Soulful rockers MINUS THE BEAR have recently released a music video for their song “Last Kiss”, directed by Dan Huiting and inspired by the geometric circular patterns. The track comes from their 6th album Voids, available at this location. The band will be doing a couplke of Australian shows and touring the west coast in August with DEAP VALLY and PINBACK.
βVOIDSβ is out now via Suicide Squeeze Records, who offered the following:
On their sixth albumΒ VOIDS, Minus the Bear started with a blank slate, and inadvertently found themselves applying the same starting-from-scratch strategies that fueled their initial creative process. Album opener βLast Kissβ immediately establishes the bandβs renewed fervor. An appropriately dizzying guitar line plunges into a propulsive groove before the chorus unfolds into a multi-tiered pop chorus. From there the album flows into βGive & Takeβ, a tightly wound exercise in syncopation that recalls the celebratory pulse of early Bear classics like βFine + 2 Ptsβ while exploring new textures and timbres. βInvisibleβ is arguably the catchiest song of the bandβs career, with Jake Sniderβs vocal melodies and Knudsonβs imaginative guitar work battling for the strongest hooks. βWhat About the Boat?β reminds us of the βmath-rockβ tag that followed the band in their early years, with understated instrumentation disguising an odd-time beat. βErase,β recalls the merging of forlorn indie pop and electronica that the band dabbled with on their early EPs, but demonstrates the Bearβs ongoing melodic sophistication and tonal exploration. By the time the band reaches album closer βLighthouse,β theyβve traversed so much sonic territory that the only appropriate tactic left at their disposal is a climactic crescendo, driven at its peak by Cory Murchyβs thunderous bass. Not sinceΒ Planet of Iceβs βLotusβ has the Bear achieved such an epic finale. All in all, itβs an album that reminds us of everything that made us fall in love with Minus the Bear in the first place, and a big part of that appeal is the sense that the band is heading into uncharted territories.
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