Grizzly Bear Details The Confessionals Of 'Painted Ruins' Track By Track

Grizzly Bear's new album, Painted Ruins, isn't overtly political — it isn't built on any easily identifiable observations of a troubled world. Still, at times it seems to speak directly to events that have unfolded in recent weeks, from the saddening violence in Charlottesville, Va. to political tensions with Russia and North Korea, thriving as it does on examinations of paranoia and fear of the unknown, of loneliness and isolation.

But the album is, at its core, a personal one, with singer Ed Droste, guitarist/keyboardist Daniel Rossen and bassist/producer Chris Taylor all penning confessionals of their own emotional chaos, faults and missteps in relationships, and ultimately their perseverance in life.

For the release of the , Droste, Rossen and Taylor shared some of the stories behind their first new album in five years,how the songs came together and what they mean for them.