Brooklyn’s Bear Hands have pretty much been on the road since the release of their Golden EP in 2007. On this epic journey they have opened for stablemates MGMT as well as Vampire Weekend and The XX to name but a few.
This track ‘Crime Pays’ is taken from their debut album Burning Bush Supper Club, which due to an array of reasons – mental illness, band squabbling and general indecisiveness – took over a year to complete.
For me the sound of Bear Hands is Arcade Fire meets Jake Shears being hit round the head with a shovel in a dirty reverb chamber. Make of that what you will!
Burning Bush Supper Club got it’s U.S release in November 2010.
