Grizzly Bear

Overview

This summer the Enmore and Metro Theatres will host a veritable animal kingdom showdown. Specifically it's bears taking centre stage, one of them with a collective of other animals at the Enmore early next year and four of them all together at the Metro this November.

The introductory performance is by Brooklyn quartet Grizzy Bear, who in spite of the more ferocious-sounding moniker make the friendlier tunes of the two bands. Their silvery sound you're probably aware of from their 2009 album Veckatimest if you weren't yet negotiating the pages of Pitchfork when their equally good debut Yellow House came out in 2006.

Grizzy Bear have now released their highly anticipated fourth album Shields, a psychedelic blend of tunes that are more accurately described as emotive and intricate rather than obscure and intricate. Hear a bunch of them ahead of their appearance at Harvest and reconsider your elected spirit animal.