Bearsuit is tagged as: indie pop, twee, indie, indiepop, indie rock Bearsuit are an indie band from Norwich, UK. They currently release records on the Fantastic Plastic and Fortuna Pop! labels in the UK and Micro Indie and Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records in the US. They have also released records under their own Bearslut label, and many of their early 7 inch singles were released through the Sickroom Gramaphonic Collective (Sickroom GC). 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 Deer... Read More About Bearsuit Biography...  Send Bearsuit ringtones to your cell
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