This Place I Can't Occupy, Here I Come

Panda Bear aka Noah Lennox emerges after a couple of years immersed in all of the wonderful variations of Reset with Sonic Boom (including this year's tiptop mariachi reworkings).

 

Beginning with an ending, Defense is the closing song on Sinister Grift, due in February 2025. It's a slo-mo glam-stomper with a winding guitar solo (by Cindy Lee) and easy vocals strolling over the top.

 

Not ground breaking perhaps, but four and a half minutes that will persuade you that everything is going to be okay. And sometimes, that's all you need.