Panda Bear announces new album Sinister Grift, tour 2025

Panda Bear is back to announce Sinister Grifthis seventh solo album, released on February 28, 2025. He also shared the album’s first single, “Defense (featuring Cindy Lee),” as well as a batch of 2025 North American tour dates with Toro y Moi.

Panda Bear, the solo project of Animal Collective member Noah Lennox, created Sinister Grift at his Campo Studio in Lisbon, Portugal with Animal Collective colleague Josh Dibb (AKA Deakin). Sinister Grift follows his 2022 collaborative album with Sonic Boom, Restartand will be Panda Bear’s first solo album since 2019 Buoys. In addition to Josh Dibb and the rest of his Animal Collective bandmates appearing on the album, Sinister Grift also features contributions from Cindy Lee and Rivka Ravede of Spirit of the Beehive.

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“Working on this record felt like a warm, sacred homecoming,” Dibb said in a press release. “Noah and I began recording music on multitrack cassette tape in 1991. 32 years later and working in the same way, two friends alone in a room searching for the sounds and feelings that move us, I am so proud of what we have created together. Sinister Grift It feels like the composer I’ve known for over 30 years, but it also feels like a new chapter of sorts for Noah. I couldn’t be more proud of the result.”

To support Sinister GriftPanda Bear will embark on a North American tour in 2025 alongside Toro y Moi. After completing a run of UK/EU shows in December 2024, the North American run kicks off February 6 in Minneapolis and continues through the winter with shows in Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Boston, New York, Washington DC, Nashville and more.

The first leg of the tour ends with a show on February 21st in Atlanta; Panda Bear will then head to Europe for another series of shows before returning to the United States in May. He will visit cities on the West Coast and Southwest such as Phoenix, Austin, Dallas, Denver, San Francisco and Seattle, concluding the tour with a show on May 23 in Vancouver. See the full list of Panda Bear’s 2024-2025 tour dates below.

Tickets for Panda Bear’s 2025 tour go on sale Friday, October 18th at 10am local time via Ticketmaster. An artist pre-sale will begin prior to the general sale, beginning Wednesday, October 16th at 10am local time via the Panda Bear website.

Panda Bear’s new song “Defense” features Cindy Lee (nickname of Canadian musician Patrick Flegel), who is currently in the midst of a big year following the release of her album Diamond Jubilee. Lee plays guitar on the track, which finds Lennox singing in a mid-tempo trot. It’s a more naturalistic, classic take on Panda Bear, complete with acoustic drums, warm harmonies, and stunning electric guitar work from Lee. Stream “Defesa” below.

Before his return this week, Panda Bear also collaborated with his Animal Collective bandmate Avey Tare on the 2024 single “Vampire Tongues” and contributed a remix of Paramore’s “Running Out of Time” to the year’s reimagined compilation past. Re: That’s why.

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Sinister Grift Track list:

01. Compliment
02. Anywhere but here
03. 50mg
04. End the meeting
05. Good
06. Ferry Lady
07. Venom is on the rise
08. Left in the cold
09. Elegy for Noah Lou
10. Defense

Panda Bear Tour Dates 2024-2025:
04/12 — Coimbra, PT @ Salão Brasil
12/05 — Vigo, ES @ Radar
12/06 – Valladolid, ES @ El Desierto
12/07 — Porto, PT @ Plan B
12/08 — Lisbon, PT @ZDB
12/10 – London, United Kingdom @ Lexington
11/12 – Berlin, DE @ Lark
13/12 – Paris, FR @ Le Hasard Ludique

06/02 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue *
02/07 – Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed *
02/08 — Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Hall *
2/10 — Toronto, ON @ The Danforth Music Hall *
11/02 — Montreal, QC @ MTELUS *
02/12 – Boston, MA @ Roadrunner *
02/14 – New York City, NY @ Terminal 5*
2/15 – Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall *
02/16 – Washington, DC at 9:30 am Club *
02/19 – Raleigh, North Carolina @ The Ritz *
02/20 – Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works *
02/21 – Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle *
03/20 — Lisbon, PT @ Capitol
03/21 — Braga, PT @ Teatro Circo
03/22 — Oviedo, ES @ Almacenes
03/23 — Bilbao, ES @ Kafe Antzokia
03/25 — Barcelona, ​​​​ES @ Paralelo 62
03/26 – Valencia, ES @ 16 Tons
03/27 – Madrid, ES @ La Sala
03/28 — Faro, PT @ Teatro das Figuras
05/08 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren *
5/12 – Austin, TX at Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater*
5/13 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall *
05/14 – Dallas, TX @ House of Blues *
5/16 – Denver, CO @ The Fillmore *
05/19 – San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel
5/21 – Portland, OR at Wonder Ballroom
5/22 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
05/23 – Vancouver, BC at the Hollywood Theater

* = with Toro and Moi