New Grizzly Bear Album Gets A Title And It's ... Veckatimest
You know, one of the Elizabeth Islands of Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA.? But you already guessed that from Ed's recent Twitter riddle:
New album title begins with the letter V. Close enough to Y for Yellow House. Only W and X getting in the way, and keeping Y and V apart.
Obviously. So let's play some more of the name game: Until now we've had four song titles: "While You Wait For The Others," "Two Weeks," "Fine For Now" and "Cheerleader" (known in working title form as "2 Hud"). Now we can add the rest:
In no particular order, apparently:
"About Face"
"All We Ask"
"Cheerleader"
"Ready, Able"
"Southern Point"
"That's Not True"
"Two Weeks"
"While You Wait For the Others"
"Fine For Now"
"Dory"
"I Live With You"
"Foreground"
That comes from JP's Blog, who pieced it all together via I have no idea. Mr. Droste recently told us a bit of what to expect in a Progress Report, and according to yesterday's Twitter update the album is mastered and done. So all that's left is seeing what font they use on the album cover! Oh and also hearing the thing.
Posted at 2:31 PM by amrit
Tags: Grizzly Bear
How is that pronounced?
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its kind of a shitty album name, but still anxiously awaiting this
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the title of this shitty article is out of context, it's a fine name
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The kid's blog has since been removed. I don't know where he got this from. Not saying it can't be real but I'd like to hear it from the horse's mouth. Someone send Ed a twitter message.
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so Grizzly Bear are Massholes? Figures.
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Not everyone in Massachusetts is an asshole. If anything, Grizzly Bear using this as a title improves the state's cred. You must be thinking of the functioning alcoholic real estate agents living on the Cape, the people who they sell summer homes to and the boring upper-middle class preppy lawyers and doctors in Boston :)
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"massholes"??? people are so mean on the internet. and they're not all from mass. just one of them . they met and formed in new york. find some other excuse to ridicule them.
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I took down the post the blog is still there
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Why did you take it down?
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the other blog removed it because that's not the tracklist and it hasn't been announced yet, so its kind of a bummer to see it reposted here
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The list of tracks is correct, just the order is unknown.
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Grizzly Bear artist, Ben Tousley, has confirmed that that is not the tracklisting:
http://onethirtybpm.com/2009/02/08/grizzly-bear-artist-denies-rumored-veckatimest-tracklisting/
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Can we assume that is the title then since only the tracklist has been deemed false?
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It seems a little shady to post this with out getting any band confirmation first. It was probably taken down at the other place for a reason. Ill wait for an official announcement.
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Do these guys write for the blog Gorilla vs. Bear?
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goodness. I remember reading in UTR mag about a track called "I am Walrus" being on the album... hmm
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Not sure how I feel about the title Veckatimest. I'll wait to see the cover font and then make up my mind.
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I think Veciatimest is a killer name!! This kicks in my excitement to full steem!
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Way to butcher an already butchered album title.
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yeah, one letter off. woops.
veckatimest. i think it's an awesome name!
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OHHH, its an island. That's a awesome name for an album. BTW, GRIZZLY BEAR > LIFE.
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I PEE GOLD: grizzly bear
grace6697: my morning jacket
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That means we're married now right?
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of course.
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they are apparently from MA, and could be pulling an animal collective (MPP) and doing something or other with childhood memories and poop n stuff
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actually, only one of them is from MA. the rest come from CA, WA and IL
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Crappy album name from a crappy band.
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i suppose being good at making music doesn't necessarily mean you can make words.
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i guess i can't read
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Awful name if you ask me.
I really liked the titled Yellow House, and the cover, unpretentious and understated. A graceful way to wrap such a magnificent album.
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Can't pass judgement until I see album art. It's a tongue twister. More interesting than something like "dear science" or "microcastle" that's for sure
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This is interesting. I like it. Clearly it's something that means something to them and it's definitely a strange word and something to remember
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yeah i think its a very striking, abstract sounding title. has a really beautiful ring to it.
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Is there a different version of "While You Wait For The Others" besides the Morning Becomes Eclectic track? I saw them do it on some talk show, and that was enough for me to say it was among the two or three best tracks of 2008. Is there, I dunno, a Daytrotter version, or one where you can hear all the guys singing "want" "Want" "Want" in equal volumes? Or is this just a Holy Grail until the album comes out?
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UTR's Matt Fink said that the track had an "I Am the Walrus" vibe. Because of the mellotron. It's actually called "I Live with You" (tentative title).
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At first glance Veckatimest seemed like an awful title. But having an interest in geography and cartography I find this a pretty cool album name.
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You're my human interest.
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What is a "Jehu drove" ???
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from the guy who just looked up veckatimest
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Yes, obviously.
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It's a cool name. Don't be scared of words you don't know! It's going to be A-O-K!
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Dear Lord this album better change the course of music history.
As a haven't-drank-the-Grizzly-Bear-Kool-Aid person, if it doesn't do just that, you fuckers have all hyped it up WAAAAAAAAY too much!
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listen to horn of plenty, then see what you think. thats what did it for me--i still have a hard time with yellow house
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weird. You are definitely in the minority as most people vastly prefer Yellow House
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Way too much? Or not enough? Definitely not enough.
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http://www.danamorris.net/BB/veckatimest3.jpg
thar she be
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sounds like some sort of apocolyptic metal band to me.
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That is so true. Its not necessarily a bad thing, and I love the band, but it does still crack me up :D
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From reading Ed Droste's twitter it sounds like there's some dream-like/fantasy vibes going on (something about Victoria Legrand riding Falcor?). To me, the name Veckatimest does a pretty good job of capturing an unknown/magical setting.
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How are you all missing it? They obviously recorded the album on that island.
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I thought they recorded at Allaire Studios in New York (same place My Morning Jacket did Z)
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They recorded different places. A little bit at Allaire and a little bit some other places.
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Also, it's an uninhabited island, so there's no studio access and I doubt they were able to set up their own studio in the wilderness... That would be some next level shit though, hope they take that route on the follow up
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This will be the best album of 2009, and the name is killer. REALLY REALLY REALLY excited.
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Ed says (via twitter) that the track list that's out right now is not fully accurate and the correct one will be released soon!
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At least its better than Uncatena or Nonamesset
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Heehee...Respectfully, it sounds like WICKED TIMEST or VEG CAT TIMEST to me. wait...wait! i have to tell you. i'm a crazy fan not their hater.
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man, i bet the music on the album got a lot worse after they decided on that album title. the mix was sounding great and then they had to name it veckatimest and now the final mix that hasn't been altered at all sounds terrible! dammit!
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I know this is trying to be funny and a commentary on your opinion of the title, but you kinda failed on both fronts. Better luck next time though.
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Wonder what movie this album will sync to...
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Something with an emotional rollercoaster storyline, that's for sure.
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They have officially released the cover now. It's on P4k.
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what is Grizzly Bear? and is there a cure for it? must be something that only afflicts brooklyn hipster uni-kids.
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