It’s just kind of a deep-seated thing at this point I’m not particularly interested. That said, even after listening to Shields over and over, I still haven't given the band’s previous work much thought. Turns out it didn’t take that long, and the album quickly became one of the most played things on my iPod. The album was on pretty heavy rotation at WRCU-FM, which gave me the chance to work through it with a more open mind. Eventually, Grizzly Bear cracked my musical bubble once Shields came out in the fall of 2012. The negative: I’ve become one of those people that writes off popular music and “mainstream” artists.Įither way, college brought more musical exploration, especially once I had my own radio show. The positive: I listen to a more diverse selection of music that I find interesting. Some of my close friends, and an amazing record store near where I grew up, opened my eyes to the wider possibilities of music and kept me away from mainstream releases.
But still I avoided them.įast forward a couple of years to college, where my musical palette expanded and I became more interested in sounds and concepts that weren't as mainstream. When I look back on it now, it’s kind of weird that I avoided them for so long, because in 2009 (when I was in high school), Jay Z-one of my favorite rappers at the time-and a number of other artists shouted out Grizzly Bear, saying that their strain of indie music would push hip-hop and rap to go the extra mile and be better. I don’t think I was ready to listen to a band like Grizzly Bear yet, so I avoided them. I was really into rap/hip-hop and high-energy, pop-oriented indie music, and I was still getting over my middle-school classic rock phase. He was telling me how great they were and how much he was enjoying their early albums, but this was in high school, before I was more open-minded about music. I first heard about Grizzly Bear through one of my best friends. If you want to dive deeper into different ways of discovering new music, you should check out the episode of the It’s Pretty OK podcast where Pierce and Sean discuss that very topic. I have an interesting history with Grizzly Bear, so I’m gonna spend a little time breaking down how I first got into them.
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