Grizzly Bear: Shields
Dec 5th, 2012 by dcronin
“Grizzly Bear were gone for a few years after Veckatimest, but the amount of extracurricular projects they tackled during that time — Chris Taylor’s work with CANT, Daniel Rossen’s solo EP Silent Hour/Golden Mile, and the band’s reconfiguring of their own songs into the Blue Valentine soundtrack — means they never really went away. Shields isn’t exactly a dramatic return then, which is somehow fitting considering that this is some of the band’s most cerebral music….Shields is plenty ambitious in its own right, and its complexity demands and rewards patient listening.” –All Music Guide