would you know my naaaaaaameif i saw you in heavenwill it be the sameif i saw you in heaveni must be strong, and carry oncause i know you don't belong,bear in heaven
― being being kiss-ass fake nice (gbx), Monday, 7 December 2009 19:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
I keep thinking this is going to be a hilarious 1p3 thread when I see it in new answers. But I'm okay with pleasant indie things, too.
― retrovaporized nebulizer (╓abies), Monday, 7 December 2009 20:30 (3 years ago) Permalink
"Deafening Love" is pure evil. I loves it.
― Dave Depper (Davey D), Monday, 7 December 2009 20:59 (3 years ago) Permalink
Loving this.
― Bay-L.A. Bar Talk (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 22 December 2009 07:15 (3 years ago) Permalink
i am no official bih street team, so take everything i say on this thread with a pinch of salt, but:
1. Beast In Peace (The Hundred In The Hands Beast In Beat Remix) 2. Lovesick Teenagers (Twin Shadow Remix) 3. Ultimate Satisfaction (The Field Remix) 4. Wholehearted Mess (Pink Skull Remix) 5. Fake Out (BRAHMS Remix) 6. Drug A Wheel (High Places Remix) 7. Deafening Love (Deru Remix) 8. Dust Cloud (Justin K. Broadrick Remix) 9. You Do You (Studio Remix) 10. Casual Goodbye (Epstein’s Galloping Gertie Remix)
23 august.
― caek, Friday, 18 June 2010 00:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
i am now official street team
― caek, Friday, 18 June 2010 00:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
South Street Seaport show was incredibly good. Heard some songs I didn't recognize that seem promising for whenever the next album comes out.
― surfer blood for oil (Hurting 2), Saturday, 10 July 2010 02:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
Also I just wanted to point out:
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I just played a show with this Brooklyn band called Bear in Heaven and holy shit they were awesome. Their opener was like this weird mix of dance punk, prog and "Won't Get Fooled Again" by the Who (I don't know a better way to describe that keyboard effect where you hold down the chords and it plays a consistent rhythm). Incredible drummer too.
They do have a myspace page but it REALLY REALLY doesn't do them justice -- in fact I think this might be from the guy's older project because it doesn't really sound much like what I heard last night.
http://www.myspace.com/bearinheaven
― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Sunday, January 22, 2006 10:51 AM Bookmark
― surfer blood for oil (Hurting 2), Saturday, 10 July 2010 02:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
wholehearted mass -> you do you -> lovesick teenagers is a great run.
― caek, Monday, December 7, 2009 1:56 PM (7 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
otm
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 10 July 2010 15:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
the remix album is pretty great. there's a 10 minute lindstrøm remix of lovesick teenagers kicking around too that i hope will see the light of day.
― caek, Saturday, 10 July 2010 15:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
I don't know a better way to describe that keyboard effect where you hold down the chords and it plays a consistent rhythm
― stuff that's what it is (bernard snowy), Saturday, 10 July 2010 15:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
They also closed with a Lindstrom cover.
― surfer blood for oil (Hurting 2), Saturday, 10 July 2010 17:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
the remix album is pretty great. there's a 10 minute lindstrøm remix of lovesick teenagers kicking around too that i hope will see the light of day.― caek, Saturday, 10 July 2010 15:37 (5 hours ago) Bookmark
― caek, Saturday, 10 July 2010 15:37 (5 hours ago) Bookmark
tried looking for this lindstrom remix and had no luck. Link?
Really looking forward to the remix LP and Studio's remix especially.
― du mein bestie (micarl), Saturday, 10 July 2010 21:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
i love "lovesick teenagers" pretty intensely. i don't particularly need to hear a remix i just want the song to be 3x as long as it is!
― jed_, Saturday, 10 July 2010 21:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
the lindstrom thing is unreleased. not sure what's happening with it, so i can't link : / i hope this changes!
the arpeggiated synth stuff which was probably the best thing about the original is gone from the studio remix, but there is a lot of studio-style acoustic + electric guitar. works for me.
you should all check out this album! /street team.
― caek, Saturday, 10 July 2010 21:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
Does Philpot sing through some kind of modulator? His singing voice sounds so high and nasally live compared to his speaking voice.
― surfer blood for oil (Hurting 2), Monday, 12 July 2010 03:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
Been going back to Red Bloom of the Boom recently and enjoying it more. It's sort of more home-recorded sounded and less cohesive than BFRM, but good.
― surfer blood for oil (Hurting 2), Monday, 12 July 2010 03:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
not the kind of thing i'm generally into, but i'm enjoying this a lot. like a lot a lot. "lovesick teenagers" of course, but most of the rest too. dunno why, but it's hitting me just right, especially side 2's slide into relative darkness. this despite my lack of interest in the strain of wispy indie psych/pop i keep wanting to slot it with (anco, grizzly bear, tvotr).
moments reminding me vaguely of three mile pilot, peter gabriel, geggy tah, pinback, mgmt, but none of those comparisons really hit the mark.
― a CRASBO is a "criminally related" ASBO (contenderizer), Sunday, 22 August 2010 22:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
it took me a while to figure it out but these guys are way more consciously retro-sounding than any of the present-day comparables would indicate.
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 22 August 2010 22:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
remix album came out in the uk earlier this week, on itunes et al. or lol cd from us http://www.dreamboatrecords.co.uk/catalogue/beastremixed/
apparently the lindstrøm remix will show up eventually but it is not on this album : ( it is fantastic.
/street team
― caek, Thursday, 26 August 2010 09:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
U.S. in mid-september btw
― caek, Thursday, 26 August 2010 09:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
― call all destroyer, Sunday, August 22, 2010 3:58 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark
this makes intuitive sense to me, but i'm having a hard time nailing the specific reference points. "beast in peace" recalls yes circa "roundabout", but only in moments. same way "you do you" suggests moody 80s pop in the verses. and i keep hearing traces of arty 90s alt rock throughout, especially three mile pilot.
― a dystopian society awaits if we continue on this path. (contenderizer), Thursday, 26 August 2010 16:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
more 60s/early 70s than 80s. i may be the only one but i don't think a souped-up silver apples is an insane reference point.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 26 August 2010 16:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
i only know the silver apples 1st album, and can't see the connection
― a dystopian society awaits if we continue on this path. (contenderizer), Thursday, 26 August 2010 17:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
I also feel like there are echoes of Philip Glass, David Tudor, and other 60s/70s synth and/or minimalist music.
― Ground Zero Mostel (Hurting 2), Thursday, 26 August 2010 18:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
i can see as how there might be echoes of minimalist musics (i dunno, i don't hear any philip glass), but not so much that i'm inclined to think of bear in heaven as distinctly retro in that regard. i mean, CAD's point feels intuitively correct to me, there's an echo here that's more pronounced than the beach boys vibe anco/panda sometimes give off, but i can't quite pin it down. yes still strike me as the closest reference point - both 70s & 80s incarnations of the band, both "roundabout" and "owner of a lonely heart".
― a dystopian society awaits if we continue on this path. (contenderizer), Thursday, 26 August 2010 22:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
so the lindstrøm remix will show up on a 12" along with a bear in heaven cover of a song off the lindstrøm and christabelle album.
― a cankle of rads (Gukbe), Monday, 13 September 2010 06:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
excellent!
― du mein bestie (micarl), Monday, 13 September 2010 08:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
hoping this happens soonish
― du mein bestie (micarl), Monday, 17 January 2011 00:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
So new one forthcominghttp://bearinheaven.com/?page_id=6
They're doing this thing where they're playing a single runthrough of the album "stretched" over like three months, which I think is a little corny, but w/e love these guys anyway and looking forward to the record
― Oh shit, that's my bone! (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 20:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://pitchfork.com/news/45074-listen-to-the-new-bear-in-heaven-track-the-reflection-of-you/
like it
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
seeing these guys on sat - p excited
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 14:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
that song u posted above is good--maybe i'll try to see them in bos in may
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 15:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
i can't stand the upside-down beat on that song. don't know what they were thinking, except for trying to be clever.
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 15:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
paging johnny crunch--how were these guys when u saw them?
this album jams, i'm trying to decide if i should see em or not.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 19 April 2012 16:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
present!
were ok, i had the flu or something tho & the venue was lame so im p sure that affected my judgment
it's prob worthwhile 2 see them. they seemed like nice dudes & yeah, new album is p interesting, im not 100% sold on it
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 19 April 2012 16:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
thanking u! i will try to make the effort and drag my ass across town on a weeknight #old
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 19 April 2012 16:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
these guys were fun live. singer guy has an interesting case of frontman syndrome but on further review i'll allow it. he's also secretly old which makes his weird voice even weirder.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 4 May 2012 14:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah that guy has actually been kicking around brooklyn making music for something like 15+ years IIRC
― Scott, bass player for Tenth Avenue North (Hurting 2), Friday, 4 May 2012 14:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
https://twitter.com/BearInHeaven/status/213721456855621632
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 15 June 2012 20:26 (11 months ago) Permalink