(Alternative, Indie, Rock) Bear Hands - Distraction - 2014 (Web), AAC (Tracks), 256 kbps

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Bear Hands / Distraction
Жанр: Alternative, Indie, Rock
Страна: USA (Brooklyn NY)
Дата релиза: Feb 18, 2014
Издатель (лейбл): Cantora Records
Аудио кодек: AAC
Тип рипа: tracks
Битрейт аудио: 256 kbps
Продолжительность: 00:35:46
Источник: iTunes
Вшитые тексты: не добавлены
Наличие сканов в содержимом раздачи: нет
Треклист:
1. Moment of Silence 3:19
2. Giants 3:08.
3. Agora 2:40
4. Bone Digger 3:31
5. Vile Iowa 2:55
6. Bad Friend 2:51
7. The Bug 3:2
8. Peacekeeper 2:54
9. Sleeping on the Floor 2:3
10. Party Hats 4:59
11.Thought Wrong 3:24
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Об исполнителе (группе)
http://bearhandsband.com/
Wesleyan graduate Dylan Rau started indie electro quartet Bear Hands during an especially tumultuous time in his love life. Interpersonal drama and changing romantic tides served as his inspiration for writing dozens of new songs, and needing an outlet to unleash this creative fury, Rau called on his school friend Ted Feldman and fellow Brooklyn musicians Val Loper and T.J. Orscher to bring the band to life. Their first release came in the form of 2007's Golden EP, which quickly gained them attention both local and national. Lots of touring ensued, including opening spots for like-minded larger acts like Vampire Weekend, Passion Pit, MGMT, and Mayer Hawthorne. More small-scale releases followed, as did international touring that included Brazilian dates with Chairlift. In 2010, their debut full-length Burning Bush Supper Club was released, followed by more singles and the 2012 EP Songs from Utopia, Vol. 1.

Об альбоме (сборнике)
Seems like the two largest trends in alt-rock these days are guitar-based cleverness (cf. the Kenneth Cole penny-loafer pop of Vampire Weekend) and the nü-rave sincerity gushing from the psyche of synth-laden units (cf. Passion Pit, Foster The People). Fortunately, Distraction, the second album from Brooklyn, New York’s Bear Hands is the perfect antidote for listeners weary of these kinds of outfits encroaching into the world daily. Ironically, by combining aspects of those two camps and dosing the results with far more character, frontman/guitarist/keyboardist Dylan Rau, guitarist Ted Feldman, bassist Val Loper and drummer TJ Orscher forged their own aesthetic path instead of blatantly appealing to any specific subculture. Which explains why Distraction is teeming with pop sensibility, textural smarts, rhythmic drive and mise en scené narratives.
The opener, “Moments Of Silence,” starts with layers of prog-rock synth and Mellotron as Rau delivers a persona that’s Machiavelli, Nietezche and a NYC street prophet rolled into one, just as the synthesizers take on a pulsing ’80s-rock melodic urgency. It segues nicely into the semi-frantic “Giants,” a surreal love song (references to “shooting jayhawks” and a shout out to the late Ol’ Dirty Bastard) powered by Rau’s staccato sing-speak and Feldman’s chiming guitars, which show Johnny Marr how we do his kind of thing in America these days. Rau vacillates between cocky and cowering in “Agora,” possibly the best song about crippling personality disorder ever written, upping the neurosis with sweet cooing during the bridges. Rau uses that trick on the breathy and alluring “Vile Iowa,” where he intones, “You’re a star in my eyes” like he’s lying under the night sky on the hood of a rusted-out ’87 Monte Carlo with his best girl, drinking bottom-shelf vodka.
But Distraction isn’t entirely about subtle electronics and late-night listening: Loper and Orscher bring the rock fury on the furious “Peacekeeper,” as well as taking a more centered role in the rockin’ “Sleeping On The Floor.” (If it were 1989, this song alone could have had Bear Hands plastered on the cover of every British music mag.) The proceedings end with “Thought Wrong,” a downer of an out-of-love song, bolstered by a semi-urgent percussion track percolating under Rau’s wounded vocal, making the song sound hopelessly resigned, yet still fluctuating, like a heart still filled with hope.
So let’s break from debating about whether bands/artists/musicians are “indie,” “punk” and “sincere,” and focus whether or not the fuckers are actually good. Bear Hands are great—and they’re evolving faster than most of the stuff on your hard drive. © Jason Pettigrew (altpress)

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