Weeks before Veckatimest (Grizzly Bear's third LP) was properly released, besotted critics and fans were already declaring allegiance: arguably the band's most affable and ecstatic effort to date, Veckatimest (named after an uninhabited island off the New England coast) is an odd and thrilling collection of tracks. Pitchfork spoke with guitarist/vocalist Ed Droste (a Massachusetts native) a few hours before the band's Boston show.

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