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Bear In Heaven

plus special guests

0	LONDON: Cargo
P	Saturday 21st August, 2010
N	8:00pm

Event information

Bear In Heaven take influence from Barrett-era Pink Floyd, mix it with shoe-gaze effects racks, reverbs and washed out colours to produce spacious three- to four- minute pop anthems with towering choruses. Their greatest trick is creating music that evokes the sort of physicality and scope that could soundtrack a Hollywood film, but also works equally well at stirring up intimate bodily passion. Even when delving into darker and more personal subject matter, Jon Philpot still manages to imbue the songs with an atmosphere of seduction and intrigue, all lush synth beds and warm electronics.

Praise from the press:

‘Woozy, Modest Mouse-like guitars wheeze over a propulsive, sputtering beat before a high-speed keyboard throb takes over and shoots it into outer space’ –Treblezine

‘They’ve Yeasayer’s playfulness, MGMT’s way with a deceptively catchy melody, and The Ruby Suns’ penchant for layering on an infectiously happy haziness that keeps the listener coming back.’ – BBC Music