Panda Bear - Panda Bear (1999) [FLAC]

Panda Bear - Panda Bear
Label: Soccer Star – 01
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 1999
Genre: Rock
Style: Indie Rock, Experimental


Tracklist:

1 Inside A Great Stadium And A Running Race 5:49
2 Mich Mit Einer Mond translates to "Me with one moon", improper German) 4:10
3 On The Farm 4:00
4 Ohne Titel (Untitled) 2:38
5 Fire! 2:44
6 O Please Bring Her Back 3:35
7 Ain't Got No Troubles 3:59
8 Winter In St. Moritz 2:13
9 Liebe Auf Den Ersten Blick (Love at first sight) 4:41
10 A Musician And A Filmmaker 4:30
11 We Built A Robot 3:16
12 Sometimes When It Hurts Bad Enough It Feels Like This 4:01
13 A Lover Once Can No Longer Now Be A Friend 5:11
14 Ohne Titel (Untitled) 2:50


Panda Bear is the self-titled debut solo album by the Baltimore musician Noah Lennox who later became a founding member of Animal Collective. The album was the first use of the Panda Bear moniker which he later continued to use while performing with group. It was released on June 1, 1999 shortly before his 20th birthday on the label Soccer Star Records. The label was formed by himself and fellow future Animal Collective member and childhood friend Deakin (Joshua Dibb) and was initially founded only to release this album. However the label eventually morphed into Animal and then the existing label Paw Tracks. This album marks the very first Animal Collective related release, apart from the EP, "Paddington Band", which was a recording by the Animal Collective precursor, Automine which featured all other members of the future group except for Lennox himself.

The exact number of compact discs produced is unknown, but can be assumed to be small because the label had no distribution network at the time. It was likely paid out of pocket by Lennox and Dibb themselves. The aforementioned factors as well as lack of awareness and interest led to the album becoming out of print. (wikipedia)