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?
For UK & Europe £3 is added to the Paypal transaction.
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
Apologies for being spammy, but just to let you know that myself and
the Pope proudly announce the release of my second album, Murder Music,
out now on Cherryade Records.
"Prepare
yourself to be modestly outraged - McCabe is kicking against the
pricks, and declaring homosexual cliche's bankrupt" - Artrocker
"If you like punk, you'll love this. If you're queer and like punk,
you'll spunk your pants. Ste McCabe is authentic and brilliant." - Boy
George
Hi bearsuit love your songs!!! hope you have a great Halloween feelfree to check out my spooky songs heres my animated video i made for my song zombie raising lots of love!!! Ryan
Hey u guys , you were defo worth a second listen...can't say that of most bands !! LIKE YOUR STUFF HEAPS...think I'll have a third helping, thanks, don't mind if I do Best wishes
Ever wondered what to do in the event of a nuclear threat?
A while ago I found stuff that inspired me to make this film:
Living Under the Shadow of the Nuclear Umbrella
Both artistic (ensure you get the background music!) and educational, it primarily comprises official British government civil defence advice.
Though source materials are quite aged, much remains relevant today.
I encourage all to visit the YouTube page to learn more (Show support! Rate! Comment!) and responsibly circulate as widely as possible, here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaIim3Rj7L4
Online Now!
Best wishes
