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- Summary: The fourth album for the Brooklyn rock band was recorded in New York after a recordings session in Texas was largely scrapped.
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- Record Label: Warp
- Genre(s): Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Post-Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 32 out of 36
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Mixed: 4 out of 36
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Negative: 0 out of 36
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Nov 30, 2012It's the construction of it all that's so perfect: that the music can follow, this time, but still be what Grizzly Bear are all about.
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Sep 14, 2012For how uncharacteristic it might seem for a band whose greatest gift, all along, was nuance, this louder take suits the band brilliantly.
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Nov 19, 2012Although Veckatimest might be more of an emotionally-driven album, Shields continues to showcase a band that is somehow--as good as they currently are--simply getting better and better, regardless of the location, the circumstances, regardless of the schedules.
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Sep 14, 2012It's a warm-blooded record, beholden to analogue gear and flawless mastering--one destined to fit snugly on a turntable rather than to live as ones and zeros on your iPod.
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Sep 18, 2012With Shields, they still sound like Radiohead at a Buddhist retreat, but the songs are more muscular, increasingly driven by drummer Christopher Bear's innate swing.
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Oct 25, 2012More than anything, Shields feels like a deliberate maturation of Arcade Fire's The Suburbs, trading adolescent angst for an older disillusion and heartbreak. The same tension exists between the two, especially in swelling closers "Half Gate" and "Sun in Your Eyes," yet here, they're more intricately expressed and controlled.
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Sep 14, 2012Pretty but formless, Shields plays like a calculated retreat into something altogether indistinct and inconsequential.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 22 out of 26
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Mixed: 4 out of 26
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Negative: 0 out of 26
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Sep 28, 2012
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Aug 14, 2018
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