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March 25, 2009

New Panda Bear Video - "Take Pills"

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It's unclear why there's a video for Person Pitch's "Take Pills" popping up now, but since it is Panda Bear, and it was directed by Gang Gang Dance multi-tasker Brian DeGraw, reasons don't matter so much. Also, DeGraw updates the track itself with some backward-sounding Pitch-shifts, which are vocalized by a woman in mirrored GGD-style mask. This is before we move into a color-barred panda and a live, kaleidoscopic Panda inter-cut with more weighted, specific, and seemingly random imagery than you can swallow in one sitting. If you've seen Retina Riddim, you'll instantly recognize the visual aesthetic. Take pills, indeed.


(Via GvsB)

When not starring in psychedelic videos, Panda Bear is in a band called Animal Collective.

Person Pitch is out via Paw Tracks.

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Panda and a Grizzly Bear in a Beach House on Veckatimest > Animal Collective ???

Posted by: lupy at 03/25/09 10:22 AM  | Reply
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Wait..DOOM is now a white chick in a tin foil dress?

Posted by: blah at 03/25/09 10:28 AM  | Reply
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I have seen the future and it sucks. Passable if it were a live mix at one of his shows, but it comes off as a high school A/V club project. Panda Bear deserves better.

Posted by: MF McNutt at 03/25/09 10:30 AM  | Reply
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oh i think it's pretty clear why

Posted by: sarahspy profile link at 03/25/09 10:33 AM  | Reply
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makes me wanna some drugs... mission accomplished???

Posted by: j0shsm1th profile link at 03/25/09 10:42 AM  | Reply
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eh

Posted by: eh at 03/25/09 11:23 AM  | Reply
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MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR. This is going to be the best year in the history of music videos.

Posted by: megaindiedouche at 03/25/09 11:32 AM  | Reply
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shame they forgot about a tune

Posted by: Mr Drayton at 03/25/09 12:10 PM  | Reply
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Reminds me of a Kenneth Anger film.

Posted by: TD at 03/25/09 12:44 PM  | Reply
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A terrible video for what was probably my favorite track from a couple of years ago. They should have just used the original audio track; the added sounds are just contrived, just like the visuals.

Posted by: Top Five Records at 03/25/09 12:55 PM  | Reply
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is this an official video? I thought the song was about Panda not wanting his mom to take pills...this doesn't really seem to fit with that, though.

Posted by: marty at 03/25/09 1:29 PM  | Reply
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i like her mask. its real shiny.

Posted by: a raccoon at 03/25/09 1:32 PM  | Reply
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I feel like this is somehting the beatles would have done if they were active today. Videos okay i guess. Amazing song though..

Posted by: Mustafa profile link at 03/25/09 2:09 PM  | Reply
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An interesting combo of trippy and cheesey.

Posted by: Robot Jones profile link at 03/25/09 3:45 PM  | Reply
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excellente

Posted by: josephscott profile link at 03/25/09 6:56 PM  | Reply
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It makes me wish Kubrick and Sellers got to work on something else...I'm imagining the trailer...

Posted by: Pali Gap at 03/26/09 8:10 AM  | Reply
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Pretentious abzurd stuff!

Watch the real Jodorowsky or the real Anger films.

Posted by: Mike at 03/27/09 7:03 PM  | Reply
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