I recently came up with the idea to add a new “section” to this blog. Every month I hope to post about the music that I’m currently listening to, and hopefully I’ll be able to spread the word about different musical acts that you may not have heard of.
This month I would like to talk about Bear’s Den. These three lads are from London and are just about to come out with their first full album, Islands. In 2013 they came out with two EP’s: Agape and Without/Within. Bear’s Den are part of the regenerated folk movement that has been sweeping the world and their enthusiastic use of the banjo and their fabulous beards is proof of that. Their songs have that classic English folk feel to them, making the listener think of the lake district and thick fog moving through the bracken and herds of grazing sheep.
©Beer with the Band
Bear’s Den is definitely the music that you want to listen to on a crisp fall day or while you sit in front of a fire while it snows outside. Their lyrics are classically folk, very full of meaning yet simple. Many of their songs are more like poems put to music like most folk songs are. In Agape there is quite a lot of banjo throughout the entire EP but with Without/Within it has a bit of a more pop feeling to it with echoing guitar and it even has a spacey feeling to it at some parts. Of course the banjo is still present in songs like Sophie but the rest of the EP is dominated by the guitar.
I’ve been listening to Bear’s Den for quite awhile so I’m very excited to listen to their first full album and I wish them the best of luck in their future musical endeavors.
You can check out their website here.
Autumn Micketti 