Mostly Bears were an American indie rock group from Tucson, Arizona. Their music is a difficult to categorize fusion between alternative, progressive and newer indie rock, like "Radiohead circa 1996 getting in a gang-fight with Arcade Fire."[1]
Mostly Bears | |
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| Origin | Tucson, Arizona, United States |
| Genres | Indie rock |
| Years active | 2006-2011 |
| Labels | Funzalo Records |
| Past members | Brian Lopez Geoffrey Hidalgo Nick Wantland |
The band began playing at parties (including headlining 2007's Harvest Artfest) and locally in Tucson before releasing Only Child, a four-song EP in July 2007. The album was well received by local press and has begun to attract a following on college campuses from coast to coast.[2][3] Tucson Weekly called them the 'Best New Band or Artist' of 2007.[4]
Following a West Coast tour, they released what would be their only studio album The Ed Mitchell Clinic on April 22, 2008.[5] They released the songs "Melancholyism" and "Eclipse the World (Oh, My Brain)" in support of the album, and released a live album in 2009 called Team of Spirits. Following this and the end of their tour, the band quietly dissolved as Brian Lopez and Geoffrey Hidalgo went on to work on side projects.
Members
edit- Brian Lopez — guitar, vocals
- Geoffrey Hidalgo — bass, backing vocals
- Nick Wantland — drums, percussion
Discography
edit- Only Child (Extended play) (2007)
- The Ed Mitchell Clinic (Studio album) (2008)
- Team of Spirits (Live album) (2009)
The music video for "Peoples Distinctive Travels" is available in HD at: http://www.vimeo.com/935465
References
edit- ^ "Sonic Bloom: Mostly Bears" Archived 2012-07-22 at the Wayback Machine, Arizona Daily Wildcat, July 18, 2007
- ^ The Top 30 Archived 2007-12-16 at the Wayback Machine, WHRB Harvard Radio Broadcasting, retrieved December 5, 2007
- ^ "Review: Mostly Bears - Only Child EP" Archived 2007-10-27 at the Wayback Machine, The California Aggie, October 25, 2007
- ^ "Critics' Choice Awards", Tucson Weekly, August 16, 2007
- ^ "Check out songs from our new Album, "The Ed Mitchell Clinic"", Mostly Bears MySpace, February 1, 2008