Panda Bear - Surfer's Hymn (Live at Governor's Island)

http://bigasslens.com. New song from upcoming Panda Bear album Tomboy. Lots more video on our site including an epic, unbroken 20 minute section from this show (which we obviously can't post on Youtube).

Similar to his previous dates supporting Person Pitch in 2007 and the monster Animal Collective tour for Merriweather, this concert was seamlessly performed and precisely executed. Whereas AC's dance crazed rhythms inject their live output with an infectious and widescreen bounce, Panda Bear's performances exist in extreme close-up and pronounced slow motion. Opening with Animal Collectives "Daily Routine", he established this fact immediately - an already droned out number was divided even further - extrapolated to a slow crawl, and intensified visually by an enveloping, swirling light show.

Using a familiar song beautifully mangled as his starting point, Panda used the rest of his set to unfold brand new material off Tomboy. As our footage will attest to, this album is looking very sturdy indeed - pairing hypnotic washes of sound with some gorgeous melodies and brash noisy counterpoint. Ditching some of the more straightforward Kraut-imbued rhythms of Person Pitch, the new tracks veer more into the spectral spaciness of Cluster while retaining the signature melodicism that makes Panda such a popular and likable act.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• panda bear
• surfer's hymn
• animal collective
• governor's island
• tomboy

[MichaVids]

LOVE. put up more

[BigAssLens]

@MichaVids Just added some more! But for the best experience, go on our website, where we aren't limited by Youtube's 15 minute max. We have a 20 minute clip from this show which would be a pity to break up for YT

[dylan11dc]

i would give a lot to see panda live. a WHOLE lot.

[EwanSheldon]

fuck. so psyched for the surfers hymn 7"

[karelzich]

lots of great magical sounds to be heard here

[DarknessHowls]

I was at this! Really fun night, and awesome venue, though a bit disconcerting/incongruous since it was on September 11th and the lights from Ground Zero were right across the river from the concert.

[YouTakeYourCar]

I heard the studio version of this song last night. It sounded cool and everything but the first minute of it doesn't have the bass drum and kinda changes the vibe of the beginning.

[muzztmt]

2:19 Panda Bear looks amazzzzzing

[m0wglimancub]

Seriously, best recording of this song. Without a doubt.

[Cizcan]

@DornSupremacy Hahahaha. Why the fuck would you worry? Enjoy it, you shit, you.

[DornSupremacy]

such a extreme mix of different themes here. Kinda hard to digest.. Its the only track im worried about.