Grizzly Bear - Painted Ruins

Painted Ruins is the fifth studio album by American indie rock band Grizzly Bear, released in August 2017 via RCA Records.

This new album follows their last release Shields in 2012 and has arrived to critical acclaim, reflecting the time the band allowed the songs to develop for the album.

The album was produced by band-member Chris Taylor, with sessions taking place primarily at Allaire Studios in upstate New York, and at various locations around Los Angeles, including his own Terrible Studios (three members of Grizzly Bear now live in Los Angeles; Rossen lives in Santa Fe, NM).

This album sounds mature with great texture and memorable hooks, providing an enchanting and pleasurable set of songs. The subject matters on the album are broad and diverse from refugee crisis, to divorce, to country rural walks. The music is beautifully arranged into which the vocals and harmonies fit perfectly. This is an album that will reveal itself more and more with each listen.

At Metacritic, the album has an average rating score of 83 out of 100, indicating “Universal Acclaim”. Laura Snapes in The Guardian described the album as "Unbeholden to the band’s existence, Painted Ruins has a cavalier quality that you’d struggle to spot in its tense forebears".

The album has reached #27 on the US Billboard Albums chart and #14 on the UK  and #26 on the Australian Albums charts.

Check out the tracks:  “Three Rings”; “Mourning Sound”; “Four Cypresses”; and “Neighbors”.

This double album 2LP record set is on 180 gram vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve with printed insert and digital download code, pressed in Europe.