Crosswords

Panda Bear - Crosswords
Critic Score
Based on 8 reviews
User Score
Based on 62 ratings
2015 Rank: #477
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CRITIC REVIEWS

80
Under the Radar

Of the other four previously unreleased tracks, "No Mans Land" utilizes the classic Panda Bear tropes of expertly weaving weird and wonderful, dense and disorientating aural oddness with more accessible vocal prettiness.

75
Consequence of Sound

He explores the mundanities of the real world in his angelic voice, giving them a startling beauty and pouring them out in little spiked Dixie cups.

71
Pitchfork

The five songs on the Crosswords EP sound like tracks that come easily to him, songs he knows how to make without stretching himself.

70
AllMusic

Crosswords is essentially outtakes from PBVSGR (with one cut left over from Tomboy), and while it's clearly more of the same, it's an enjoyable, compact dose of chilled, effervescent electro-psych-pop, and it functions as a handy reminder of how far Lennox has come as a songwriter.

67
Pretty Much Amazing

Crosswords, as a collection of loose leaves, doesn't have the weight of Grim Reaper but that also means it doesn't have the pressure. Crosswords is something you can just consume without trying to wring every inch of intent out of it.

60
Tiny Mix Tapes

The EP ... sounds of a piece with this meshy Greaper whole, but either in its brevity or repetition, it takes on a more therapeutic candor.

60
SPIN

Though Crosswords’ lackadaisical pleasantness is by no means offensive, there’s no compelling reason for this EP to exist.

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79

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ShoegazeJake
100

It’s got the weed song

exception
64

really bored me :/ not sure exactly how i feel about it, and panda bear in general, but this didnt excite me.
fav tracks: cosplay
least fav tracks: crosswords

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Track List

  1. Crosswords
  2. No Mans Land
  3. Jabberwocky
  4. The Preakness
  5. Cosplay
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Added on: August 20, 2015