Artist: Bear Driver
Title: Wolves
Label: Animal Farm
Genre: Indie
Bitrate: 183kbit av.
Time: 00:06:47
Size: 9.27 mb
Rip Date: 2010-06-16
Str Date: 2010-07-05
01. Wolves 3:02
02. Long Lost Giants 3:45
Release Notes:
Bear Driver are a sextet hailing from London come Leeds, who claim to
cook up a riveting folk psychedelic recipe. Sounds like my kinda thing.
IÆm excited.
So letÆs listen to the A side. æWolvesÆ is a sunshine slice of sound
(alliteration attack) bubbling over with golden indie riffs which are
backed by unrelenting fizzy pop drums. The question-answer vocals amid
the verse û ôThere are wolves in the underground calling!ö ôSAY WHAT!?ö
û add an injection of youth while the floaty harmonies provide a
backing of forest-like majesty, complimenting the animalistic title.
Hey, while this track is not exactly living up to what I was hoping for
in terms of Animal Collective insanity, itÆs still super, Operation
Please-ish fun.
B-Side (yay û bring back the B-Side!) æLong Lost GiantsÆ finally
confirms the fact this band do, after all, deserve to be bestowed the
genre of æpsychedelicÆ. This number sees the trackings sound
intriguingly out of sync, but this only adds to the brilliance of this
surrealistic hit. ItÆs a dawning of swimming and swirling sounds
provided by lush harmonies, folky ukuleles and even some Revolver
Beatle-esque reversal. I actually prefer the B side to the
contrastingly commercial, radio-darn catchy-ready A side that is
æWolvesÆ.
So, an interesting double-sided single we have here, which I have
ultimately, come out very impressed with. The A side is an energetic
indie number which would please Bombay Bicyclers across the country,
while the B side will satisy the rest of you psych-seekers.