When picking your band's name - please choose carefully. Picking a name with too much character and never living up to it is the trait of a modern sinner. Attempting to add an 's' to the end of a name - or replacing a letter with a numeral - in an attempt to separate yourself from another similarly named group automatically voids your character. Now here's an idea: return to the simplest of times, choosing an animal name such as bears [yep, just bears - no golden, no grizzly, no "da"] and have your musical mascot be a darling honey dispenser.
Folks, I introduce Cleveland's bears to your senses - two fellas named Charlie and Craig who take the niftiest traits of The Zombies (see: the keys on "How To Live"), Tigermilk-era Belle and Sebastian [yet huskier] and that refreshing feeling of finally getting your toes in the ocean after an eight hour drive to the beach [see: "stay"].
Presenting thirteen tracks at just under 36 minutes, bears act in a swift series of events - breezing their way into your mind and wrapping their sweet, sticky paws around your lonely heart. If bears were an island, I'd risk my life to swim there.
