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The result is a record that captures personal evolution without romanticizing the past or fearing the future

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' and horn-accompanied 'Dependin' on You' for further evidence - but the band essentially created the template many others would follow

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Grizzly Bear * Painted Ruins [Colored Vinyl] (Gate) (Red) Classic Rock We're Gonna Have Us aGrizzly Bear never broke up. In the six years that have passed since their most recent shows, the four members who first drifted into the group two decades ago as loose friends and even total strangers Chris Bear, Ed Droste, Daniel Rossen, Chris Taylor have drifted out into other things. They've made other music, pursued other careers, cultivated other families, lived other lives beyond the bounds of being this band. And now, for the first time since