"Bros" is the second single from
Panda Bear
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's 2007 album ''
Person Pitch
''Person Pitch'' is the third studio album by American recording artist Noah Lennox under his alias Panda Bear, released on March 20, 2007, by Paw Tracks. Departing stylistically from his prior work as both a member of Animal Collective and a sol ...
''. It was named the third best song of 2007 by ''
Pitchfork Media
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''.
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Composition
AllMusic
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called the song the "album centerpiece" of ''Person Pitch
''Person Pitch'' is the third studio album by American recording artist Noah Lennox under his alias Panda Bear, released on March 20, 2007, by Paw Tracks. Departing stylistically from his prior work as both a member of Animal Collective and a sol ...
'', describing it as "a 12-minute collage of chiming guitar arpeggios
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, stony vocal harmonies
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, hooting owls, and phasing loops that fade in and out of each other."Pitchfork Media
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'' wrote that "from sighing multi-tracked vocals to jewel-box loops to caramelized guitar riffs, each layer adds hypnotic depth to a song whose gorgeousness seems dangerously excessive from the start."[
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Accolades
Track listing
# "Bros"
# "Bros (Terrestrial Tones Mix)"
References
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2006 songs
Panda Bear (musician) songs