Shields - B-sides

"Shields: Expanded doesn't stand on its own quite the way that the bar-setting Friend EP did. But as far as "deluxe editions" go, it's so refreshing you (almost) want to call it special: Consistent from start to finish (especially if you end on the Jaar remix), exactly as long as it needs to be, and revealing without being unflattering. For fans, it will come as something of a relief. If the infamous Marfa material that the band thought disappointing was actually this good, then Shields: Expanded is a comforting assurance of how hard it would be for a Grizzly Bear record to actually suck".

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"As a band built on the authenticity of their background noises - the creak of rafter, the squeak of chair, the scuttle of woodlouse across glockenspiel - to be granted access to Grizzly Bear's demos and cast-offs on this new edition of fourth album `Shields' naturally adds to the magic, as if you've snuck upon a dusty trunk in their loft".

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