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Introducing: Bear Trade

• 5th Mar 2014

Bear Trade vocalist Greg Robson is a man of few words, and we like that.

“A short lament about a horrendous c**t.” is how he describes the first track on the band’s forthcoming debut album ‘Blood And Sand‘.

Throughout the album, the band’s roots in the North East of England and their everyday life experiences there are more than apparent, both through Robson’s undeniable vocal accent and through lyrical content. As Robson says of the local folk, “Everyone is pissed off and they don’t know why.” Bassist Lloyd Chambers chimes in “I guess the lyrics and way they are sung are unashamedly in the local tongue and pronunciation.”

It’s a family affair as Chambers explains “The record is going to be released by our friends around the world. We had fun making it at Nile Street in Sunderland where life is an experience and transferred to the recordings. Our buddy recorded and mixed it. We just stripped it all down to doing what was fun and felt good with good people. I hope that this comes across in the songs and how people find us when we play.”

Check out the new video for ‘Son of the Manse’ here to get a grasp on their choppy, jagged Doon’ Toon’ punk for yourself:

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