"After an eight-year hiatus, the members of Grizzly Bear return as middle-aged men with separate lives and evolving expectations. Playing a limited run of shows - including their first Los Angeles performance in six years, on Wednesday at the Shrine - they remain open to the idea of new music, but understand they have to start where they can. For now, that means simply gathering in a room, playing songs together and feeling their way forward."
"For Grizzly Bear, there's never been a line between performance and personhood. What you see onstage is what you get: four ordinary men in plaid shirts, comfy pants and sensible shoes. Yet from their unassuming beginnings, they became unlikely architects of a movement. Once synonymous with Pitchfork at its cultural peak, Grizzly Bear embodied the moment when indie music crossed into the mainstream, when Beyoncé and Jay-Z's presence at their 2012 show could be read as a generational shift."
Grizzly Bear formed twenty years ago from Ed Droste's Brooklyn bedroom and expanded as Chris Taylor, Daniel Rossen, and Christopher Bear joined, developing a twilight psych-folk sound tied to postcollegiate uncertainty. The band achieved mainstream crossover, earning Top 10 albums, major placements, and cultural visibility that linked them to a peak moment for indie music. At the height of success, touring life and public scrutiny took a toll. After an eight-year hiatus, the members return with separate lives and tempered expectations, playing limited shows, prioritizing in-person collaboration, and remaining open but cautious about new music.
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