{"id":32571,"date":"2012-10-25T12:11:21","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T12:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-bear-cavalry-puryss\/"},"modified":"2018-03-11T01:28:11","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T01:28:11","slug":"album-review-bear-cavalry-puryss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-bear-cavalry-puryss\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Bear Cavalry – Puryss"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"We as music consumers have our favourite labels – mostly because when you see a certain label’s release, even if you have never heard the band before, you have a good idea of what’s in store. If you see the Deathwish label, for instance, you’re prepared that the music is most likely to be skull-crushingly heavy. If you see a Fat Wreck Chords label, you know that you’re in for some riotous and rollicking three-chord punk. Oxford’s Alcopop! Records<\/strong> have a reputation for releasing fun, eclectic and accessible indie-pop, usually on a fairly mathy slant – but even for them, this EP from\u00a0<\/span>Bear Cavalry<\/strong>\u00a0is a little leftfield.<\/span><\/p>\n

The four-piece, hailing from the sleepy town of Gosport, Hampshire, play a groove-driven style that falls somewhere between Vampire Weekend, Tall Ships and Everything Everything, a constantly surprising and interesting piece that provides for head-nod inducing rhythms in spadefuls. This four-tracker, following on from last years ‘Maple Trails’<\/em> EP, is a wee stunner, brimming with sumptuous basslines and constantly shuffling style and approach, always remaining fresh. ‘Aubrey Plaza’<\/em>, named for the actress who portrays April in NBC sitcom “Parks And Reaction”, is a record highlight, from the Talking Heads-esque synth lilts underlying the verse to the soaring, mammoth chorus, this song is an absolute gem.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

‘Trail Dust And Good Water’<\/em> is another banger; the early part of the song has an almost seductive quality, as horns and synths lay over a hooky bassline, like a hazy, smoky slowdance in a John Hughes movie, leading to an incendiary finish that sends this EP off on a mightily high note.<\/p>\n

A surprising record, and one definitely not expected to emerge from Alcopop!<\/strong>’s fine roster, ‘Puryss’<\/em> constantly and consistently delivers in a style that simultaneously feels comfortably familiar and brand new, and is a fantastic introduction to a band that seem destined to worm their way into a wider consciousness sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n

4.5\/5.<\/p>\n

‘Puryss’<\/em> by Bear Cavalry<\/strong> is out on the 5th November through Alcopop! Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Bear Cavalry<\/strong> links: Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a>|Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Ollie Connors (@olliexcore<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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