ANGRY VS THE BEAR is frantic. It’s noisy. It’s fizzy electro pop punk.
Despite having only been together just over a year, Angry Vs The Bear have already showcased at the SXSW '09 festival in Texas to a sold out crowd that spilled far into the street and were voted Gibson’s Number 1 Band of SXSW and were selected to showcase at the CMJ Music Marathon festival in New York in October.
They have seen their track 'I Sing, We Sing' named best unsigned song of 2008 on the BBC Essex Introducing show (which is closely linked to Radio 1) and have been featured on the January 'Best of Myspace' Podcast. 'I Sing, We Sing' also provides the backing for a fashion featurette for River Island's new Autumn 2009 clothing range.
Currently recording with Grammy Award winning Simon Gogerly (U2, Gwen Stefani) they are set to storm the country with their eccentric blend of edgy female fronted English pop. Recent supports include Florence & The Machine, The Hoosiers, Esser, Dirty Pretty Things, Reverend & The Makers, Red Light Company, Flashguns and Bens Brother.
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The 5 SXSW Acts You Can't Miss... "Angry Vs The Bear'' 1 Good sign: The members of this rambunctious British quartet look like proper rock stars, with ridiculous sunglasses, tight vests and a singer who looks like she’s spent a lot of time studying Debbie Harry pin-ups. Better sign: Their music, recorded with Grammy-winning producer Simon Gogerly (U2, Gwen Stefani) bursts with punky energy and irresistible new-wave fizz." - Gibson
''...If the event belongs to anybody though, it's the impossibly well-dressed electropop combo Angry vs. The Bear, who sound every bit as good as they look - raucous, glitzy, and unashamedly fun, like the sound of the latest Yeah Yeah Yeahs album played with the energy of their first one.'' - Nick Butler, The Fly magagzine
''The Cutest Unsigned Band Award goes to Angry vs. the Bear, whose appealing looks and irresistible sound drew crowds during a series of showcases, including a packed house that overflowed onto Sixth Street stopping traffic outside of B.D. Riley's." - Stephen Macmillan Moser, The Austin Chronicle
SXSW MVP: Angry Vs The Bear Best half-hour set I’ve ever heard, and it even lost a few minutes to a technical problem. These uber new wave kids are just getting their start, but singer Mitzi Fox already owns the stage. I immediately thought of Debbie Harry when I saw her, and after reading about them online, apparently every other music geek out there did, too. “Frantic dance pop” at its best. When their album drops, we owe it to our rear ends to buy it. MVP Track: What Would You Do [Punkass Blog.com]
"Four immaculately coiffed hairdos, tighter than tight jeans and a young Debbie Harry lookalike on vocals, Angry vs the Bear have got me intrigued before they even hit their first note. Stomping around, marking the stage as their territory, AVTB chuck out buckets of bravado and hope it sticks. There are vocal FX aplenty and percussive capers, all adding a professional edge to the brutally simple music. Obvious shades of No Doubt, X Ray Specs and new superheroes The Ting Tings shine through as disembodied backing vocals float in from outer space, and the style strays from straight electro pop into new wave ska and punk territory. Exuberant and fun, this band might still be searching for their sound, but are packing a punch already and are definitely one to watch.'' Carol Hodge - (BBC Manchester)
''Every little girl dreams of being Angry Vs The Bear's frontwoman; dressed in Barbie's sluttiest cast-offs, topped with a platinum-blonde mullet, and flanked by a bassist and guitarist who resemble Edward Scissorhands and Sweeney Todd respectively, Mitzi Fox is the poster girl of kitschy girl-rawk. She warbles and coos and spits and yelps like an early Gwen Stefani before she went B-A-N-A-N-A-S, over ska-infused keytar grooves.'' Anna Dobbie (For Clickmusic.com)
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Hiya- I'll be sure to watch it as soon as I can. :) Not a bad day today; had lots to do earlier but am now finally relaxing for a while. Hope everything is good your end too. A x
sounds good, and thank you my days alright really except for exams.... hayhay all in the life of a teenager.... how everything with you lot? hope you are all okay!
Low on garlic you say? Well i'm sure that can be sorted haha! I'll happily check out ur bear tv u guys are highly amusing on bear tv :) hope all is well and u guys hada gr8 weekend!
I shall be sure to check it out :D Yeah I'm really good, went to see Taylor Swift (would've loved to see yours too if I'd of known ;) ) Was so amazing though! Justin Bieber on the other hand is the dullest singer I've ever heard, to be frank. Taylor was just so nice though, and there was a great sence of togetherness when everyone was singing the song back to her. We made her cry cos we were screaming Tay-lor and she'd try and compose herself... Everyone would start screaming, and so the cycle begins again!
While I hope you guys get that famous someday, I'd kinda miss the close personal feeling you guys bring to a gig.
Hey guys. I'm not going to be using my other profile on here anymore... just my music one because it's easier. :) So if you want to get in touch get me on this one. Love you all and see you monday xxx
ha okay i promise i'll try but i can't promise anything ;) i really like your music though, definitely :) yeah i'm alrightt, stuff's boring at the moment really, no progress.. you?x
just realized tat I'm actually playing tat day up in Manchester.... sorry!!! on the other hand I'm definitely coming to the colchester gig! will you oblige me the signing then? and it certainly is an AVB t-shirt, mitzi (sorry it's hard to tell who i'm talking to! i don't mean to be objective if it's you! haha) signed it a high barn but the autograph looks king of lonely...… hay-hay hope everything is going well with you guys see you soon hopefully
Feel free to shoot me but I'm going to TaylorSwifts somebody else concert, booked before I knew about the 23rd. Would have loved to though :) Always try to get to highbarn though, ahh to be able to drive :/
Yeah I'll spread the word see if I can get a few people up there! And yes very good thanks :) How is everything going with you? Got any new material on the way? Or any news on releasing a few songs? An EP or something would be amazing x