Panda Bear & Sonic Boom: A ? Of When (Coloured Vinyl LP) Crying Loser a ferry purring between two

a ferry purring between two languid islands

and by Smith himself as "Country 'n' Northern"

the band's latest odyssey features 13 spellbinding tracks of epic carnage and mystical metal

words falling into place before their meaning becomes clear

When Cale arrived in Los Angeles from New York in the early ’70s

Panda Bear & Sonic Boom: A ? Of When (Coloured Vinyl LP) Crying Loser a ferry purring between twoPanda 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,