jan robertson plays flute, guitar, bass guitar, keyboard, percussion, samples and sings
iain ross sings and plays guitar and keyboard
charlene katuwawala plays bass and shouts
lisa horton sings and plays keyboards
joe naylor plays drums
Back-up squadron and past bears:
cerian hutchings plays keyboards, violin, cornet, percussion and sings
matt hutchings plays drums and percusion
richard squires plays bass guitar, guitar and sings
matt moss on bass
c'pn al harle on sound and keys
let it go joe hawley on sound
John Peel night at NAC 131006. Copyright Louisa Lloyd
Influences
Buy new digital single Muscle Belt / Blind Swimmer!
Buy new digital single Pushover / Robot Arms!
Buy our latest album oh:io here:
OH:IO distributed outside the UK by:
Germany - Rough Trade
Australia - Inertia
Benelux - Deconstruction
Scandinavia - Dot shop
Italy - Self
Ireland - Vital
USA Happy Happy Birthday To Me records Japan - watch this space...
Buy vinyl single Foxy Boxer / 14>28 What Are You, The Magic Man?
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For the USA & the rest of the world please Paypal theband@bearsuit.co.uk direct and add £5 for P&P
Hey hey hey, we're Bearsuit!
We're currently in the studio recording a new album with Gareth Parton of Go Team! fame.
Earlier this year we released two digital singles - Pushover and Muscle Belt and also played a string of gigs at SXSW, as well as at festivals including The Great Escape and Offset in the UK.
We've supported bands including Crystal Castles, Ipso Facto, Melt Banana, Future of the Left, Lightspeed Champion, Hot Chip, Ida Maria, Party Shank, and The Research.
Last year we spent the fall on foreign shores with a 16-date tour of the US of A, taking in Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Chicago, Grand Rapids, St Louis and Pittsburgh, as well as a string of well-received show at New York’s CMJ Music Marathon festival.
We were voted ‘Best Breakthrough Act’ at CMJ in a New York Times poll of conference badge holders and received shining reviews including Pitchfork.
We've been championed by BBC DJs including John Peel, Steve Lamacq, Huw Stephens, Rob Da Bank, Phill Jupitus, Marc Riley, Tom Robinson, Colin Murray, Gideon Coe and John Kennedy on XFM.
“Colourful, wacky… pop hotchpotch…Imagine Do Me Bad Things having a good fight with Belle and Sebastian at a fairground…on ‘shrooms…in the dark. Yes, really.” NME
“The critical convention of pasting ready-made pigeonholes on to passing bands rocking the same old sounds is shot to absolute shit by the six piece’s technicoloured tomfoolery.” Rock Sound
"Frantic, retro space age, riotously cute disco-punk with the odd throwback to early B&S dropped in, all casual like, lollipop-innocent and coy glances like they hope you won't notice." Everett True, Loose Lips Sink Ships
"In an era when almost everything is quite like something else, Bearsuit are not quite like anything." John Peel
"Cinematic doodlings, screamy art punk, and many twists and turns, condensed into less than half an hour of fine, left field pop." The Independent
Buy ar rekkids! these are the labels we've got stuff out on:
Fantastic Plastic Fortuna POP! (UK & Europe) Microindie (US)
and early singles - Sickroom Gramaphonic Collective
Hey, just to let you know we are still offering a great discount for bands and artists on professional music videos! Spread the word ;) Get in touch soon and hopefully work with you in the near future. Keep up the good work!
Schotel van de dag / Lost Bear : 10inch Split Schotel van de dag (dish of the day) is a brand new punk/hardcore/indie-band from Utrecht. They came to this world to serve humanity with uncompromised guitar violence! For this split they've teamed up with the 90's inspired hairy indierockers of Lost Bear. -- GET IT FOR FREE --
APERTE LE ISCRIZIONI PER LA NUOVA EDIZIONE DEL G.R.I.F.2010 Dopo il grande successo della scorsa edizione dal 10 Ottobre sono aperte le iscrizioni del G.R.I.F. GALLIrecords Italia Festival Edizione 2010. La nuova edizione sarà ricca di novità e caratterizzata sempre da un unica motivazione: scoprire nuovi talenti. Anche quest'anno le selezioni saranno effettuate presso gli Studi della GALLIrecords e ai partecipanti sarà rilasciata la registrazione della loro esibizione live, in più foto, interviste, riprese...insomma sarete trattati da Star! Tutto in vista della serata finale che anche quest'anno non deluderà nessuno. La GALLIrecords e tutto il suo staff ti aspetta per lasciarti a bocca aperta!!!
BALLO DELLE CASTAGNE - 108 10" vinyl 45rpm - HR!SPQR
108 are the diabolical passions that beset us and we must battle to become Buddha. 108 is a magic and exoteric number in many mystic religions and cultures. All you need to discover about the real nature of this world: pure fiction! Two cover songs about the diabolic passions from great Italian artists of the 70’s like Biglietto per l’Inferno and Franco Battiato.
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As the lotus grows in mud without showing any traces that might betray its origins, its leaves and its stem, while floating in water not wet, so it `s also the wise man who lives in the world, but is not of the world...
LOVE AND RESPECT TO ALL THE BEARS ! WILL SEE IF I CAN MAKE IT ! THERE IS A SPECIAL BEAR THAT I WOULD LIKE TO COME WITH ME BUT SHE IS A BIT LOST IN THE FOREST AT THE MOMENT !
Hey Bearsuit, just wanna let you know our NEW E.P. 'The Making' is out November 30th, samples of the Tracks are on our myspace or check out www.thebeatpoets.com
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