actually I was gonna say you make it sound like a record critic record
― Dominique, Thursday, 3 January 2008 04:01 (sixteen years ago) link
haha yes
― Turangalila, Thursday, 3 January 2008 04:05 (sixteen years ago) link
a few months back, in a moment of less-than-perfect lucidity, I described this record to a friend of mine as the musical equivalent of one of those waterslides that's partially open and partially enclosed. I'm still not really sure what I meant by that, but every time I think about this record, the metaphor makes more and more sense to me.
I guess in the end, the strongest impression I take away from this album is one of extreme linearity... but somehow, that doesn't make it any less enjoyable. people who said there were no details to discover on repeat listens were right. for me, though, much of the appeal lies in the way that everything fits together. "Good Girl/Carrots" is a great example of what I'm talking about: 3 distinct sections, all more or less static. within the first 10 seconds of each, I remember exactly how it goes and know what to expect for the next 4 minutes or so. but somehow, I have trouble keeping the overall structure of the song in my head, and the way the different movements (ugh, sorry, I can't think of a less pretentious word) flow into each other never fails to excite me. the whole album feels like that to me, really; it's almost like listening to a really good DJ set, or an awesome radio station.
― bernard snowy, Thursday, 3 January 2008 05:35 (sixteen years ago) link
panda designs a hat http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2103/2233678058_f580958593_o.jpg
― mizzell, Friday, 1 February 2008 20:19 (sixteen years ago) link
I bet this will be big with the "bape hoodies in union sq" crue
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Friday, 1 February 2008 20:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Also, sampling Ananas Symphonie off Ralf and Florian on one track is a nice touch.
where is that?
― baaderonixx, Friday, 1 February 2008 20:41 (sixteen years ago) link
damn it guys why were you all talking about dance music up there, i finally bought this and it isn't like dance music at all!
― jabba hands, Saturday, 2 February 2008 02:04 (sixteen years ago) link
All music is dance music, white boy.
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Saturday, 2 February 2008 02:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Im starting to get into the second half more than the first, because they have this on vinyl @ work. It reminds me of orbital
― filthy dylan, Saturday, 2 February 2008 08:36 (sixteen years ago) link
every time i open this thread all i can think is DAMN GIRL WAY TO MAKE BOOBS UNSEXY.
― Cosmo Vitelli, Saturday, 2 February 2008 08:49 (sixteen years ago) link
yay Maryland. i totally live there. i'm glad Baltimore's hip now.
― circa1916, Monday, 4 February 2008 02:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah I saw that pattern and I felt a lil burst of civic pride. (halfway through season four of the WIRE it could use a boost)
― Drew Daniel, Monday, 4 February 2008 02:56 (sixteen years ago) link
<em>To quote my friend Nick, "it's more like wanna-be Warn Defever circa '94"</em>
turangalila's friend otm. sounds like something he woulda done had he put together <em>king of sweet</em> around the time of <em>stars on esp</em>.
― john. a resident of chicago., Sunday, 9 March 2008 17:24 (sixteen years ago) link
that hat is a bit much
― braveclub, Sunday, 9 March 2008 19:05 (sixteen years ago) link
http://sickmouthy.com/2013/02/23/panda-bear-person-pitch-2007/
― they all are afflicted with a sickness of existence (Scik Mouthy), Saturday, 23 February 2013 15:31 (eleven years ago) link
a lost classic- this, 'laughed for a world filled with fantasy,' and 'boneless' are all better than p much anything on person pitch. but maybe i've just played it out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZWLQKVwCSA
― flappy bird, Friday, 2 December 2016 07:15 (seven years ago) link
I wouldn't say they're better, but they'd make a nice deluxe edition of Person Pitch if you added them in. The best one is Song For Ariel, which later became Guys Eyes on MPP. The solo version is based on a sample that sounds a lot like Dreams by Fleetwood Mac, but is actually Leave Me Be by The Zombies:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIICXi18JAg
There's also this little sketch from a 2007 compilation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiFNULZEniw
For completeness, here's Laugh for a World Filled With Fantasy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7063I9L_wHw
and Boneless:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJFEBunBHRY
― the_ecuador_three, Friday, 2 December 2016 13:44 (seven years ago) link
Song for Ariel is the one I'm sad for not making it into PP.
― Moka, Friday, 2 December 2016 14:13 (seven years ago) link
boneless is especially awesome for being a 'remix' of a song that contains no elements, melodies, lyrics from the original at all
― flappy bird, Friday, 2 December 2016 21:53 (seven years ago) link
sweet new hour-long interview with Noah about the making of Person Pitch. this group is reissuing the record on vinyl next month http://www.vinylmeplease.com/magazine/listen-interview-panda-bear-about-person-pitch/
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 19:11 (seven years ago) link
panda bear's new song with sonic boom is the most brian wilson-y thing in a long career full of brian wilson-y things
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMNZuZe2OCY
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 9 August 2022 15:38 (one year ago) link
new album is very much a person pitch throwback with its focus on loops, samples & extremely beach boys vocals
sometimes the repetition is a bit too much but it's pretty solid overall, certainly the best panda bear album since person pitch & easily one of the stronger animal collective-related albums in the past 12 years
― ufo, Sunday, 14 August 2022 07:38 (one year ago) link
Yeah it's a fantastic album. My favourite Anco thing in a decade or so.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Sunday, 14 August 2022 07:50 (one year ago) link
This feels like Person Pitch 2 in a good way. Need to spend more time with it but liked a lot what I heard on first listen.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 14 August 2022 09:06 (one year ago) link
It should probably also be noted here that he sang on my favorite song of the year so far. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqKjFj6YoWM
― Chris L, Sunday, 14 August 2022 10:16 (one year ago) link
Agree with you on that one. Song of the year.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 14 August 2022 12:47 (one year ago) link
really what "doin it right" should have been
― ufo, Sunday, 14 August 2022 13:05 (one year ago) link
really liked the new album as well, especially the scott walker-y spanish-tinged one near the end
― mr. weird al and the box squeezers (voodoo chili), Sunday, 14 August 2022 13:07 (one year ago) link
I'm not a big Panda Bear fan — a little usually goes a long way for me — but I do like the new one. Peter Kember is a good partner for him, I think he opens up the mix more, lets it breathe.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 14 August 2022 15:42 (one year ago) link
He is having a hell of a year. Time Skiffs, that incredible "Step by Step" track above and now this truly lovely album with Kember. Wow.
― gman59, Monday, 15 August 2022 21:25 (one year ago) link
totally forgot there was a new anco album this year lol
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Monday, 15 August 2022 21:36 (one year ago) link
You’re in luck, it’s amazing
― frogbs, Monday, 15 August 2022 21:49 (one year ago) link
I love that Braxe EP
I enjoyed the couple times I've breezed through the (seemingly very short) Noah/Sonic album! It is so so so Brian Wilson-y like even more so than before but that's OK
― flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 15 August 2022 23:05 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAKCduc2fA4
this is pleasant, seems like it's a good year for panda bear collabs
― ufo, Wednesday, 31 August 2022 16:40 (one year ago) link
"First widely available reissue in 15 years"
https://www.turntablelab.com/products/panda-bear-person-pitch-vinyl-2lp?goal=0_8b218d7604-f4ba19c341-31345977&mc_cid=f4ba19c341&mc_eid=365684acc9
― Indexed, Friday, 16 December 2022 18:34 (one year ago) link
Also available on his Bandcamp https://pandabearmusic.bandcamp.com/album/person-pitch
― mizzell, Friday, 16 December 2022 18:44 (one year ago) link
grabbed it today and came to the realization this album is his Olias of Sunhillow
― frogbs, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 05:12 (one year ago) link
It is! I know people compare them in terms of sound but also it's there in regards to them being sorta busman's holidays that are even better than anything they was doing with their main groups.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 08:11 (one year ago) link
haha wow, good call
― sleeve, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 15:11 (one year ago) link
Overrated. Beach boys for the pitchfork generation
― CerebralCaustic, Thursday, 26 January 2023 15:22 (one year ago) link
this thread is how i first came across ilx. lol
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 26 January 2023 16:15 (one year ago) link
Still sad after all these years “song for ariel” didn’t make it into the album, more songs should have The Zombies samples
I know the song got repurposed for Guys Eyes but that one is nowhere as good as this one.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 26 January 2023 18:33 (one year ago) link
"Livin' in the After" is so great, can't believe it's under 3 minutes. should be the longest track on the album
― frogbs, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 02:46 (eleven months ago) link