--- title: Meow description: On its hyped new album, Grizzly Bear doesn't roar so much as purr canonical: https://time.com/archive/6688643/meow/ author: Josh Tyrangiel article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2009-06-15T04:00:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-27T16:59:16.573Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Meow og:description: On its hyped new album, Grizzly Bear doesn't roar so much as purr og:url: https://time.com/archive/6688643/meow/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd12a60014f5339ea/698a478b09208f36e141b7e7/360_agrizzly_0615.jpg?branch=production&width=360&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 360 og:image:height: 203 og:image:alt: 360_agrizzly_0615.jpg og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Meow twitter:description: On its hyped new album, Grizzly Bear doesn't roar so much as purr twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd12a60014f5339ea/698a478b09208f36e141b7e7/360_agrizzly_0615.jpg?branch=production&width=360&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) # Meow > Sponsored content. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. by [Josh Tyrangiel](https://time.com/author/josh-tyrangiel/) Jun 15, 2009 4:00 AM UTC  Grizzly Bear's third album sets a relaxing mood—and sticks to it. Grizzly Bear's third album sets a relaxing mood—and sticks to it. Tom Hines by [Josh Tyrangiel](https://time.com/author/josh-tyrangiel/) Jun 15, 2009 4:00 AM UTC Harmony is a kind of optimism, expressed in the belief that several voices can do a job better than one. That’s partly why Grizzly Bear’s _Veckatimest_ (named after an uninhabited 16-acre island off Cape Cod, Massachusetts) is a lock to be the sunniest album of the year. All four members sing equally well, and when they weave their high, sweet voices around the others’ — sometimes in brief and surprising swells, sometimes for the length of entire songs — you can actually hear their faith in one another. It’s adorable. ([Watch TIME’s video about Grizzly Bear’s new album.](https://www.time.com/time/video/?bcpid=1485842900&bctid=25329689001)) Of course, adorable works for kittens and the Jonas Brothers, but for a Brooklyn-based indie-rock band that’s toured with Radiohead and whose album is being heavily hyped as a breakthrough, it’s a mixed blessing. On the plus side, Grizzly Bear’s songs are never less than pretty, and occasionally they are breathtaking. “Two Weeks” opens with what sounds like a child banging on a piano in search of a tune until the whole band mews, “_Oh-wa-oh-wa-oooooooo_,” lifting a melody out of the muck and into the stratosphere, where lead singer Ed Droste asks, “Would you always, maybe sometimes/ Make it easy.” It’s the sweetest way imaginable to ask someone to chill. “Fine for Now” meanders through all sorts of paces and styles, from a cappella church music to jazz, before settling its focus on a mildly psychedelic cymbal that crashes like the gentlest of waves. You can hear the Beach Boys in _Veckatimest_‘s harmonies and The Band in the general spirit of craftsmanship and fraternity. But over the course of 52 minutes, you also hear what’s missing: tension. Even though there are flashes of experimentation (NYU-educated, these boys have admirably eclectic taste in instruments) and plenty of minor chords, Grizzly Bear’s politeness is a little oppressive. Without a hint of vocal darkness or a sudden stab of musical chaos, the lyrics gradually dissolve into a series of gumdrops, and the falsetto harmonies lose some of their charm; at its lowest, _Veckatimest_ sounds like an album recorded by castrati at a beach house. So maybe it’s not a breakout. But its charms are well suited to the fat summer days ahead. [Watch a video about the top acts at the SXSW Music Festival.](https://www.time.com/time/video/?bcpid=1485842900&bctid=17432611001) [See the 100 best albums of all time.](https://www.time.com/time/2006/100albums/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6688643/meow/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6688643/meow/"},"headline":"Meow","datePublished":"2009-06-15T04:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-27T16:59:16.573Z","description":"On its hyped new album, Grizzly Bear doesn't roar so much as purr","url":"https://time.com/archive/6688643/meow/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd12a60014f5339ea/698a478b09208f36e141b7e7/360_agrizzly_0615.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Josh Tyrangiel","url":"https://time.com/author/josh-tyrangiel/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd12a60014f5339ea/698a478b09208f36e141b7e7/360_agrizzly_0615.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"360_agrizzly_0615.jpg","caption":"Grizzly Bear's third album sets a relaxing mood—and sticks to it.","creditText":"Tom Hines","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/6688643/meow/","name":"Meow"}}]}] ```