Grizzly Bear
Grizzly Bear Review: Monday June 28, 2010
Without a moment to pause for thought you can hear rumblings from the main stage. And with that, Grizzly Bear are on.
The night, though, belongs to Grizzly Bear: lights, sound, performance, all on a different plane entirely.
They may have crashed the mainstream charts but have done so without compromising a unique aural sensibility and tonight that sound is pushed even further. Doo-wop harmonies skirt in and around staccato chords, bedrocked by Christopher Bear's pulverising drumming.
The Grizzly guys three part harmonies may touch on the Fleet Foxes moniker they've been burdened with, but it's a sound all of their own, more indebted to Crosby, Stills and Nash. Albeit without that tache and more time on their side.
The band approach their music with a precision and clarity and look like they love doing it. Highlights from the set include 'Yellow House's 'On a Neck, On a Spit' and standout Knife, both resonating beautifully around the hushed silence of the tent. An exceptionally swoon some electric version of 'Little Brother', 'Colorado' and cross over single 'Two Weeks'.
