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Grizzly Bear
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A guy with a guitar that's as battered and bruised as his heart — that's how Grizzly Bear began, with frontman Ed Droste capturing his foggy freak-folk tunes on a handheld cassette player. Things are a tad more hi-fi these days, but no less haunting. Take the alternate [i]Horn Of Plenty[/i] tracks on [i]Friend[/i], an EP that expands Droste's spare soundscapes with the help of famous friends ("Alligator," as backed by members of Beirut and Dirty Projectors) and Grizzly Bear's full band (the chilling chamber pop of "Shift"). And just to show us that [i]all[/i] Grizzly Bear songs are ripe for reinterpretation, Michael McDonald puts a blue-eyed-soul spin on "While You Wait for the Others" and Dntel (a.k.a. the producer behind Postal Service) drapes "Merge" in snow-blind beats and queasy synth lines.