Shields: B sides

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Released November 11, 2013 Length 47:06 Release date 11 November 2013 Genre Indie rock		Recorded 2011, Marfa, Texas Artist Grizzly Bear Label Warp

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Shields: B-Sides is a compilation mini-album by American indie rock band Grizzly Bear, released on November 11, 2013 on Warp Records. The release is available on 12" vinyl and on digital download, and features eight tracks, five of which were recorded during the same sessions that yielded the band's fourth studio album, Shields (2012). The tracks were also released simultaneously on an extended version of the full-length album, entitled Shields: Expanded.

Alongside the five original tracks, the release includes remixes from Lindstrøm (a track that originally featured on the Record Store Day Release 'Brian Eno x Nicolas Jaar x Grizzly Bear'), Liars and Nicolas Jaar.

Release

The band announced the reissues on September 17 with a stream of "Will Calls", one of 5 new tracks taken from the recording sessions for the 'Shields' album. This was followed by another track "Listen and Wait" on October 30.

Grizzly Bear

Christopher Bear – drums, percussion, backing vocals, drum machine, lap steel, wurlitzer, synths

Edward Droste – lead and backing vocals

Daniel Rossen – lead and backing vocals, guitars, pianos, synths, cello, the wheel, horn and string arrangements

Chris Taylor – bass guitar, backing vocals, synths, saxophones, clarinet, bass clarinet, flutes, drum machine, the wheel, horn and string arrangements

Recording personnel

Chris Taylor – producer, recording

Michael Brauer – mixing

Ryan Gilligan – engineer

Yale Yng-Wong – assistant recording engineer

Jake Aron – assistant recording engineer

Bob Ludwig – mastering

Artwork

Richard Diebenkorn – art

Ben Tousley – design, art direction

Songs

1Smothering Green6:30
2Taken Down (Marfa demo)5:11
3Listen and Wait3:27

References

Shields: B-sides Wikipedia

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