Though Brooklyn’s Bear in Heaven has been around since 2003, it was just last year that they made their biggest splash with their album “Beast Rest Forth Mouth”. Since I’m usually way behind the game, I just finally picked up this album a few weeks back and have given it a few listens and am really liking what I’m hearing. I’ve been struggling with how to describe the sound of the album, but I think I’m comfortable in saying that it reminds me a little bit of the subtle electronic future and/or outer space, but not in an over the top way.

I think the song that best exemplifies this is “Casual Goodbye”, the closing track of the 10-song album. The track starts out with some shooting stars that always makes me think of Yeasayer’s “Wait for the Summer” and continues with a sort of constant ambient undercurrent running through the rest of the track underneath Jon Philpot’s soothing vocals. The interesting chord changes throughout add to the quasi-futuristic flavor that this song gives me. There’s something really great about moving up a half step in a chord change, which happens about a million times in this one. If you’re a fan of this website, you will probably be a fan of this album.

Bear in Heaven – Casual Goodbye

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