Bear hands golden ep zip

Surely one need not look hard to find such artists that boast fantastic end products from the simplest of inputs Neutral Milk Hotel , Tom Waits , and The Rural Alberta Advantage , just to name a particularly opinionated few.

But what about groups whose efforts fail to exceed the summation of their components? Should they be written off altogether? Bands such as Brooklyn-based Bear Hands, who manage to achieve an irrefutable enjoyability via funky tunes and stirring rhythms, answer that question with a big fat NO. Golden , the group's debut EP, boasts some pretty familiar elements.

Vocalist Dylan Rou sounds as amused as he does annoyed throughout the four-track EP, never allowing the latent angst in his voice to get the best of its general sense of fun. Ted Feldman and Val Loper jam along on guitar and bass guitar with funky, choppy undertones that call to mind the classically recognizable Brooklyn indie sound as well as an undeniably fun nature.

Put all together, the end product is exactly that - fun, nothing more, nothing less. Golden is delightfully brief yet fantastically triumphant, inducing the irresistible need to foot-tap along to the group's perfect mix of spunk and funk. Although these marginally amusing New Yorkers generally stick to their basic indie-rock formula, tinges of outside influences do make their way onto Golden.

Distant, sputtered vocals accompany lumbering musicianship throughout the song, threatening to build up and boil over before returning to a fading, lethargic conclusion. Allow yourself feel foolish in humming along to the Pavement -esque "Long and Lean", whose obnoxiously repetitive chorus barks, " Long and lean, God save the Queen!

Peace in the world is peace in my brain! This debut EP from NYC's Bear Hands is an effort that should be taken for what it is, that is, a compressed collection of lighthearted and jovial tunes. Its melodic reach never really surpasses the sum of its parts, but then again, its simplistic nature is exactly what makes it so catchy and entertaining in the first place.

I'm sure the funky foursome are aware of the fact that they don't break any musical boundaries with their work, and I'd like to think that they're perfectly at ease with that. They certainly enjoy themselves, however, and that's engaging enough in its own right, making Golden a debut that's worth checking out from a band that is surely worth watching out for.

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