Bearhug – ‘Angeline’

(mp3)

Procrastinate, and the better part of the blogosphere nabs the good tunes first. Either way, this gem from Sydney’s Bearhug is too much of a good track not to warrant a shout out here. Sounds like the guys are slowly parting from the low-fi aesthetic of their first demo Matt posted in 2009. But like all Bearhug tunes, there’s enough modest melodies and light headed guitar deeds here to keep everyone happy. Their last EP ‘To Anything’ shed glowy memories of earlier Broken Social Scene stuff, so quite stoked to see what they’ve done with the full record which will be out early 2012 through Spunk Records. Caaaaan’t wait.

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After Expatriate dropped In The Midst of This in 2007, they pissed off to Europe as most local bands do (Jack Ladder aka. Tim Rogers played bass on that record but left to do his solo thing). Most return with damaged gear, a few nice photos to share on social media and a collection of leftover Euro coins, but these guys stayed and have amassed a pretty big following. The band signed to PIAS International in Europe, toured with Placebo, played some huge festivals including Arras (France), Hard Rock Calling (London), iDays (Italy), Sziget (Hungary), Nova Rock (Austria), Werchter (Belgium) and Rockwave (Greece) as well as German mega festivals Rock am Ring and Rock im Park.

Spend too long in Europe stadiums and you eventually end up sounding like Interpol. Which kinda sums up new single ‘Miracle Mile’. Brooding muppet was always a good thing in my books anyway, but glad to see these guys returning for some shows.

We’ve got double passes to giveaway to Expatriate shows in Melbourne on the 15th Dec @ the East Brunswick Club and on 17th of Dec @ Kings Cross Hotel in Sydney. Send your name + contact details to rsvp@whothehell.net by the 14th of December to go in the running.

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