It’s easy to find a friend these days in the continually rising and mesmerizing sound of electro-indie folksters Grizzly Bear. And the band, known for its tantalizing instrumentals and transparent emotions within harmonies, has now put together a compilation of old and new, fittingly titled — you guessed it — Friend.
Since the success of their last album Yellow House, which was, in fact, self-recorded in a make-shift studio in the living room of a yellow house off Cape Cod, the group has been continuing its creative genius with a mix of fresh, restructured, and replenished tunes.
Taken from Grizzly Bear’s 2004 album Horn of Plenty, for example, is the once minute-and-a-half-long tune “Alligator,” which has now been transformed into a five-minute collaboration with the Dirty Projectors and Zach Condon of Beirut. Other goodies from the EP include alternate versions of “Little Brother” and “Shift,” respectively of Yellow House and Horn of Plenty, and Grizzly Bear material as done by CSS, Band of Horses, and Atlas Sound.
Friend is scheduled for release in North America through Warp Records on November 6. Grizzly Bear continues touring North America throughout the fall with a stop in Iceland. Check out an extended list of tour dates below.
Upcoming tour dates for Grizzly Bear:
September 19 – Buffalo, NY @Traif Music Hall***
September 20 – Toronto, Ontario @ The Mod Club***
September 21 – London, Ontario @ Lola Festival
September 22 – Ottawa, Ontario @ Christ Church Cathedral***
September 23 – Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground***
October 5 – Montreal, Quebec @ Pop Montreal/Ukrainian Foundation
October 8 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Ladies Literary Club***
October 9 – Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater***
October 10 – Chicago, IL @ Park West***
October 11 – Columbus, OH @ Wexner Center at Ohio State***
October 12 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Andy Warhol Museum***
October 13 – Baltimore, MD @ 2640 Space at St. John’s Church***
October 14 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church Sanctuary***
October 18 – Reykjavik, Iceland @ Reykjavik Art Gallery
November 3 – New York, NY @ New York Society of Ethical Culture**
** w/ special guests TBA
*** w/ Beach House
## w/ Art Brut
Grizzly Bear: www.grizzly-bear.net
Warp Records: www.warprecords.com