Tunes For Bears To Dance To
7"
Somberlain (2004)
Who wants to be sad forever? While most screamo bands wallow in their sadness and hide beneath the stairs in a gutter of sorrow, Tunes For Bears To Dance To drop kicks any tear in sight and bursts through the fog into sunshine. Not only do they absorb the Vitamin D from the sun's rays, but they suck it in with the utmost intensity. This is the kind of rock music that is great to listen to when you're in a bad mood. Crank up the speakers, lower the shades! The bedroom mosh will commence in-5-4-3-2-1-GO! From their music alone, I imagine their live show being similar to xBxRx, with the band jumping around, firecrackers blazing, balloons soaring, and the audience feeling the vibes. It's awesome how a band through the speakers can transfer such visceral images as these, this could be blamed on the fact that they recorded in a bedroom. I'm gonna make a prophecy; thirty two times during the recording the singers jumped on the bed. Yeah that's right, I said singers, as in plural, as in two singers at the same time. These wretched bros are definitely screaming, but it sounds so enthusiastic that it brings … Read more
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