We have yet to hear a studio version of “Slow Life”, Grizzly Bear’s duet with Beach House singer Victoria Legrand that will appear on, of all things, the Twilight: New Moon Soundtrack. But fortuitously enough, Grizzly Bear and Beach House are on tour together right now, and they’ve worked the song into their set list. Last night, both bands played at the Blue Note in Columbia, Missouri, and reader Jeneen Garchow sent along footage of Grizzly Bear and Legrand playing the entire song.
From the sounds of things, “Slow Life” is exactly what you’d want from a Grizzly Bear/Beach House combo: a luminous, ethereal slow jam with Legrand and Ed Droste’s voices delicately pushing up against each other. Also of note: That crowd sounds amped.