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Premature Evaluation: Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

Mar 5, 2009, 6:01pm stereogum
Premature Evaluation: Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest No secret we've been excited about this one for awhile. And as the band blogged , it's no secret that a transcode of the album is burning up torrent sites a bit earlier than anticipated. On the other hand, between live shows and television appearances , the wait for a Yellow House followup's seemed interminable, Grizzly Bear's pre-release maneuvering and gradual song reveals setting expectations impossibly high. "Two Weeks" and " While You Wait For The Others " suggested a marked turn to sun-dappled pop; every song we heard thereafter fucked with [...]
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