Panda Bear has announced a new solo album and mapped out a 2025 tour with Toro y Moi. Sinister Grift will arrive on February 28, 2025, via Domino, and the Cindy Lee-featuring single "Defense" is out now.
Panda Bear recorded Sinister Grift at his home studio in Lisbon, with his Animal Collective bandmate Josh "Deakin" Dibb serving as co-producer. All of the members of Animal Collective contributed to the album — a first in Panda Bear's solo career — along with Cindy Lee and Spirit of the Beehive's Rivka Ravede.
Sinister Grift is Panda's first solo album since 2019's Buoys, not counting his collaboration with Sonic Boom on 2022's Reset. "Working on this record felt like a sacred and warm return," Deakin said in a statement. "Noah and I first started putting music down to multitrack cassette in 1991. 32 years later and working in the same fashion, two friends alone in a room searching for sounds and feelings that move us, I am very proud of what we created together. Sinister Grift feels like the songwriter I've known for over 30 years but also feels like some sort of new chapter for Noah. Couldn't be more proud of the result."
Hear "Defense" below. Also below, see Sinister Grift's tracklist, plus Panda's upcoming tour schedule. He'll be making US and European stops along with three shows in Canada with Toro y Moi: Toronto on February 10, Montreal the day after that, and Vancouver on May 23. Tickets go on sale Friday (October 18), following presales starting tomorrow (October 16) at 10 a.m. local.
Sinister Grift:
1. Praise
2. Anywhere but Here
3. 50mg
4. Ends Meet
5. Just As Well
6. Ferry Lady
7. Venom's In
8. Left in the Cold
9. Elegy for Noah Lou
10. Defense
Panda Bear 2024–2025 Tour Dates:
12/04 Coimbra, Portugal - Salão Brazil
12/05 Vigo, Spain - Radar
12/06 Valladolid, Spain - El Desierto
12/07 Porto, Portugal - Plano B
12/08 Lisboa, Portugal - ZDB
12/10 London, UK - Lexington
12/11 Berlin, Germany - Lark
12/13 Paris, France - Le Hasard Ludique
02/06 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *
02/07 Chicago, IL - The Salt Shed *
02/08 Detroit, MI - Royal Oak Music Hall *
02/10 Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall *
02/11 Montreal, QC - MTELUS *
02/12 Boston, MA - Roadrunner *
02/14 New York City, NY - Terminal 5 *
02/15 Philadelphia, PA - Franklin Music Hall *
02/16 Washington, D.C. - 9:30 Club *
02/19 Raleigh, NC - The Ritz *
02/20 Nashville, TN - Marathon Music Works *
02/21 Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle *
03/20 Lisboa, Portugal - Capitólio
03/21 Braga, Portugal - Theatro Circo
03/22 Oviedo, Spain - Almacenes
03/23 Bilbao, Spain - Kafe Antzokia
03/25 Barcelona, Spain - Paral·lel 62
03/26 Valencia, Spain - 16 Toneladas
03/27 Madrid, Spain - La Sala
03/28 Faro, Portugal - Teatro das Figuras
05/08 Phoenix, AZ - The Van Buren *
05/12 Austin, TX - Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater *
05/13 Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall *
05/14 Dallas, TX - House of Blues *
05/16 Denver, CO - The Fillmore *
05/19 San Francisco, CA - The Chapel
05/21 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
05/22 Seattle, WA - The Showbox
05/23 Vancouver, BC - Hollywood Theatre
* with Toro y Moi