Bearsuit

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Bearsuit

Country Norwich, England
Years active 2001 – present
Genres Indie pop
Members Iain Ross
Lisa Horton
Richard Squires
Jan Robertson
Matt Hutchings
Cerian Hutchings
Past members Matt Moss (2001 - 2004)
Website(s) http://www.bearsuit.co.uk/

Bearsuit are an indie band from Norwich, UK. They currently release records on the Fantastic Plastic and Fortuna Pop! labels in the UK and Micro Indie in the US. They have also released records under their own Bearslut label, and many of their 7 inch singles were released through the Sickroom Gramaphonic Collective (Sickroom GC). Like nearly every other band in this genre, they have frequently been compared to Scottish indie giants Belle And Sebastian[1] but have a style very much their own, mixing sweet indie-pop melodies, stop-start rhythms, quirky electronics, and lots of noise. A still better comparison would be to the Australian twee octet Architecture in Helsinki.

Since playing their first gig in 2001 the band have notched up four Radio 1 sessions on the John Peel show[2] and three Festive Fifty top five hits in four years. Hey Charlie, Hey Chuck reached number 4 in 2001, Itsuko Got Married reached number 5 in 2003 and they reached the number 2 slot the following year with Chargr[3].

The band released their debut album Cat Spectacular! in May 2004 in UK/Europe and in the US on March 28th, 2005. The independent record label Cherryade, home of the artists Steveless and The Bobby McGee's, was named after the Bearsuit track 'Cherryade', taken from this album. In Summer 2004 the six-piece took their tunes to Sweden's art-rock noise-pop festival Emmaboda; where they played alongside Kaito and Deerhoof, before playing dates in Amsterdam with Magoo. On October 31st, 2005 they released their second album Team Ping Pong, otherwise known as the 'lost album' since it was originally intended for release some years previously but was delayed due to the band's record label at the time imploding. The band's latest single was released on 10th April 2006 entitled Steven Fucking Spielberg, on Fantastic Plastic Records. The new album will be out on Fantastic Plastic in July 2007.

Band members Lisa Horton, Cerian Hutchings and Jan Robertson also play in keytar-only group Keytarded.

Contents

[edit] Band members

[edit] Current members

[edit] Past members

  • Matt Moss — bass (until 2004)

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

  • Cat Spectacular! (Fortuna POP!, 2004)
  • Team Ping Pong (Fantastic Plastic, 2005)

[edit] Singles

  • Hey Charlie Hey Chuck (Sickroom GC, 2001)
  • Drinkink (Sickroom GC, 2002)
  • Stop What You're Doing What You're Doing Is Wrong (Sickroom GC, 2002)
  • Itsuko Got Married (Bearsuit recordings, 2003)
  • The Bearsuit Jesus Will Spear You Through The Heart EP (Fortuna POP!, 2003)
  • Chargr! (Fortuna POP!, 2004)
  • Steven Fucking Spielberg (Fantastic Plastic, 2006)

[edit] Compilations

  • The Gazumper (Sickroom GC, 2001)
  • "Snowshoe" on Should you be singing Christmas songs? (Happy Capitalist, 2001)
  • "Come Around" on GoJonnyGoGoGoGo (2001)
  • "Drinkink" on Blip Anomaly (Sickroom GC, 2001)
  • "Poor Prince Neal" on GoJonnyGoGoGoGo2 (2002)
  • "Little Donkey" on A Christmas Gift from Fortuna POP! (Fortuna POP!, 2002)
  • "On Your Special Day" on I'm With Cupid (WIAIWYA records, 2004)
  • "Rodent Disco" on GoJonnyGoGoGoGo Favourites #1 (2005)
  • edited version of "Rodent Disco" on Que Viva le Pop! (Elefant Records/Fortuna POP!, 2006)

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Shaul, Aaron (May 2005). Cat Spectacular. Ink 19. Retrieved on 2007-03-21.
  2. ^ Keeping it Peel. BBC. Retrieved on 2007-03-21.
  3. ^ Festive 50s. BBC (2007). Retrieved on 2007-03-21.
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