Bear In Heaven

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About Bear In Heaven


The Brooklyn-based Bear in Heaven was initially started in 1998 as a way for Jon Philpot, who was then still living in his hometown of Atlanta, to express his musical ideas during the off hours of a local recording studio. After he moved to Brooklyn at the end of the decade, Philpot continued working on his music, which included the duo Presocratics, who released a couple of records on the experimental label Table of the Elements. During the next couple of years, as more friends and associates from Atlanta and the South moved to Brooklyn, Philpot began assembling the group of musicians who would later make up the band. In 2003 he released (under the Bear in Heaven moniker but still ostensibly as a solo project) the EP Tunes Nextdoor to Songs on Eastern Developments, the label owned by Scott Herren, aka Prefuse 73. Soon, however, he added bassist and keyboardist Sadek Bazaraa, guitarist and bassist Adam Wills (who had toured with Rhys Chatham's guitar trio), bassist James Elliott (who he had met shortly after moving to Brooklyn and was one of the founders of the Social Registry label), guitarist David Daniell, and drummer Joe Stickney and began work on new music. In 2005, Daniell left to pursue his own project, and the remaining quartet began recording the full-length Red Bloom of the Boom, shortly after which Elliott departed to work with the then unknown School of Seven Bells and pursue his own electronic solo project, Ateleia. The album was released in 2007 on Hometapes, and drew early comparisons to bands like Radiohead, Animal Collective, and Can. In October 2009, Bear in Heaven's second album, the slightly less ambient Beast Rest Forth Mouth, came out, earning positive reviews and garnering Bear in Heaven some coveted spots at that year's CMJ festival in New York. The band would tour endlessly as their audience grew with more positive press for Beast Rest Forth Mouth. They played over 200 shows in support of the album and in August of 2010 a companion disc of remixes was released. In early 2012 the band finished work on their third proper album I Love You, It's Cool. To promote the album the band released a streaming version on their website, with the audio slowed down 400,000%. This rendered the relatively poppy and brash album an ambient wash of sound that stretched out for over 247 hours. ~ Marisa Brown, Rovi

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    Warm Water (Live)
  • World of Freakout (Live)
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    • Noon Moon
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    • The Reflection Of You
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Interviews & Exclusives

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    Exit/In 22 - Memphis, Tenn. @ Hi-Tone Cafe 24 - Austin, Texas @ The Parish 25 - Houston, Texas @ Fitzgerald's 26 - Birmingham, Ala. @ The Bottletree 2...
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    Listen: Stream new Bear In Heaven track 'The Reflection of You'
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    The last thing we heard from Bear In Heaven was before Christmas and it was that they were streaming their new album at an absurdly slow pace. Funnily...
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    Watch The Motion Sickness-Inducing Video For Bear In Heaven's Grea | Prefix
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    Bear In Heaven Talk Fundraising, Leaks, Their New Album: INTERVIEW | Prefix
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    a form of revenue. Now, gasoline prices are getting so high that, you're going to go on tour and spend so much on gas that you'll be throwing all that...
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    Bear In Heaven - "Kiss Me Crazy (Beacon Remix)" (Stereogum Premiere)
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    On their remix of Bear In Heaven's I Love You, It's Cool track "Kiss Me Crazy," Greenpoint homemade-R&B sensualist BTW Beacon add their own vocals, tu...
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    Bob Mould, Bear In Heaven @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC (Pics) | Prefix
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    Helado Negro - "Relatives" (Feat. Bear In Heaven's John Philpot) Video
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Tour Dates

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  • Jun 14 Friday
    Chicago, IL, US Taste Of Randolph Street Festival
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  • Jun 22 Saturday
    Brooklyn, NY, US Tropfest
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  • Jul 9 Tuesday
    Detroit, MI, US Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
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  • Jul 10 Wednesday
    Toronto, ON, Canada Lee's Palace
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  • Jul 10 Wednesday
    Toronto, ON, Canada Lee's Palace
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  • Jul 11 Thursday
    Montreal, QC, Canada Il Motore
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  • Jul 12 Friday
    Cambridge, MA, US The Sinclair
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  • Jul 12 Friday
    Cambridge, MA, US The Sinclair
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  • Jul 13 Saturday
    Philadelphia, PA, US Union Transfer
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  • Jul 13 Saturday
    Philadelphia, PA, US Union Transfer
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  • Jul 14 Sunday
    Washington, DC, US Black Cat
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  • Jul 17 Wednesday
    Cleveland, OH, US Beachland Ballroom and Tavern
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Discography

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  • I Love You, It's Cool (2012)
    Bear In Heaven
    I Love You, It's Cool (2012)
    Hometapes
  • Beast Rest Forth Mouth (2009)
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    Beast Rest Forth Mouth (2009)
    Hometapes
  • Red Bloom of the Boom (2007)
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    Red Bloom of the Boom (2007)
    Exile on Mainstream
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