Music Banter - View Single Post - The Grizzly Bear thread
View Single Post
Old 09-08-2013, 09:40 PM   #6 (permalink)
DriveYourCarDownToTheSea
AllTheWhileYouChargeAFee
 
DriveYourCarDownToTheSea's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Kansas City
Posts: 1,158
Default

BTW, this may sound weird, but when I was listening to Shields in the car today, in one of these odd deja-vu epiphany moments, I felt like I was listening to Shostakovich!


^
You'd have to listen to a whole bunch of Shostakovich to understand, but the melodies of Grizzly Bear reminded me of the somber, somewhat rambling but narrow-ranged melodies of much of Shostakovich's work, particularly his symphonies. Plus the way they often build up to these big climaxes, or suddenly get loud out of nowhere.
__________________
Stop and find a pretty shell for her
Beach Boys vs Beatles comparisons begin here

Last edited by DriveYourCarDownToTheSea; 09-08-2013 at 10:04 PM.
DriveYourCarDownToTheSea is offline   Reply With Quote