Panda Bear
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Set Record
“Ends Meet” “Anyplace however Right here” “Reward”
Noah Lennox of Animal Collective has made just a few twenty first century classics performing solo underneath his Panda Bear moniker. Information like Particular person Pitch and Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper have been dizzying affairs crammed to the brim with concepts.
On his new album, Lennox glides by means of totally different sonic textures with ease.
“If the factor feels good, I simply type of let it journey in a manner that perhaps I did not a lot prior to now,” he says.
On this session, Panda Bear talks about making Sinister Grift; working with longtime good friend and Animal Collective bandmate Deakin; and why you may need to open your pockets if you wish to rent your daughter to carry out in your album.
Plus, we’ll hear reside performances from Panda Bear recorded in Spain.
This episode of World Cafe was produced and edited by Miguel Perez. Our senior producer is Kimberly Junod and our engineer is Chris Williams. Our programming and reserving coordinator is Chelsea Johnson and our line producer is Will Loftus.