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After reviewing Feels<\/em>, the Animal Collective’s second CD for this column, a few years ago, I went out and bought, (on the strength of the cover art!), one of the first of Panda Bear’s early singles – as a present for my then teenage daughter, Kate.<\/p>\n She in turn, made a point of getting tickets for Panda Bear’s recent NYC concert, this past June 2007. Musically the concert was great, and included Panda Bear’s own streaming video collages, projected behind him.<\/p>\n The next week, I went to my favorite music store, OTHER MUSIC, and bought the new Panda Bear CD, Person Pitch<\/em>. The CD is amazing – and has all the songs from the live show reproduced perfectly.<\/p>\n I have to admit that this CD is the most dynamic, deeply felt, and exhilarating music, with new sounds, that I have heard in some time. It puts to shame that other electronica & voice band, The Knife, and their recent third CD Silent Shout<\/em>. On the other hand, The Knife’s first CD, Deep Cuts<\/em>, from 3 years ago, is a great CD which added low-fi creativity and emotion to the usually boring, (except for dancing), electronica format. Their Pass It On<\/em> video from the Deep Cuts<\/em> CD is one of the most watched videos on YouTube, and rightly so, whereas Silent Shout<\/em> is so musically and visually pretentious, as to be unlistenable.<\/p>\n If you want to hear great new music – where the musicians transcend their complicated electronic gadgets, get Panda Bear’s Person Pitch<\/em> and The Knife’s Deep Cuts<\/em> – and stay away from Silent Shout<\/em>. <\/p>\n Panda Bear is a one man band – who also performs as one third of Animal Collective.<\/p>\n Artwork by: AGNES MONTGOMERY<\/p>\n