Panda Bear
Tomboy/Slow Motion

A Norman Records recommendation (22nd July 2010)

Cover art for Tomboy/Slow Motion by Panda Bear Description: 7" on Paw Tracks, FEW BACK IN, 1 PER PERSON
Format: 7" (vinyl)
Genre(s): Experimental Pop
Label: Paw Tracks
Price:
£4.99
Availability: Sold out / currently unavailable. Sorry!

5Rating: 5
...according to our on 22 July 2010.

Animal Collective's big cuddly, furry endangered sugar cane muncher is back in action after Person Pitch blew everyone's mind and here he's in an even more energetic mode. This is the first in a series of limited singles that precede a forthcoming album. 'Tomboy' has 'super blazing hot summer anthem' written all over it. It's catchy pure pop with Noah Lennox's trademark Beach Boys aping vocal harmonies. I particularly like some of the dubby effects going on here. Overall it really feels like his pushing his sound in new directions although in the grand scheme of things it still sounds typically Panda Bear. 'Slow Motion' follows a sort of hazey hip-hop template with a distinctive smokey groove that becomes ultra-hypnotic. Again Lennox's flavour is all over it working rich layers of vocals into a magical tapestry of psychedelic pop goodness. The man is back in action and sounding as fresh and wonderfully trippy as ever. A must!

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What their label says...

* First new Panda Bear music since 2007’wildly popular Person Pitch album.

* One-off pressing, 1000 only for Europe.

* Multiple singles will come out on labels such as Fat Cat, Domino, and Kompakt.

* These songs will not be available digitally until the release of the Tomboy full length.

* Recorded and produced by Panda Bear at his studio in Lisbon, Portugal.

* Paw Tracks is excited to present the first in a series of limited edition seven inch singles by Animal Collective’s Panda
Bear. There will be several limited singles total (on different labels), and each one will bring us closer and closer to the
much anticipated release of the Tomboy full length.

* Never one to rest on his laurels, Panda Bear (a.k.a. Noah Lennox) has blazed yet another unexplored sonic trail. The
two new songs “Tomboy” and “Slow Motion” maintain the kind of upbeat vibe found on Panda Bear’s previous solo album
Person Pitch, but forged with a new sonic language that isn’t as sample-centric. Dance beats meld effortlessly with
electric guitars and Noah’s now trademark vocal harmonies to create the NEXT Panda Bear sound.