QRO puts its spotlight in Brooklyn to go back to the young cubs of Bear Hands.
Name: Bear Hands
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Members: Ted Feldman, Val Lopez, TJ Orscher, Dylan Rau
Albums:Golden EP (2007)
Has toured with: Ambulance LTD, Cursive, Cut Off Your Hands, Delta Spirit, Ghostland Observatory, The Holloways, The Jealous Girlfriends, Les Savy Fav, Manchester Orchestra, Manic Street Preachers, Matt & Kim, MGMT, Nada Surf, Phil & The Osophers, Ra Ra Riot, The Teenagers, Vampire Weekend, We Are Scientists, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Wild Light, Passion Pit, As Tall As Lions (upcoming)
If the band was an animal, they'd be: the right to bear arms
Or if they were a food, they'd be: a long, lean piece of meat
What about a piece of furniture?: the butcher's table
Okay, how about something to wear?: shades
Animal, vegetable... pick a mineral: anthracite coal
3/5/10 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court*
3/6/10 - Denver, CO - Hi Dive*
3/7/10 - Lawrence, KS - Jackpot Saloon*
3/8/10 - Omaha, NE - The Waiting Room*
3/9/10 - Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater*
3/11/10 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall*
3/12/10 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop*
3/13/10 - Columbus, OH - The Summit*
3/14/10 - Indianapolis, IN - Radio Radio*
3/15/10 - St. Louis, MO - The Old Rock House*
3/17/10 - Austin, TX - Creekside Lounge (SXSW)
3/18/10 - Austin, TX - Beauty Bar (SXSW)
3/18/10 - Austin, TX - Scoot Inn (SXSW)
3/19/10 - Austin, TX - Maggie Mae's (SXSW)
3/19/10 - Austin, TX - Maggie Mae's Gibson Room (SXSW)
3/20/10 - Austin, TX - Club De Ville (SXSW)
3/26/10 - Brooklyn, NY - Glasslands
3/27/10 - Rochester, NY - Bug Jar
3/28/10 - Niagra Falls, NY - Rapids Theatre^
3/29/10 - Akron, OH - Musica
3/30/10 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues Ohio^
3/31/10 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall^
4/2/10 - Chicago, IL - Congress Theatre^
4/3/10 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall^
4/4/10 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue^
4/5/10 - Kansas City, MO - Beaumont^
4/7/10 - Denver, CO - Odgen Theatre^
4/8/10 - Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue^
4/10/10 - Eugene, OR - McDonald Theatre^
4/11/10 - Vancouver, BC, Canada - Commodore Ballroom^
4/12/10 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theatre^
4/13/10 - Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern
4/15/10 - San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre^
4/20/10 - Los Angeles, CA - tba
4/21/10 - Los Angeles, CA - tba
4/23/10 - Boise, ID - Neurolux
4/26/10 - Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad@
4/27/10 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues@
4/30/10 - Orlando, FL - The Social@
5/1/10 - Ft Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room@
5/3/10 - Atlanta, GA - Vinyl@
5/5/10 - Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live@
5/6/10 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza@
5/7/10 - Baltimore, MD - Sonar@
5/9/10 - Cambridge, MA - The Middle East@
* w/ We Were Promised Jetpacks
^ w/ Passion Pit
@ w/ As Tall As Lions
Bear Hands playing “Long Lean Queen” live at Maxwell's:
Bear Hands playing “Sickly Brunette” live at Hugs:
There's something otherworldly and endearing about the swirling, heavily-affected female vocals on A Sunny Day in Glasgow's new album Scribble Mural Comic Journal. Backed by psychedelic, ambient art-rock, the vocals take on a supernatural tone, and calmly soak in.
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