Is it just me, or does the dollop of Best New Music stew that Pitchfork’s Paul Thompson ladled out to Grizzly Bear’s Veckatimest today read less like a rave and more like a justification: “Sure, they seem kinda boring (and they def. need to quit it with the microphoblogging), but you should see them live! They try really hard! HARMONIES, OK!” It’s like Danny Gokey’s “A for effort” after The Scream, only with a Chinese Democracy reference in the opening paragraph and more references to being “fascinated.” Props to the guy in the MBV comments for calling the nine point oh score in that site’s predictatron game, btw. [Pitchfork]
