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Polar Bear Club first burst onto the ‘post-hardcore’
scene in 2006 with their debut EP ‘The Redder,
The Better’. Since then they have released
a full length record ‘Sometimes Things Just
Disappear’, and have toured relentlessly earning
themselves scores of fans from all over the globe.
Their new album ‘Chasing Hamburg’
has been released via Bridge 9 Records with somewhat
mixed expectations and trepidations. Fans are
eager to see whether it will be a welcome return
to the earlier days of Polar Bear Club or yet
another further departure, just as many felt with
the release of ‘Sometimes Things Just Disappear’.
The most notable feature of Polar Bear Club is
the distinctive growl of frontman Jimmy Stadt,
it is truly admirable. Comparisons to acts such
as Hot Water Music and The Gaslight Anthem are
bound to be made, but these can only be good things.
It is true to say that this album is more accessible
than its predecessor. Tracks such as ‘Living
Saints’ and ‘Light Of Local Eyes’,
really set this album apart from anything Polar
Bear Club have ever done before.
For all those concerned about the quality of
the new Polar Bear Club album, do not fret, it
is yet another example of Jimmy Stadt and co doing
what they do best. Polar Bear Club encapsulate
a lot of what is missing from a lot of today’s
‘hardcore’ music; they are edgy, they
are genuine and they are fucking brilliant!
5/5
Review by Ben Connell |
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Jimmy Stadt
Baby Goose
Nate Morris
Emmett Menke
Chris Browne
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1. See The Wind
2. Living Saints
3. Boxes
4. Take Me To The Town
5. Drifting Thing
6. Light of Local Eyes
7. Song To Persona
8. Old Fisher Burial Ground
9. One Hit Back
10. Chasing Hamburg |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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