Panda Bear, the solo project of Animal Collective’s Noah Lennox, has announced his new full-length album ‘Sinister Grift’, will arrive on February 28, 2025 (Domino). The album which features the new single ‘Defense’ was recorded at Lennox’s Estudio Campo in Lisbon, Portugal and co-produced it with his Animal Collective bandmate Josh Dibb. To celebrate the release of the album Panda Bear have announced a European tour including a show at The Button Factory, Dublin next May.‘Defense’ features Cindy Lee, the drag queen pop persona of Canadian musician Patrick Flegel, on guitar, other notable contributions to the album come from Spirit of the Beehive’s Rivka Ravede, and—for the first time on a Panda Bear solo album—each of his Animal Collective bandmates.
“Working on this record felt like a sacred and warm return. Noah and I first started putting music down to multitrack cassette in 1991. 32 years later and working in the same fashion, two friends alone in a room searching for sounds and feelings that move us, I am very proud of what we created together. Sinister Grift feels like the songwriter I’ve known for over 30 years but also feels like some sort of new chapter for Noah. Couldn’t be more proud of the result.” – Josh “Deakin” Dibb