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Painted Ruins
Rock · 2017 · 11 tracks · 48m

Painted Ruins

Grizzly Bear

A lush thicket of art-rock where intricate vocal harmonies meet restless, jazz-inflected percussion. Dense, mysterious, and beautifully weathered.

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It sounds like a very expensive, very beautiful forest that's just a little bit haunted.

A restless and sophisticated exploration of beauty found within decay and abstract memory.

Painted Ruins · vs · Grizzly Bear
Surreal Abstract+2.8σ

The writing leans far further into surreal abstract than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 48m
01
Wasted Acres
2:52
02
Mourning Sound
4:22
03
Four Cypresses
4:48
04
Three Rings
4:48
05
Losing All Sense
5:06
06
Aquarian
4:18
07
Cut‐Out
3:46
08
Glass Hillside
4:54
09
Neighbors
4:44
10
Systole
3:16
11
Sky Took Hold
5:33
Moments Worth Waiting For
The explosive rhythmic shift halfway through Four Cypresses where the drums become a driving force.
The interlocking vocal harmonies on Three Rings that create a dizzying, circular sonic trap.
The way the bass line in Glass Hillside anchors a chaotic swirl of woodwinds and jagged guitars.
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