Panda Bear & Sonic Boom Announce Debut U.S. Tour Dates for July 2023
20th March 2023
Panda Bear (Noah Lennox) and Sonic Boom (Pete Kember) have announced their debut US live shows for July of this year, with dates in Boston, Washington, DC, and New York City, as well as an appearance at Pitchfork Festival in Chicago. They will be joined in Boston, DC, and NYC by openers Braxe + Falcon; tickets will be available this Friday here. All live dates, including a previously announced European tour and an appearance at Winnipeg Folk Festival, are below. Panda Bear and Sonic Boom released their instant classic record Reset in 2022, and it was named one of the best albums of the year by Vogue, Pitchfork, Stereogum, Flood, KCRW, Gorilla Vs. Bear, Under the Radar, Brooklyn Vegan, and more.
Alongside today’s tour announce, the duo unveil the new music video for “In My Body,” directed by Marcus O'Kane:
PANDA BEAR & SONIC BOOM RESET LIVE
Apr 19 - Manchester, UK @ Band on the Wall
Apr 20 - Glasgow, UK @ Room 2
Apr 21 - Belfast, North Ireland @ God's Waiting Room, Banana Block
Apr 22 - Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
Apr 23 - Coventry, UK @ The Reel Store
Apr 25 - Bristol, UK @ The Fleece
Apr 26 - Brighton, UK @ Komedia
Apr 27 - London, UK @ Studio 9294
Apr 29 - Braga, Portugal @ Gnration
Jun 10 - Helsinki, Finland @ Sideways Festival
June 30 - Barcelona, Spain @ Vida Festival
July 1 - Paris, FR @ Days Off Festival
July 6-9 – Winnipeg, CA @ Winnipeg Folk Fest
July 18 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club *
July 19 – Washington, DC @ 930 Club *
July 21 – Queens, NY @ Knockdown Center *
July 22 – Chicago, IL @ Pitchfork Festival
July 28 – Brno, Czech Republic @ Pop Messe
Aug 6 - Katowice, Poland @ OFF Festival
Aug 13 – Castelbuono, Sicily, Italy @ Ypsigrock Festival
Aug 26 - Torremolinos, Spain @ Canela Party
* w/ Braxe + Falcon
Panda Bear & Sonic Boom Reset
Album | 12th August 2022
Although Panda Bear and Sonic Boom are no strangers to each other’s music, Reset marks their first collaborative release. When SB pitched an idea to take their working relationship to the next level, he reckoned PB might reject the proposition outright—in the nine gloriously, feverishly hook-bound tracks of Reset, though, you can hear exactly how much he loved the prospect.
SB’s notion was simple enough: After lugging his records to Portugal years ago, his fascination was renewed by old favorites and standards he had not heard in years. Something struck him, the way the ornate intros by Eddie Cochran or the Everly Brothers felt largely like stage curtains, compelling in their own right even if they had very little to do with the hits that followed. SB began crafting loops from these preambles, twisting and bending the parts like scrap metal before sending them onto PB.
The kernel of Reset emerged not long after international lockdowns began. If making it supplied temporary medicine for the duo, it is now permanently so for the rest of us, a reminder that sometimes playing and singing along to old favorites with friends can be enough to make the world feel a bit better.
Although Panda Bear and Sonic Boom are no strangers to each other’s music, Reset marks their first collaborative release. When SB pitched an idea to take their working relationship to the next level, he reckoned PB might reject the proposition outright—in the nine gloriously, feverishly hook-bound tracks of Reset, though, you can hear exactly how much he loved the prospect.
SB’s notion was simple enough: After lugging his records to Portugal years ago, his fascination was renewed by old favorites and standards he had not heard in years. Something struck him, the way the ornate intros by Eddie Cochran or the Everly Brothers felt largely like stage curtains, compelling in their own right even if they had very little to do with the hits that followed. SB began crafting loops from these preambles, twisting and bending the parts like scrap metal before sending them onto PB.
The kernel of Reset emerged not long after international lockdowns began. If making it supplied temporary medicine for the duo, it is now permanently so for the rest of us, a reminder that sometimes playing and singing along to old favorites with friends can be enough to make the world feel a bit better.