Bear Hands - Boss

1.    Who are these jovial lads? 

Bear Hands are a post-punk band from Brooklyn, New York. They started playing in 2006. Boss (Oct'16) is the third single from their third album You'll Pay For This (April'16).  

2. What is Boss like? 

Boss is a quirky indie rock song that works it's soft/loud dynamic to the maximum. Soft cooing vocals and acoustic contrast with some stout riffs that build to to an all in. It's an innocuous song that grows on you.

3. Who do Bear Hands sound like? 

Foals, Modest Mouse and Weezer. 

4. What have the boo boys in the press said about Boss?

“An awkward yet undeniably catchy rock song” – Substream Magazine.

“It further demonstrates their impressive eclecticism” – Pod Cart.

“Starts put whimsically before launching into a torrent of angular riffs” – Voodoo Festival.

5. Who are Bear Hands influences?

Some of their influences are The Talking Heads, The Clash, Nirvana, Wu-Tang Clan and Paul Simon.

6. Why should I give Boss a listen? 

If the idea of Paul Simon playing with Nirvana takes your fancy, have at it.

7. What are Bear Hands best songs?

Agora is a diamond, the best Bear Hands tune hands down and don't let any cunt tell you otherwise. That shits tight. Marathon Man is very good and so is 2.A.M. 

8. Any more words mate? 

You'll Pay For This was co-produced by James Brown who has mixed and engineered for U2, Foo Fighters, Arctic Monkeys and The Killers. 

“You’re good with cops,

I think I could learn a lot”

Augustines were an indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York. They played from 2010 - 2016. The Augustines have been compared to Frightened Rabbit, U2, Kings Of Leon and The National. Their main influences were Modest Mouse and Elliot Smith. Cruel City was the lead single from the Augustines' second album Augustines (2014). It was the last song the band ever played live and a song Spin said is “scrappy vitality meets gruff yet sophisticated rafter-raising.”

“I still reach for you in the dark”