Track Listing

1. Easier
2. Lullabye
3. Knife
4. Central And Remonte
5. Little Brother
6. Plans
7. Marla
8. On A Neck, On A Spit
9. Reprise
10. Colorado

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17677 in Music
• Released on: 2009-02-05
• Number of discs: 1
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .23 pounds

From Amazon.com
It's a rare thing to find a band that counts the glockenspiel, autoharp, banjo, and flute as key instruments, especially when it's a rock band with just four members. Grizzly Bear use all the above instruments plus another dozen or so to make the 10 floating, gossamer, low-lit tunes that comprise Yellow House. They are rounded edges, off-kilter waltzes ("Lullabye," which teeters tipsily), laconic vignettes, and even a vintage 1930s waltz written by singer Edward Droste's great-aunt. The meshwork here is Grizzly Bear's smarts, a banjo lending fleeting rhythmic hints to a guitar-picked melody ("Reprise"), a haunted piano filling the sonic air with smoke. All four members sing duskily and softly, making a slow-going atmosphere that would delight the great composer Morton Feldman. The brilliance here is that every song mesmerizes, not with aural dominance but with an atmospheric magnetism. --Andrew Bartlett

Album Description
2006 sophomore album from Brooklyn-based band, who are at the vanguard of ambitious contemporary song writing, with meticulous instrumentation and arrangements their specialty. They're remarkable not just for their attention to detail but for their concern for how a song feels: flush with heart and melancholy, their music is seductive and intimate, deep with hazy-eyed choruses, whistles, piano and banjo. Magical, haunting melodies are their mainstay. They know ambiance and atmosphere are necessary complements. This is breathtaking, cinematic and experimental pop with love for classics and standards. Yellow House will mark the bands debut for Warp Records (well known for nurturing talents like Aphex Twin, Jamie Lidell, Boards of Canada and Broadcast), melding the guerrilla spirit of the digital age with the classic American songbook. Warp.