Panda Bear & Sonic Boom Announce Album ‘A ? of WHEN’ Skipping Streaming Services

Panda Bear & Sonic Boom have announced the follow-up to their great 2022 album, Reset . It’s titled A ? of WHEN , and will be out July 10 via Domino. It’ll be available on vinyl, CD, cassette, and as a digital download, but NOT on streaming services. Preorder it on limited edition pink biovinyl in the BV shop .

They say:

> Change. Exciting & frightening at the same time. The slow slips & the big shifts. Highs & lows from the distraction of connectivity. AI slop becomes an AI slope. Algorithm tables & algorithms tumble. We’re taking things a little off piste. More rock n’ roll than flick & scroll… From here on in we’re getting back to a place of real connectivity and as you might have noticed from our new “Graveyard”/“Lucky Charm” 7″ (only available from record stores) there’s no streaming, no videos, and a minimisation of online everything. Going forward we’re looking to radio, live shows, listening parties, Q&A sessions & real life interactions to get back to a place we feel makes more sense. To that end, we’re asking you to join us offline, outside of social media. To meet us in the real world. IRL not URL…

You can download the terrific first single and title track to A ? of WHEN now.

The album artwork for A ? of WHEN was designed by Julian House, who has made cover art for Broadcast, Stereolab, Pulp and more. Check that out along with the album tracklist below.

Panda Bear & Sonic Book are hosting listening parties for the album in June in a few UK / EU cities, and they’ve also got a few festival dates in July. Those are all listed below.

A ? of WHEN

1. Never givin’ in

2. Lucky Charm

3. Revive him

4. Something like dreaming

5. A ? of WHEN

6. Pray to you

7. Be the bridge

8. Like a moth to the flame

9. Somethin’ that lasts

10. Graveyard

LISTENING PARTIES

6/20: Cosmos – Lisbon, PT

6/24: Lithium – Paris, FR

6/25: Rough Trade East – London, UK

6/26: Rough Trade – Berlin, DE

6/27: Studio Sparks – Porto, PT

PANDA BEAR & SONIC BOOM LIVE

7/3: Open’er Festival – Gdynia, PL

7/4: Roskilde Festival – Roskilde, DN

7/12: Kikimu Festival – Jäneda, EE

_Originally reported by [Brooklyn Vegan](https://www.brooklynvegan.com/panda-bear-sonic-boom-announce-new-album-a-of-when-which-wont-be-released-to-streaming-services/)._