Tak­ing things off line and get­ting back to real con­nec­tiv­i­ty is what Pan­da Bear and Son­ic Boom are cham­pi­oning right now. The duo have announced a new album A ? of WHEN, release date July 10th, on Domi­no. The album will be avail­able on vinyl, CD, cas­sette and down­load only and there are lis­ten­ing par­ties for the UK plus live dates across Europe.

This will be the sec­ond album for Pan­da Bear (Noah Lennox) and Son­ic Boom (Pete Kem­ber) since their beau­ti­ful­ly melod­ic and retro sound­ing 2022 debut, Reset. It is built on loops of harp and sequences of steel drum, webs of ped­al steel and even bits of a mari­achi band from Mex­i­co City.
 
Son­ic Boom and Pan­da Bear emerge through these 10 songs as two peo­ple with frank opin­ions about these times. The songs grap­ple with online exhaus­tion and per­va­sive depres­sion, with polit­i­cal chi­canery and eco­log­i­cal sus­tain­abil­i­ty, all while advo­cat­ing for respect­ing the pow­er of luck and giv­ing one anoth­er grace when very few of us know what the hell is hap­pen­ing.
 
The duo have this to say about their upcom­ing work: “We’re tak­ing things a lit­tle off piste.
More rock n’ roll than flick & scroll…
From here on in we’re get­ting back to a place of real con­nec­tiv­i­ty and as you might have noticed from our new “Graveyard”/“Lucky Charm” 7″ (only avail­able from record stores) there’s no stream­ing, no videos, and a min­imi­sa­tion of online every­thing.
Going for­ward we’re look­ing to radio, live shows, lis­ten­ing par­ties, Q&A ses­sions & real life inter­ac­tions to get back to a place we feel makes more sense. To that end, we’re ask­ing you to join us offline, out­side of social media. To meet us in the real world. IRL not URL…

LISTENING PARTIES
20th June – Cos­mos – Lis­bon
24th June – Lithi­um – Paris
25th June – Rough Trade East – Lon­don
26th June – Rough Trade – Berlin
27th June – Stu­dio Sparks – Por­to
 

PANDA BEAR & SONIC BOOM LIVE
3rd July – Open’er Fes­ti­val – Gdy­nia, PL
4th July – Roskilde Fes­ti­val – Roskilde, DN
12th July – Kikimu Fes­ti­val – Jäne­da, EE 

Pan­da Bear and Son­ic Boom
A ? of WHEN avail­able to pre-order on lim­it­ed edi­tion pink vinyl (indie stores), orange vinyl (Domi­no Mart), black vinyl, CD, baby pink/pisello green cas­sette, and dig­i­tal down­load. LP and CD for­mats fea­ture a first-press­ing exclu­sive 3D embossed sleeve. LP, CD and cas­sette for­mats each come with their own dis­tinct col­or­way. Dom­Mart | Band­camp| Dig­i­tal