Reset (studio album) by Panda Bear & Sonic Boom

Album Rating: 72.67
(654/9)

1.Gettin’ To The Point. 75
2.Go On. 71
3.Everyday. 71
4.Edge Of The Edge. 81
5.In My Body. 80
6.Whirlpool. 70
7.Danger. 68
8.Livin’ In The After. 70
9.Everything’s Been Leading To This

From Arthurknight 11/16/2022 23:56

This is so much more a Peter Kember (Sonic Boom) album than it is a Panda Bear one. If you like Spacemen 3, Spiritualized, Stereolab, etc., you'll probably enjoy aspects of this? Even despite these production credentials, I find the whole thing a bit vapid and tame. The goal of the whole project – like a lot of early Animal Collective music, but in this case so much more obviously – is to reach back to The Beach Boys, but it makes no sense why. The Beach Boys are so inimitable that the pursuit reeks of hubris.

Very much a love letter to pop music from the fifties and sixties in the form of a very faithful recreation of the Beach Boys early sound. Has a nice little modern kinda dance music twist to it however which gives a fresh and exciting listening impression overall.

From Strangel 08/30/2022 02:29

One of the most joyful breezy listens I’ve had the pleasure to experience in recent times. Just the tonic for the recent global affect.

This is the follow-up sound to Person Pitch that was seemingly never going to come. The harmonies and meditative melodic repetition that defined that fantastic album are in abundance again here but this has a lightness of being and a Sonic Boom tinge to it.