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Bearsuit
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Norwich, United Kingdom (2001 – present)
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 and Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records in the US. They have also released records under their own Bearslut label, and many of their early 7 inch singles were released through the Sickroom Gramaphonic Collective (Sickroom GC).
Like many other band in this genre, they have frequently been compared to Scottish indie giants Belle and Sebastian 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 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.
The band released their debut album Cat Spectacular! in May 2004 in UK/Europe and in the US on March 28th, 2005. 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.
Like many other band in this genre, they have frequently been compared to Scottish indie giants Belle and Sebastian 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 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.The band released their debut album Cat Spectacular! in May 2004 in UK/Europe and in the US on March 28th, 2005. 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.
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kddude wrote:
so GOD DAMNED :3
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fakediy wrote:
Still probably my favourite band in the world.
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mcmystery wrote:
My band, Mustache Required opened for Bearsuit last year at one of their US dates. http://www.myspace.com/mustacherequired they were incredible live, and were also incredibly nice people. Neither of us had heard of eachother's bands before, but we both wear golden capes and use the same model keytars.
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Jan_mag_Musik wrote:
The first time I heard Los Campesinos back then, the bearsuit CD I bought on the streets in London was the first thing that came to my mind.
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A2468P wrote:
gay! haha :))
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Blondertongue wrote:
Hey Charlie Hey Chuck is incredible to me, atm.
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Giai wrote:
I fucking love Steven Fucking Spielberg.
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yyydanyyy wrote:
how about you guys play a small sh**hole of a town called West Bromwich where there isliterally no music scene, norno venues but you could play on the roof of poundland or something. have you ever been shot down? mostly in flames.
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neonbedlite wrote:
Heard Itsuko Got Married for the first time the other day, amazing
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eeevol wrote:
those los campesino kids seriously owe you some f***ing royalties, the second rate rip-off merchants that they are!
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caro_g wrote:
loooooooove
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indieismyname wrote:
i love you guys and I have a really neat pin you sent my old radio station as a promo, excellent music, RODENT DISCO!!!!!
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Janeinma wrote:
coming to teh US in October- YEAH!
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guntrip wrote:
Bearsuit are now confirmed to play This Ain't No Picnic 2008 in London! Weekend tickets are available now for £25, check the page for more details! x
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coco_beware wrote:
i love bearsuit so much i made myself a bearsuit (stripey)
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Mannequentin wrote:
Love this.
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spacemanE wrote:
I really like Team Ping Pong. It's also the only one I have, but the new one is on order.
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pencilhands wrote:
i love this!
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-Snufkin- wrote:
this is love in it's purest form
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Chilou wrote:
sounds pretty good !
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John Peel box set and new album
2 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/bearsuit
We're excited and very proud to be included on the official John Peel compiliation "Kat's Karavan - The History of John Peel on the Radio" - a four CD box set charting the show throughout the decades. …
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