For this weeks installment of Throwback Album of the Week, I won't be travelling quite as far back as previous weeks. The last two albums have been from the early-to-mid 70's, while this weeks album, Person Pitch by Panda Bear, will turn 7 next week. It was Noah Lennox's third solo record under the Panda Bear name. The record basically sounds timeless. A lot of the vocal melodies and harmonies sound like they could have come straight from the late 60's, whereas the electronic looping and sampling in the music sounds modern. There are some crazy samples scattered throughout the record (the list on the 13 minute track Bros. is pretty overwhelming by itself, people riding a roller coaster, a fireworks show, and owl, a baby crying, a subway station etc.). These samples also help the record feel more modern despite all of its odes to music's past. The album was created mostly through the use of samplers and is clearly the work of one person. It's always been an album that I revisit when the sun starts to shine and the weather begins to warm up, so this seems like a good time to revisit this record:
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