Indie rock darlings Grizzly Bear, one of the buzziest Brooklyn bands of the last decade, have released their first new music in nearly five years.
The track, “Three Rings,” rips a page right out of Radiohead’s book with its driving electronic/acoustic beat, blankets and washes of keyboards, and ethereal, reverb-y leads from singer Ed Droste. (The two bands do share a common thread; Radiohead has fawned over them in the past, and the Brooklyn band has supported the British rock gods on a number of tour dates.)
Grizzly Bear—which consists of Droste (co-lead vocalist/multi-instrumentalist), Daniel Rossen (co-lead vocalist/multi-instrumentalist), Chris Taylor (bass/vocals), and Christopher Bear (drums/vocals)—rose to fame in 2006 with its second album, Yellow House, and went mainstream with 2009 follow-up Veckatimest, which rose to No. 8 on the Billboard charts.
The band has yet to announce a release date for an as-yet-unnamed new album. It would follow up 2012’s well-received Shields, which reached No. 7 on the Billboard 200.
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