Full Review 7y Best of 2012 Worst of 2012 Recent Reviews 70 Crack Magazine It feels a little unfair to criticise Grizzly Bear for producing what is essentially the definitive example of a sound theyve been slowly perfecting over the last eight years, but unfortunately the accomplishment here is met with an unexpected level of predictability.
![]() Grizzly Bear Shields Full Of BaroqueFull Review 3y Best of 2012 Worst of 2012 Recent Reviews 91 Pitchfork Though full of baroque, detail-rich production and latticework melodies, Shields also offers an emotionally resonant core.Full Review 8y Best of 2012 Worst of 2012 Recent Reviews 91 A.V.Club Delicate beauty and refined presentation still rule on the Brooklyn mainstays fourth album, Shields, but the balance is subtly shifting. Full Review 8y Best of 2012 Worst of 2012 Recent Reviews 91 Pretty Much Amazing Shields works because of its complexity rather than in spite of it. Full Review 8y Best of 2012 Worst of 2012 Recent Reviews 90 musicOMH This is an ensemble that seems to have reached a sort of pinnacle in collaboration and musical communication. Full Review 8y Best of 2012 Worst of 2012 Recent Reviews 90 PopMatters While Shields may mark a transition for the band in terms of the immediate emotional impact of their music, it is clear that they have not in any way abandoned their expansive approach to melody and song structure. Full Review 8y Best of 2012 Worst of 2012 Recent Reviews 90 Consequence of Sound Shields growls and purrs in ways Grizzly Bear has never before. Full Review 8y Best of 2012 Worst of 2012 Recent Reviews 90 American Songwriter Whats most remarkable about Shields is not so much that Grizzly Bear have gotten more comfortable with ratcheting up the intensity, but rather that theyve arrived upon a sound thats louder and fuzzier while maintaining a uniquely ornate beauty. Full Review 6y Best of 2012 Worst of 2012 Recent Reviews 85 Under The Radar The album is filled with wonderful little moments that add up to create a remarkable whole. Full Review 8y Best of 2012 Worst of 2012 Recent Reviews 84 Paste Though at time reaching heavenly heights, Shields is, as the name suggests, a heavy, protected album, stuffy with an ennui particular to the young and gifted. Full Review 8y Best of 2012 Worst of 2012 Recent Reviews Suggest Blurb 84 Northern Transmissions Full Review 11mo Best of 2012 Worst of 2012 Recent Reviews 80 Drowned in Sound Any mention of Shields being slightly more up front and rougher around the edges is not to say that isnt still beautiful. Full Review 8y Best of 2012 Worst of 2012 Recent Reviews 80 The 405 The praise for this album must also be given to their ability to keep up their standard of timeless, mood-enhancing music. Full Review 8y Best of 2012 Worst of 2012 Recent Reviews 80 AllMusic While its not as obviously big a statement as Veckatimest was, Shields is plenty ambitious in its own right, and its complexity demands and rewards patient listening. Full Review 8y View 22 More Best of 2012 Worst of 2012 Recent Reviews 80 Spin Beautiful as Grizzly Bear is, they remain an emotionally cloistered lover, willing only to speak in vagaries, never of concrete emotional needs. Full Review 8y Best of 2012 Worst of 2012 Recent Reviews 80 The Fly Though there are several tracks here that make for a less immediate listen, the record over ows with the tell-tale nuances of a band who have learnt how to translate grandiosity into something more restrained, yet no less forceful. Full Review 7y Best of 2012 Worst of 2012 Recent Reviews 80 Rolling Stone With Shields, they still sound like Radiohead at a Buddhist retreat, but the songs are more muscular. Full Review 6y Best of 2012 Worst of 2012 Recent Reviews 80 Time Out London The complexity and jumpy qualities of the bands 2009 classic Veckatimest have been replaced by smooth, rolling, road trip music. Full Review 6y Best of 2012 Worst of 2012 Recent Reviews 80 Clash Shields is an engrossing, beautiful work which could only come from Grizzly Bear, and only at this point in their career. Stunning. Full Review 5y Best of 2012 Worst of 2012 Recent Reviews 80 Uncut If their painstaking studiocraft has in the past seemed over-refined or even fussy, here theyve discovered a new wildness, a liberating sense of drama. Full Review 5y Best of 2012 Worst of 2012 Recent Reviews 80 The Guardian More often, it sounds as if Grizzly Bear have spent their time away digging out the emotions that sometimes get buried beneath the technical fireworks. Full Review 5y Best of 2012 Worst of 2012 Recent Reviews Suggest Blurb 80 The Arts Desk Full Review 8mo Best of 2012 Worst of 2012 Recent Reviews 78 Beats Per Minute Shields is both well-mannered and demanding, subdued but always bubbling under the surface. Full Review 8y Best of 2012 Worst of 2012 Recent Reviews 75 Prefix Conservative. Full Review 3y Best of 2012 Worst of 2012 Recent Reviews 70 NME For all the strange twists and turns, the rich layers and dark beauty to be found, nothing here grabs you and sets up home in your heart like Veckatimest did. Full Review 8y Best of 2012 Worst of 2012 Recent Reviews 70 No Ripcord The hard work they put into Shields deserves recognition, even if it occasionally strikes as too labored and considered. ![]()
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