And when Ed Droste tells a lover who's on the way out "Don't you be so easy" on "Three Rings," it might as well be the album's manifesto. Grizzly Bear channels the chaos and turbulence of the 2010s more subtly than some of their contemporaries, imbuing it with political and personal depth on songs like "Four Cypresses," which creates a tension between its fluid strings and martial beats that's all the more intriguing because it isn't obvious. Elsewhere, the band expands on Veckatimest's poignant pop with "Losing All Sense," which is cut from the same cloth as "Two Weeks," and "Mourning Sound," where the upfront rhythm section gives a deceptive bounce to lyrics like "This isn't a place where I can even try." Throughout Painted Ruins, the beautiful arrangements reflect - and invite - contemplation as they carry the songs' ambiguous themes and lyrics, which balance cryptic introspection with flashes of clarity. "Aquarian" and "Cut-out" borrow some of Shields' insularity as they ponder life's unanswerable questions, while the gorgeous harmonies and harpsichord on "Neighbors" hark back to Yellow House. Even its structure suggests an old-school album, beginning with the somber prologue "Wasted Acres," which offers a welcome return to the band's postmodern chamber pop even as it mentions a Honda TRX 250 all-terrain-vehicle, and closes with the sweeping, brass-driven melancholy of "Sky Took Hold." In between, the band revisits their music from new perspectives, making slight tweaks but remaining unmistakably Grizzly Bear. So if the band's meditative fifth album feels a little out of time, it's in a good way Painted Ruins sounds timeless rather than tied to any particular moment. So did the way many listeners consume music, thanks to the advent of streaming music services and other advances. Since then, forest management practices, re-introduction of martens in certain areas, and fur harvest management have improved the population health of the American Marten.During the five years between Shields and Painted Ruins, the lives of Grizzly Bear's members changed, thanks to marriage, children, and divorce.
However, the marten is also an aggressive predator, and can kill the much larger snowshoe hares and marmots.
As an opportunistic feeder, they will eat birds, fruit, nuts, insects, and carrion. Its diet consists primarily of small mammals, including squirrels and rodents. With its high metabolism, the American Marten is often hunting. The head is grey, legs and tail are very dark brown or black, the chest has a cream-colored patch, and the back is light brown.īefitting its arboreal tendency, the American Marten has sharp, curved and semi-retractable claws. The eyes are large and black, and the ears are large and rounded like a cat. The head is broad, tapering to a sharp nose. Females are slightly smaller and lighter, with head-body lengths between 320-400 mm and tails measuring 135-200 mm. The male measures 360-450 mm and the tail adds another 150-230 mm. What do they look like?Īmerican Martens are long and slender animals, typical of the Mustelidae. Generally, the female marten occupies a territory of about 2.6 km 2. A male will not allow another male into his territory, but tolerates multiple female territories in or intersecting his range. He will cover this area in 8-10 days, hunting as he goes. A male defends a territory of 2.6-7.8 km 2. The American Marten ( Martes americana) is found throughout Canada in mature boreal forests of conifers or mixed forests of conifers and hardwoods. The Pine Marten, also referred to as the American Marten, is quite the boreal forest animal.
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