The long-awaited follow-up to Panda Bear’s much-loved album Person Pitch is set to release through Noah Lennox’s own label Paw Tracks on April 12. So far the album sounds like what we’ve come to expect from Lennox’s unique brand of vocal work and music depth, but this time he claims he’s getting away from the more sample-heavy parameters of his previous work and focusing more on the guitar and synthesizer.

Sounds good to me. Check out the latest single from the album, “Last Night At The Jetty.”

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Panda Bear | Last Night At The Jetty

Drawing inspiration from Rachel Carson’s classic book that explores the mystery and beauty of the ocean, “The Sea Around Us“, Candy Claws takes the fuzzy electronic vibe of their earlier work (Two Airships/Exploder Falls, Peppermill Records) and drenches it in dreamy aquatic undertones. The result is their debut full-length, In The Dream Of The Sea Of Life. What’s so great about this album is how the group manages to discreetly mimic the actual feeling of being out in the water. And I say discreetly because it’s almost subliminal, but with the recordings that the group made of actual ocean shores from across the globe combined with the almost gurgled effect used on the vocals, close your eyes and you’ll feel as if you’re lying face up on the deck of a sail boat floating down the middle of the Pacific ocean. Candy Claws have taken Panda Bear’s Person Pitch and dunked it under water for a truly satisfying listen that flows perfectly from start to finish. Originally released directly from the group, Dublin-based Indiecater Records has remastered and are re-releasing In The Dream Of The Sea Of Life with brand new album artwork as a digital download that you can purchase for a very small price directly from the label’s website, where the album is currently streaming in it’s entirety. I can safely put this on the “Best of 2009″ list without any fear of ridicule or raised eyebrow from my musical peers and colleagues. They will agree with me whole-heartedly.

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Artist: Candy Claws
Song: Catamaran.mp3
Album: In The Dream Of The Sea Of Life

“Walkabout” is a collaboration between Atlas Sound (Bradford Cox) & Panda Bear (Noah Lennox of Animal Collective.)

Here’s the tracklist for Logos :

‘The Light That Failed’
‘An Orchid’
‘Walkabout’ ft. Noah Lennox (Panda Bear)
‘Criminals’
‘Attic Lights’
‘Sheila’
‘Quick Canal’ ft. Laetitia Sadier (Stereolab)
‘My Halo’
‘Kid Climax’
‘Washington School’
‘Logos’

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Artist: Atlas Sound (feat. Noah Lennox)
Song: Walkabout.mp3
Album: Logo