Panda Bear & Sonic Boom - Reset (Expanded Edition) (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Although Panda Bear and Sonic Boom are no strangers to each other’s music, Reset marks their first collaborative release. When Sonic Boom pitched an idea to take their working relationship to the next level, he reckoned Panda Bear might reject the proposition outright—in the nine gloriously, feverishly hook-bound tracks of Reset, though, you can hear exactly how much he loved the prospect.

Sonic Boom’s notion was simple enough: After lugging his records to Portugal years ago, his fascination was renewed by old favorites and standards he had not heard in years. Something struck him, the way the ornate intros by Eddie Cochran or the Everly Brothers felt largely like stage curtains, compelling in their own right even if they had very little to do with the hits that followed. Sonic Boom began crafting loops from these preambles, twisting and bending the parts like scrap metal before sending them onto Panda Bear.

The kernel of Reset emerged not long after international lockdowns began. If making it supplied temporary medicine for the duo, it is now permanently so for the rest of us, a reminder that sometimes playing and singing along to old favorites with friends can be enough to make the world feel a bit better.

Panda Bear (Noah Lennox) and Sonic Boom (Peter Kember) released their instant classic record Reset in August to acclaim from fans and critics, who hailed the collaboration as “a psychedelic love-letter to pop music” (TIME) and “the most pleasurable release of either of their careers” (Pitchfork). This Friday, November 18, the album will see its physical release on CD and vinyl, and today the duo announces Reset (Expanded Edition), a deluxe digital version of the record that will be released on the same day. The expanded edition includes three new remixes -“Gettin’ to the Point” by the Irish producer and film composer David Holmes and “Everything’s Been Leading to This" and “Edge of the Edge” by the London trio Voka Gentle – as well as alternate mixes and instrumental versions of all nine tracks.

Tracklist:
CD1
01. Gettin’ to the Point
02. Go On
03. Everyday
04. Edge of the Edge
05. In My Body
06. Whirlpool
07. Danger
08. Livin’ in the After
09. Everything’s Been Leading To This

CD2
01. Gettin' to the Point (Songbook Instrumental)
02. Go On (Songbook Instrumental)
03. Everyday (Songbook Instrumental)
04. Edge of the Edge (Songbook Instrumental)
05. In My Body (Songbook Instrumental)
06. Whirlpool (Songbook Instrumental)
07. Danger (Songbook Instrumental)
08. Livin’ in the After (Songbook Instrumental)
09. Everything’s Been Leading to This (Songbook Instrumental)
10. Gettin' to the Point (David Holmes Remix)
11. Edge of the Edge (Voka Gentle Remix)
12. Everything’s Been Leading To This (Voka Gentle Remix)


Thanks to the Original customer!