MP3: Grizzly Bear: "Granny Diner"

When most of us have roommate troubles, we either confront our roommates or we bottle up those problems deep inside so that they may one day explode in a fit of rage that alienates everyone we care about. Grizzly Bear, on the other hand, take to the studio.

In this bonus track from the Japanese version of Yellow House, the band maintains the full-length's focus on space. Church organs, creaking chairs, cooing background vocals, xylophones, woodwind sounds, and radio static hiss in and out of focus for the first 80% of the track, but then we get the only lyrics: "Why don't you do any dishes?/ Why?/ I always clean up the kitchen/ fine." What you don't hear at the end is the tapping of fingers on a keyboard as someone visits Craigslist.

Grizzly Bear's big tour begins February 1 in Philadelphia.

Dates:

02-01 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's *
02-02 Boston, MA - Museum of Fine Arts *
02-03 Northampton, MA - Iron Horse *
02-04 Montreal, Quebec - Main Hall *
02-05 Ottawa, Ontario - Barrymore's Music Hall *
02-06 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace *
02-08 Ann Arbor, MI - Blind Pig *#
02-09 Chicago, IL - Subterranean *
02-10 Minneapolis, MN - 7th St. Entry *
02-11 Iowa City, IA - The Picador *
02-13 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
02-14 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
02-16 Seattle, WA - Neumos ^
02-17 Vancouver, British Columbia - Plaza Club ^
02-18 Portland, OR - Mission Theatre ^
02-20 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall ^
02-21 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour ^
02-23 Tucson, AZ - Plush ^
02-24 Marfa, TX - Ballroom Marfa ^
02-26 Norman, OK - Opolis ^
02-27 Dallas, TX - Club Dada ^
02-28 Austin, TX - Emo's Jr. ^
03-01 Baton Rouge, LA - Chelsea's ^
03-02 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn ^
03-03 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 ^
03-04 Washington, DC - Black Cat ^
03-06 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom ^

* with Dirty Projectors
# with Akron Family
^ with Papercuts