Record #198: Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest (2009)

If the future is kind to Grizzly Bear, Veckatimest will be remembered alongside Pet Sounds and Abbey Road as one of the most perfect records of all time.

The songs are laden with hooks, but the compositions are dense enough that even after hundreds of listens, the changes are still fresh. From the commercial ready 60s pop of Two Weeks to the psychedelic freak out of Ready, Able to the chamber epic of I Live With You, every single song here is deserving of a place on one of the Greatest Albums ever. And despite being released four years ago, its status as an absolute classic has already been cemented.