Boy & Bear

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Boy & Bear
General information
Genre (s) Indie rock , folk
founding 2009
Website www.boyandbear.com
Current occupation
Dave Hosking
Killian Gavin
Tim Hart
Jon Hart
former members
Jake Tarasenko

Boy & Bear is an Australian folk rock band from Sydney , who had their breakthrough in 2011 with the album Moonfire .

history

The five original members knew each other from their time together at the university, where they initially played in different bands. Three of them were even heads of their own band. But they knew each other from appearances together and had jammed together on the side . In early 2009, Dave Hosking uploaded the song The Storm to the Triple J broadcaster , where it was voted the feature song of the young talent program Unearthed in February. From this the joint project Boy & Bear developed together with Killian Gavin, Jake Tarasenko and the brothers Tim and Jon Hart. The special features of the band include the harmonious singing of the various front people as well as the versatile songwriting of the musicians, who come from different musical backgrounds.

In the same year they published the joint piece Mexican Mavis . They won Triple J's Unearthed competition and were named Artist of the Year. After the first successes of their single on Australian radio, they signed a record deal with Island Records Australia . Then they played in the opening act for the Australian appearances of Angus & Julia Stone , Mumford & Sons and Laura Marling , with Marling they even appeared in Great Britain and Tarasenko and Tim Hart even played in their backing band. In autumn 2010 she led the sold out “Blood-to-Gold” tour through Australia.

In 2010, Boy & Bear released their first EP with the title With Emperor Antarctica , which included three new songs in addition to the two well-known songs. Their next single was a cover version of Fall at Your Feet by Crowded House at the end of the year . This was the first time they entered the top 50 of the Australian charts. The successor single Feeding Line was also successful in the charts. In the summer of 2011, the debut album Moonfire was released. It rose to number two on the album charts and achieved platinum status . They also won the ARIA Award 2011 for album of the year. They received four other awards, including the Best Music Group Award, making them the most successful artists at this award of the most important Australian music award.

In May and June 2012 Boy & Bear toured again through Australia (“Remember-the-Mexican” tour) and then also performed a number of appearances in Europe in August, including in St. Pölten in Austria. In October, the band announced that Jake Tarasenko broke up with the band. The sequel to "Moonfire" is titled "Harlequin Dream" and was recorded in Sydney. Release date was August 16, 2013.

The following, two years later, the third album was entitled "Limit of Love" and was released on October 9, 2015 and entered the Australian charts at number 1. It was produced by the well-known British multi-instrumentalist Ethan Johns .

After a nearly four-year hiatus due to singer Dave Hosking's severe bowel disease, the band returned with the release of their fourth studio album "Suck On Light". It was released on September 27, 2019 and was produced by the band themselves, together with Collin Dupuis. It is the first release of new studio material in four years.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Moonfire
  AU 2 
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum
08/21/2011 (39 weeks)
Harlequin Dream
  AU 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 
platinum
platinum
08/26/2013 (24 weeks)
Limit of Love
  AU 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 
gold
gold
October 19, 2015 (12 weeks)
Suck on Light
  AU 7th 07.10.2019 (2 weeks)
Singles
Fall at Your Feet
  AU 34 
gold
gold
11/28/2010 (3 weeks)
Feeding Line
  AU 46 
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum
05/29/2011 (4 weeks)

Albums

  • 2011: Moonfire
  • 2013: Harlequin Dream
  • 2015: Limit of Love
  • 2019: Suck on Light

EPs

  • 2010: With Emperor Antarctica
  • 2013: Southern Sun (AU:Double platinum× 2Double platinum )

Singles

  • 2009: The Storm
  • 2009: Mexican Mavis
  • 2010: Fall at Your Feet
  • 2011: Feeding Line
  • 2011: Milk & Sticks
  • 2011: Part Time Believer
  • 2013: Southern Sun
  • 2013: Three Headed Woman
  • 2013: Harlequin Dream
  • 2015: Walk the Wire
  • 2019: Work of Art
  • 2019: Hold Your Nerve
  • 2019: Suck On Light

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  1. ↑ Featured Artist - Boy and Bear ( Memento of the original from June 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Triple J Unearthed, interview October 6, 2009  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.triplejunearthed.com
  2. ↑ Boy and Bear - Mountain folk , Triple J, October 6, 2009
  3. ↑ J Awards 2010 , Triple J
  4. ↑ Boy and Bear , entry at Triple J, as of 2010
  5. ↑ Boy and Bear announce 25-date tour , triple j, February 2012
  6. ↑ Boy & Bear Concert Setlists & Tour Dates , setlist.fm, accessed February 26, 2012
  7. ↑ Boy and Bear down one boy ( Memento of the original from October 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , faster louder, October 8, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fasterlouder.com.au
  8. ↑ New Boy & Bear album "Harlequin Dream" is coming ( Memento from August 7th 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  9. ↑ a b Chart discography Australia
  10. ↑ Awards: AU

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