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The Straw Bear Band
Concrete / Folk Rock / Showtunes

A blend of curious sounds




United Kingdom

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Last Login:  11/26/2009
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   The Straw Bear Band: General Info
Member Since1/6/2006
Band WebsiteMore soon
Band Members
For Bookings: Fantastic Artist Agency.

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Upcoming shows: Fantasy Fair & Magic Mountain Music Festival 1967

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The Straw Bear Band is D.Cooper and friends.

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Current: Dom Cooper / Lewis Hill / Adam Lambert
with help from: Steven Collins / Nancy Wallace /
Jason Steel / Younghusband / Simon Beckett /
and previously: Mr Hood / A New Shape /
Dan & Martin from Yes Cassette /

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InfluencesFilm (Studio Ghibli, Powell & Pressburger)
Language & Syntax (Allen Ginsberg, Dylan Thomas)
Folklore (The Straw Bear, British Eccentrics)
Dreams & Childhood Memories (The Fens, cartoons)
Science & Accident (Astronomy, Alchemy)
Music (From A-Z, numerous and eclectic)

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Sounds Like
A bear dancing: Torn between -
Folk song, failed pop song and thesaurus rock.

The Mystery Machine

Record LabelTba
Type of LabelIndie


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   About The Straw Bear Band
'The Straw Bear Band' have a magpie nature.
Lyrically mixing folklore, myth, history and fiction.
Musically they're just as eclectic. Ranging from
delicate acoustic song to scratchy electronica,
ending up like a Joe Meek production of Tim Buckley.
Recently their sound has taken another turn,
and live they create a kind of 'medieval Krautrock'
or 'garage-folk'. This direction has inspired
the songs for the new 'Eccentric Heart' project;
an A-Z of British eccentrics. They confess to love
concept albums such as 'SF Sorrow' and
'In An Aeroplane Over The Sea', and this
has spilled over into their writing.

The band sing with fervor and heart, carving
songs from wood and lung.

Lead singer Dom Cooper, also plays in 'The Owl
Service'. Whose debut album is out now on
Southern Records.

The band are named after a festival that takes
place in the town of Whittlesey, where founder
Dom Cooper grew up.

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Trial By Bread & Butter
{Live at Cecil Sharp House 01/12/07}



The Werewolf (Michael Hurley)
{Live at Cecil Sharp House 01/12/07}



Lunar Light
{Live at Cecil Sharp House 01/12/07}



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The first Straw Bear Band album 'From The Sea
To The Stars' was released on St Pirans day,
5th March 2007.

'From The Sea To The Stars' tells the story of a car
that turns into a boy. The boy suffers migraines,
and dreams of the stars to escape. Upon waking
he sees those stars drip and form a girl. A girl
who he spends only a short time with, before they
both turn in to a red giant.


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'From The Sea To The Stars'
1:The Engine/The Heart 2:Clustered Lights Above
3:Everything Hums 4:Migraine Season
5:Dream 1 6:Comfort In The Stars
7:Falling, Dripping 8:In A Safe Place 9:Dream 2
10:The Red Giant
Available to order through Paypal from us
10 tracks, 30mins long, full artwork

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'On the Same label as The Owl Service, the folk
inspired wonder of The Straw Bear Band is fully
realised on "From The Sea To The Stars",
a wonderful collection of delicate acoustic songs,
that are lifted by warm vocals and an attention
to detail such as the electronic ripples that grace
the superb opener "The Engine/The Heart". Having
impressed with the opening track, the band go for
the emotional jugular with "Clustered Lights Above",
one of those songs that will linger in you memory
forever, delicate as a moonlit cloud. "Everything
Hums" has a more modern feel, with nods toward
Tuung or King Creosote, a feeling continued on
"Migraine Season" with its sinister and scratchy
electronic heart perfectly in keeping with the
headache inspired lyrics. Throughout the album
this mix of modern technology and acoustic songs
is realised with certainty and belief, creating
a wonderfully textured free-flowing collection of
songs that is damn near impossible to prize
off the stereo'.
{Terrascope's Review from Simon Lewis}


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'Fragments' {Live tracks, demos & songs}

Originally available as a FREE download from
Midwich Records. Part of the Damned Village
download series. HAM002DL

01: The Engine, The Heart (alt ver) 02: Apple Tree
Man Demo 03: The Werewolf 04: Lunar Light
Demo 05: Fitcher's Bird 06: Sketch For A Friend
07: Treeman, Fisherman Live 08: Between
Lightning & Tired Limbs 09: She's Like A Swallow
10: The Raven & The Wren 11: Sussex Snakes
Live 12: Lyke Wake Dirge

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As well as playing some live shows, the band are
currently working on recording four albums. The new
project, called 'Eccentric Heart', will be an A-Z of British
Eccentrics. Each song, a story about a character
from history. Inventors, witches, pirates, gentry etc.
The first album is well under way.

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Wounded Violets

Wounded Violets



Nov 24 2009 3:21 PM

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Some recent photos...Abandoned towns~city sacntum..
Sincerely Matt-
www.MatthewHunzeker.com
Michael McGinty

Michael McGinty



Nov 23 2009 8:28 PM

Yo, Straw Bears, very nice stuff . . . earthy, quirky, traditional, imaginative, honest. Love it.
Sort Gravferd

Sort Gravferd



Nov 6 2009 12:51 PM

Thanks for the add! Much appreciated.
Wounded Violets

Wounded Violets



Nov 4 2009 2:39 PM


Sad Hill Music Video


merci pour la ajout...Math&Eliz
The Garden presents

The Garden presents



Oct 21 2009 12:29 PM

It's that time again!
The Garden Presents:
Diagonal


An evening of progressive rock to the highest order! With the Garden DJs laying down cosmic sounds for your listening ears!

Friday 30th October - PJ McGinty's , Ipswich... Starts 8.00pm





Danielle

Danielle Galway



Oct 13 2009 9:16 AM

amnesty freedom festival
No Art Just NaD

Artist Illustrator



Aug 13 2009 9:20 AM

Thx you for your comment ;-) Cheers.
Greek Theatre

Greek Theatre



Jul 29 2009 7:48 AM

Beautiful music!
jeremy

jeremy millar



Jun 30 2009 7:09 PM

hi dom, enjoying the new sounds. next mix perhaps include some trembling bells 'willows of carbeth' google carbeth huts. it is a wonderful place and story.
peace jeremy
The Hare and the Moon

The Hare and the Moon



Jun 13 2009 6:25 PM

Thank you for being a friend of The Hare And The Moon. We think your music is the bees knees.
x
Olivia Chaney

Olivia Chaney



May 26 2009 8:48 PM

Well hello back, and congrats for such a messianic set the other eve up at ST. Mary's. What a multi-talented straw bear you are, what with all those lovely album designs as well as the singing.

Olivia X
jeremy

jeremy millar



Apr 28 2009 8:51 PM

much appreciated.
jeremy

jeremy millar



Apr 27 2009 8:40 PM

hi dom, peter bellamy 'both sides now' where does one find it? does it compare with davey graham's version in your 'umble opinion?
peace jeremy
Indoor Picnic

Indoor Picnic



Apr 21 2009 6:03 PM











xxx
jeremy

jeremy millar



Apr 15 2009 1:43 PM

hi dom, looks like a busy time. i picked up child ballads 1 on topic the other day. the penny dropped as i'd thought these were songs for children in spite of the themes of rape, incest and murder. i now understand that child was the collector. lol
peace jeremy
Indoor Picnic

Indoor Picnic



Apr 6 2009 8:08 PM

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Lisa Knapp

Lisa Knapp



Apr 5 2009 11:16 PM

Hi Dom, thanks for your response...I'm really interested.
Can I ask what you did for Owl Service and do you do all the Straw Bear stuff aswell?

Cheers
L x
The Garden presents

The Garden presents



Apr 4 2009 6:03 PM

Hey there good folk, The Garden presents...

A Psychedelic extravaganza with the mighty

WOLF PEOPLE

With DJ Mindos & Mr O, back to back in an Acid Rock explosion
& Jack Sparrow spinning the good time vibes.


Friday 8th May, PJ McGintys, Ipswich
8pm, £4 on the door.


This will be monster! Come on down...

Warning with the Snake

Warning with the Snake



Apr 4 2009 2:27 AM

Thanx for the add...Good vibes from buenos aires!!!!!
The Wyld Olde Souls

The Wyld Olde Souls



Mar 20 2009 8:59 AM

Happy​ verna​l equin​ox!​ Let the Sprin​g begin​ . . .
Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner



Feb 12 2009 3:29 PM

hello dom. been really enjoying your artwork recently.
Toby Sligo

Toby Sligo



Jan 22 2009 1:31 PM

hows it going? thanks for accepting the add x
The Wyld Olde Souls

The Wyld Olde Souls



Jan 22 2009 7:49 AM

retuow

retuow



Dec 24 2008 9:28 PM

Hi Dom,

Thanks for all the music you gave me, through your albums and Cabinet of Curiosities...

Wishing you much joy during the seasonal festivities that are taking place this time of the year. And all the best for 2009.

Many greetings,
Wouter
jeremy

jeremy millar



Dec 24 2008 12:26 PM

hi dom, seasons greetings. still to catch up with latest mix and do my own best of 2008. it will a certain red vinyl with stunning art work.
peace jeremy
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