Panda Bear
Person Pitch
(Pawtracks)
In early April, Panda Bear (AKA Noah Lennox) posted the lyrics to his latest album Person Pitch on his MySpace. Lucky for finicky listeners his bubbly wash of sun-soaked, insouciant melodies drowns out the words, but still buoys the Brian Wilson-lilt of his voice. A quarter of Animal Collective, Panda Bear is at times the ambient noise, the freewheeling rhythm or the sonic experimenter. But pinpointing his place within the frenzy is almost impossible. In a sense, Person Pitch is similar to George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass. Panda Bear’s musical identity emerges from past collaborations and stands solidly by itself.
Laura Trethewey
This article appears in Dec 6-12, 2007.
