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Looks like Grizzly Bear have really seized their Friend opportunity. As the tracklist indicates, the quartet has turned its forthcoming, previously reported ten-track EP for Warp into a nice little variety pack compendium of all things Grizzly.

You've got Grizzly Bear covering other people's songs, represented here by their take on the Crystals' "He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)" (a Grizzly live staple). You've got other people-- including Band of Horses, Grizzly party pals CSS, and Atlas Sound (aka Deerhunter's Bradford Cox)-- covering Grizzly Bear tunes. And you've got an assortment of one-offs and alternate versions, including a "Choir Version" of Horn of Plenty cut "Alligator" featuring Beirut boy wonder Zach Condon and Dirty Projectors.

Friend drops November 6. Peruse the star-studded tracklist, as well as the latest round of Grizzly Bear tour dates, just after this web speed bump here.

Friend:

01 Alligator (Choir Version) [ft. Zach Condon and Dirty Projectors]
02 He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)
03 Little Brother (Electric)
04 Shift (Alternate Version)
05 Plans (Terrible vs. Nonhorse: Sounds Edit)
06 Granny Diner
07 CSS: "Knife"
08 Band of Horses: "Plans"
09 Atlas Sound: "Knife"
10 Deep Blue Sea (Daniel Rossen Home Recording)

Bear hug:

09-06 Seattle, WA - Neumos #
09-07 Portland, OR - Audio Cinema (Musicfest NW) #
09-07 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge (Musicfest NW) ^
09-14 Austin, TX - Club de Ville %
09-15 San Francisco, CA - Mezzanine %
09-18 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street *
09-19 Buffalo, NY - Tralf Music Hall *
09-20 Toronto, Ontario - The Mod Club *
09-21 London, Ontario - Lola Festival
09-22 Ottawa, Ontario - Christ Church Cathedral *
09-23 Burlington, VT - Higher Ground *
10-05 Montreal, Quebec - Pop Montreal %
10-06 Clinton, NY - Hamilton College Annex $
10-08 Grand Rapids, MI - Ladies Literary Club *
10-09 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theater *
10-10 Chicago, IL - Park West *
10-11 Columbus, OH - Wexner Center at Ohio State *
10-12 Pittsburgh, PA - Andy Warhol Museum *
10-13 Baltimore, MD - 2640 Space at St. John's Church *
10-14 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church Sanctuary *
10-18 Reykjavik, Iceland - Iceland Airwaves

# with Deerhunter
^ with Eric Bachmann, Au, Tiny Vipers
% with Art Brut
* with Beach House
$ with Man Man