it’s 21st anniversary

the meanings of the songs range from the experience of being a woman in today’s society to the feeling of being lost and disconnected as an expatriate in France

October 8th

or the bluesy touch of Loren Connors in the guitar

pushing vocals through cheap DJ software - each process an attempt to bring one instrument closer to another

PANDA BEAR & SONIC BOOM - A ? Of When LP Neo Crust it’s 21st anniversaryPanda Bear and Sonic Booms second album together, A ? of WHEN, maintains the sense of musical play brought forth in their triumphant 2022 debut, Reset. It is built on loops of harp (Mary Lattimore) and sequences of steel drum, webs of pedal steel and even bits of a mariachi band. These are, of course, deliberate choices, sounds and textures theyve never used and that offered a clear sonic break from the success of Reset. But maybe more than ever,