i was seeing a show where i had no idea what was going to happen, from one of my favorite artists, and i loved it.

[biglupal]

Yeah panda bear.

[cellis1980]

have any of you clowns actually listened to the entire set? check that german bootleg that's floating around. the sound quality is atrocious but you can tell some of these songs have huge potential. i'm not saying this next album will be better than person pitch, but for people to be disappointed already is ridiculous.

[ChrisKC]

Yeah, I have listened to the whole bootleg. And 90% of it is this dirge-like, formless stuff. The very end of the set is the best part when it picks up for three minutes. I'm not asking for Person Pitch 2, just something that is fun to listen to.

[thisisfunah]

then go listen to miley cyrus.

[ChrisKC]

Good one! Look I'm a huge fan, I'm allowed to have an opinion. Since you were there I'll take your word for it that it was good. I'm just not impressed from what I've seen here. Is that okay with you or should I be thrown in hipster jail?

[Somone23]

i feel ya there. in studio might be better. these songs can evolve.

[chrisfriez]

after 6:00 it reminds me of syd barrett. nice

[ChrisKC]

Somone, it's called an opinion. People have them. You shut up.

[Somone23]

well listen to him. like how do you figure that he takes himself seriously by two songs out of the entire set being mediocre in your opinion? (the entire set was like 12 songs 8 or 9 which were completely new)

Why judge after like 1 listen? you weren't even there. at least listen a few more times before you make an opinion on someones persona. that's dumb. why even bring that into it? It just means he doesn't want to make a perosn pitch part 2, deal with it. artists change.

[MrsGanush]

little disappointed.. i personally didn't enjoy these songs that much. hopefully the other new stuff was better.

[digitaldropouts]

Great stuff. Sounds promising. I like that he's takin a new direction, since AC kind of took over the soundscape he had started with PersonPitch anyways. The second track is amazing.

[TheLeakySon]

I don't think we can totally judge it on the video versus being there. Someone on the Animal Collective forum said this second one was their favorite song the whole set. The live person pitch songs still sound sonically pretty different from studio. I wasn't overly impressed with these first two as with some of the others he's played, but I'm holding judgment until I hear them at a show myself/when his new album comes out.

[nmc6a]

@shawnbek

I don't think so buddy

[shawnbek]

like the 1st song and the transition, but not so impressed w/the 2nd. anyone else think he's taking himself a bit too seriously?

[MichaVids]

these songs are pretty cool but do not compare to Person Pitch. I kinda agree with you. They are a little on the iffy side to me. But they are new so.. i won't judge till they are fully done. But it's interesting to see panda on guitar.

[Somone23]

what? who are you to say that? shut up.

[shawnbek]

@Somone23 .... like ChrisKC said, just an opinion (thanks for the defense). i think everyone needs to be a bit more objective instead of just flipping out cause there's new Panda Bear material to be had. i'm a huge ac/panda fan and have been fearing lately that they may have peaked a year ago. hope i'm wrong.

[sjamesvfx]

really simple but really nice. i'm glad.

[MilkForWhales]

I'm dying, this is incredible.

[vintagedrgonzo]

panda on guitar!? fuck yesss!

[weswally1]

Forever evolving! incredible!

[LilRyan732]

the second song is sounding great

[nicg2]

Sounds great, looking foward to the new album.

[kmaloney420]

thank you whoever recorded this