[photo courtesy of mybrokenmouth]
One of the most anticipated albums for this Fall season is Panda Bear’s Tomboy, his follow-up to one of 2007’s albums of the year, Person Pitch. On Governor’s Island on Saturday night, Panda offered an excellent preview of the album and clearly whet the appetite of the fan’s anticipation. The set included nine of the announced eleven tracks from the album, along with a selection of earlier material. We’ll admit to being somewhat ambivalent about attending a show on 9/11, but after reading Panda’s excellent interview with brooklynvegan, we were certain that he understood the significance and respect for the date. The clear weather offered a spectacular view of NY Harbor, and the 9/11 memorial lights shown deep into the night. With that backdrop and some outstanding video work from Danny Perez, Panda was well served by the surroundings, and he delivered a powerful set. Highlights included a guitar-heavy and melodic reworked version of “Song For Ariel (Guys Eyes)” (streaming below), and the two best numbers from the new album, “Tomboy” and “Bullseye” (also streaming below).
This set was recorded with the four microphone mix from directly in front of the soundboard booth. I am elated at how well this recording came out — the mix in the venue was superb and the elements and crowd are not a factor. There is a little wind during the encore, but it is barely audible during the music. Enjoy!
Stream “”Song For Ariel (Guys Eyes)”:
[audio:https://www.nyctaper.com/A2020AnimalCollective8008/Panda%20Bear%202010-09-11%20SONG%20FOR%20ARIEL.mp3]
Stream “Bullseye”:
[audio:https://www.nyctaper.com/A2020AnimalCollective8008/Panda%20Bear%202010-09-11%20BULLSEYE.mp3]
Direct download of complete show in MP3 files (HERE)
Download The Complete show in FLAC [HERE].
Panda Bear
2010-09-11
The Beach At Governor’s Island
New York, NY USA
Four-Track Digital Master Recording
Recorded from Front of Soundboard Booth
Neumann KM-150s + DPA 4021’s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2x 24bit 48kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, mixdown, set fades) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac
Recorded and Produced
by nyctaper
2010-09-12
Setlist:
[Total Time 1:10:05]
01 Drone
02 Daily Routine
03 Tomboy
04 Song For Ariel (Guys Eyes)
05 Surfer’s Hymn
06 Ponytail
07 Last Night At The Jetty
08 Benfica
09 Comfy in Nautica
10 Slow Motion
11 Bullseye
12 You Can Count on Me
13 [encore break]
14 Alsatian Darn
15 Chores*
*with “I Think I Can” verses
If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Panda Bear, visit his MySpace page, and purchaseĀ his official releases from the store at the Paw Tracks Records website [HERE].
Absolutely AMAZING!!!! Well done and props to you.
Except all the shitty drone kids there.
sounds great, thanks!
Best b-day present…Ill be listening to this recording all month.. thanks so much…surreal time..
really nice…thx!
A wonderful recording, should hold me til Tomboy drops. thanks so much!
Was at the show. Loved it. Downloaded the show. Has to be one of the best audience recordings i’ve ever heard. You really captured that night’s performance. Bullseye!
thank you!!
Stellar recording guys, thanks for letting us hear this again.
I posted a review (with a decent video of “Tomboy”) over at LMB.
Keep up the great work!
Thank you. Will be listening to this for a while.
thank you for the FLAC, so happy a good quality version of Song For Ariel is a thing.