Veckatimest [Vinyl]

Grizzly Bear (Artist)

Product Details

• Vinyl (May 26, 2009)
• Original Release Date: May 26, 2009
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Warp Records
• ASIN: B001U7FWMI
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #13,709 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Southern Point

2. Two Weeks

3. All We Ask

4. Fine for Now

5. Cheerleader

6. Dory

7. Ready, Able

8. About Face

9. Hold Still

10. While You Wait for the Others

11. I Live with You

12. Foreground

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

2009 release. There is an unbelievable clarity of sound and vision to Veckatimest: vocals (a duty shared by all band members) are sharper and more complex, arrangements are tighter, production is more venturous and lyrics more affecting. Having opened the creative dialogue at such an early stage, Grizzly Bear was able to realize these 12 songs together as a band, making it their most collaboratively compositional album to date. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All I listen to, July 25, 2009

By	Saddleshoos - See all my reviews

This review is from: Veckatimest (Audio CD)

As a listener of all music (and I really mean ALL) this contemporary album takes me everywhere I want to go, yet never sounds like any of its references. "Southern Point" is at times sentimental and nostalgic post-psychedelic rock, but slaps you in the face with something like you've never heard the second you get comfortable. Grizzly Bear gives its nods to the defining moments of 20th century pop with arching vocals and a tad of doo-wop (that they do so well) in singles "Two Weeks" and "Cheerleader." But as a music lover who is always interested in the less-conventional side of things, Grizzly Bear does that too--coming out of nowhere with songs like "Fine For Now" and "I Live With You" (perhaps my favorite of all). You're left asking yourself "What year is it? And what planet am I on?"

42 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best albums of the decade, May 26, 2009

By	ImNotaCylon - See all my reviews

This review is from: Veckatimest (MP3 Download)

I would compare this album to Radiohead's In Rainbows in that its a towering example of a band at the top of its creative ability gelling together to create one cohesive vision. Whats amazing to me is that this is only Grizzly Bear's 2nd full-on album.

To me, this record has that intangible 'it' quality that you cant put your finger on what makes it so appealing, but its what keeps pulling you back listen after listen.

Describing the sound on this album is a bit difficult, but I would call it a rustic, ethreal, pop-folk. But I believe that the enjoyment comes not from whatever genre you want to call it, but at appreciating the meticulous song craft that creates what is, for me, the most memorable album in years.

Sorry Animal Collective, I love you guys and your new album is great, but you just got beat out for album of the year. Highest Recommendation.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it, July 27, 2009

By	Jonathan Jones "Smooth" (Cleveland, OH USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Veckatimest (Audio CD)

One of the few albums I listen to all the way through. Most of my friends didn't get it the first time they heard it but I kept playing it when they were around and now they love it. Definately an album that needs several spins before "it" hits you.