Like many other band in this genre, they have frequently been compared to Scottish indie giants Belle and Sebastian but have a style very much their own, mixing sweet indie-pop melodies, stop-start rhythms, quirky electronics, and lots of noise. A still better comparison would be to the Australian twee octet Architecture in Helsinki. Since playing their first gig in 2001 the band have notched up four Radio 1 sessions on the John Peel show and three Festive Fifty top five hits in four years. Hey Charlie, Hey Chuck reached number 4 in 2001, Itsuko Got Married reached number 5 in 2003 and they reached the number 2 slot the following year with Chargr. The band released their debut album Cat Spectacular! in May 2004 in UK/Europe and in the US on March 28th, 2005. In Summer 2004 the six-piece took their tunes to Sweden’s art-rock noise-pop festival Emmaboda; where they played alongside Kaito and Deerhoof, before playing dates in Amsterdam with Magoo. On October 31st, 2005 they released their second album Team Ping Pong, otherwise known as the ‘lost album’ since it was originally intended for release some years previously but was delayed due to the band’s record label at the time imploding. The band released a new single on 10th April 2006 entitled Steven Fucking Spielberg, on Fantastic Plastic Records. Their second album proper, Oh:io was released, again on Fantastic Plastic, in September 2007, and in March 2008 in the US on Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records. Singles More Soul Than Wigan Casino (Fantastic Plastic, 2007, reached #24 in the UK Indie charts) and Foxy boxer (Fantastic Plastic, 2007, number #13 in UK Indie charts) came off oh:io. Members of Bearsuit also play in a variety of other bands including Cruiser Chimps, keytar-only group Keytarded and the now-defunct Hyper Kinako and The Aprons. |
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