Grizzly Bear: Pretty but not precious photo: Tom Hines

"Yeah, it's definitely different this time around," he confesses modestly. "There's a lot more going on."

The new album, Veckatimest, has been out barely a week and already it's clear: Grizzly Bear are going to push through to the upper echelons of indie rock with that accessible, impeccable psych-folk pop of theirs.

"We put a lot of time and craftsmanship on this record. We took as long as we possibly needed to make it exactly as it had to be," he says. "We set pretty high standards for ourselves and made a record that we would enjoy listening to."

Dedication, they have. And the means to honour it? That too (i.e., "We have a way of recording that allows us to do everything we want for basically no money. Our bassist has a mobile recording set-up that we can set up anywhere, so if someone gives us a living room or something, any time of day, we can work"). And yes, there is the fact that Grizzly Bear increasingly know how to write clean, stunning songs (Beach Boys overtly, Nick Drake implicitly), but the real standout feature is the consideration that this band give to their music.

"Most often people remark about the harmonies, and the care put into the song," he says. "Of course, when something is too nurtured then it becomes precious, so that's the flipside of it. But we just try to ignore that."

Grizzly Bear
w/ Here We Go Magic
At Le National (1220 Ste-Catherine E.), tonight, June 4




 
 

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thanks for that     Nice. Did you see all the funny stuff they did when they took over our site? http://drownedinsound.com/lists/grizzlybear Daniel's mum did a guide to indie-rock, there was their recipe for Gumbo and all sorts.
Sean Adams		June 28th, 2009

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