A ? Of When: Black Vinyl LP Major Weight Media lending a distinct 50s crooner

lending a distinct 50s crooner style to the tracks

many of them produced by Charles Maurin Poty whose work was crucial in shaping the emerging genre

but also an unexpected ‘80s synth pop template

Recorded live at Shepherds Bush Empire over two nights on 22nd & 23rd April 2022

theatrical personalities

A ? Of When: Black Vinyl LP Major Weight Media lending a distinct 50s croonerPanda Bear and Sonic Booms second album together, A ? of WHEN, maintains the sense of musical play brought forth in their triumphant 2022 debut, Reset. It is built on loops of harp (Mary Lattimore) and sequences of steel drum, webs of pedal steel and even bits of a mariachi band. These are, of course, deliberate choices, sounds and textures theyve never used and that offered a clear sonic break from the success of Reset. But maybe more than ever,