"Bros" is the second single from
Panda Bear
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's 2007 album ''
Person Pitch''. It was named the third best song of 2007 by ''
Pitchfork Media
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Composition
AllMusic
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called the song the "album centerpiece" of '' Person Pitch'', describing it as "a 12-minute collage of chiming guitar arpeggios
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, stony vocal harmonies
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, hooting owls, and phasing loops that fade in and out of each other." ''Pitchfork Media
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'' wrote that "from sighing multi-tracked vocals to jewel-box loops to caramelized guitar riffs, each layer adds hypnotic depth to a song whose gorgeousness seems dangerously excessive from the start."[
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Accolades
Track listing
# "Bros"
# "Bros (Terrestrial Tones Mix)"
References
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2006 songs
Panda Bear (musician) songs