BEAR IN HEAVEN - MP3s, an album & a show tonight

DOWNLOAD: Bear in Heaven – Bag of Bags (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Bear in Heaven – Werewolf (single edit) (MP3)

I came across Brooklyn bear band Bear in Heaven while browsing tonight’s (Sunday, Jan 6) Mercury Lounge listing. So far I like what I hear. To put it in Pitchfork’s terms,

it reminds me a bit of the early-1990s UK post-rock outfits Bark Psychosis and Disco Inferno.

Or to quote the Onion AV Club, it’s like a

functional mix of This Heat, ’70s soft rock, early Genesis, and oddly, later Pink Floyd. (Think Animals through The Final Cut.) From a more modern perspective, songs like “Bag Of Bags,” “Slow Gold,” and “Fraternal Noon” point at Mercury Rev and Animal Collective

Or to just put it more like Popmatters,

a mess, yes, but a magnificent one

See their 1.5 year old La Blogoteque Take Away show @ Daily Motion. Pick up their album @ Insound. Check out the two MP3s on the top of this post. Check out their clever video flyer for tonight’s show, below….

BEAR IN HEAVEN, SUCKERS AND BIRTHDAY BOYZ SHOW 01.06.08