- rock
- 48 min
- 10 tracks
- Beat Records
Shields is the fourth studio album by American rock band Grizzly Bear, released on September 18, 2012, by Warp Records. Written and recorded following a six-month hiatus from band activities, the album was produced by bassist and multi-instrumentalist Chris Taylor.
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Character
Spare, character-led, grave and contemporary.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 86/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 8/10
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubA−
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- Mojo4/5 ★
- NME7/10
- Pitchfork9.1/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Spin8/10
- Uncut8/10
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Tracks
- 1Sleeping Ute4:36
- 2Speak in Rounds4:25
- 3Adelma1:02
- 4Yet Again5:18
- 5The Hunt3:45
- 6A Simple Answer6:01
- 7What’s Wrong?5:44
- 8Gun‐Shy4:31
- 9Half Gate5:30
- 10Sun in Your Eyes7:09
10 tracks, 48 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Grizzly Bear
- Label
- Beat Records
- Released
- 2012
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- JP
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