Buoys
by Panda Bear
  • Record Label: Domino
  • Release Date: Feb 8, 2019
User Score
6.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 40 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 40
  3. Negative: 5 out of 40
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  1. spenceryang8
    Feb 22, 2019
    6
    Panda Bear’s latest solo outing sees his psychedelic brand of surreal folk submerged under an ocean of cascading delays and nautical vibes.

    FAV TRACKS: CRANKED, TOKEN, BUOYS, INNER MONOLOGUE, HOME FREE

    LEAST FAV TRACK: DOLPHIN
  2. mdlee
    Aug 28, 2020
    8
    I find myself constantly coming back to this album, its rhythm carries you and it's sincerity holds up over time.
  3. NicoleTrella
    Sep 5, 2022
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have spent 25 years as a touring musician and am seriously dating myself (i started at 14) and I've never left a music review out of a combination of feeling the need to review perfectyl and coming up short. But I am recently going through gender re-assigment and its Making me reconsider a lot of life decisions. What does.this have to do with a random Panda Bear album i just bought. It was my first album post surgery and I understand the push back that its repetitive, simplistic, but thats what i love. Im a film composer, i iusually love bombastic scores, vit recovering from surgery, this album feels like a nice warm blanket Its not.trying too.hard.to be anything I ve faced losing friendd, family, work, etc just to be who i am and this album.feels like like a warm friends telling me that it will be ok somehow



    Ive been so scared.to.be me..but i refuse to cower any longer. What does    … Expand

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Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 19
  3. Negative: 1 out of 19
  1. The Wire
    Mar 7, 2019
    70
    A modest effort of just over half an hour. [Mar 2019, p.62]
  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    Mar 6, 2019
    60
    This is a nine-song collection of modest ambition, but ‘Buoys’ undoubtedly succeeds on its own terms, that consistently understated sonic template interspersed with surprising moments – the bassy thud of electronic drums that interrupts ‘Crescendo’, the hip-hop style piano riff that marches through ‘Master’ – that makes it a rewarding repeat listen.
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  3. Drowned In Sound
    Feb 13, 2019
    70
    They are certainly light enough to float, and, if you will forgive one last crass metaphor, they may just provide a navigational guide to safety for anyone stranded in dangerous waters.
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