The sixth album from Animal Collective founding member Noah Lennox (aka Panda Bear) Buoys, was co-produced and co-mixed by collaborator Rusty Santos in Lennox’s adopted home of Lisbon, Portugal. The album features Lennox’s bright, sincere voice along with his beatific approach to melodic structure and vocal phrasing, with miles of space surrounding it, a guitar and a few textured samples fleshing out the dubby sparseness and undercurrent of speaker-limit-pushing sub-bass low-end. Animated by their ongoing interest in contemporary music production techniques, it retains a deep layer of experimentation coursing through its hyper-modern production – a hallmark of Panda Bear releases that will feel intimately familiar to fans of Lennox’s decade-plus body of work.

BRONZE AVERY is the soundtrack to a daydream. His music sounds like sitting in the backseat of a car going 1000mph. It's kissing your crush at a party. It's the pressure of a dance floor. It's the smell of a fresh gin and tonic. It's letting go and letting things be light. It's the performance of ordering fajitas. It's the final zip of a skin-tight outfit. It's the fiery jet of a hot tub. It's dancing because, why not.

Over the years, BRONZE AVERY has skillfully nurtured a vibrant community of pop music enthusiasts who've been captivated by his emotive dance songwriting, magnetic stage presence, and unwavering commitment to authenticity. He not only writes, records, and produces his own music but also takes the helm in directing his own visuals. With this complete creative control, his vision remains steadfast.

Appearing on the cover of Billboard after winning Billboard NXT under the mentorship of Charli XCX , a competition for finding superstar potential in unsigned artists, Bronze went on to receive critical acclaim from Rolling Stone, PAPER, Buzzfeed, and MTV, for weaving emotional pop and dance music into a singular sound.

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