Bears in Trees

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Bears in Trees
Origin	Croydon, South London, England
Genres	Indie rock, punk rock, folk punk
Years active	2014–present
Labels	Counter Intuitive Records
Associated acts	deafpony, ewy, NOAHFINNCE
Website	bearsintrees.com
Members	George Berry Iain Gillespie Callum Litchfield Nick Peters

Bears in Trees are an English folk punk band from Croydon, South London, England.

In October 2020, Bears in Trees announced that they had been signed by Boston label Counter Intuitive Records.^[1][2]

History[]

Childhood friends Callum Litchfield and Iain Gillespie formed the band in 2014 after the dissolution of their previous project, The November Criminals,^[3] which also included Bears in Trees guitarist Nick Peters. Litchfield met George Berry, originally brought on board to mix and record their songs, at college.^[3] Berry has since also become the band's drummer.

Musical influences[]

The band cite Fall Out Boy, The Front Bottoms, Modern Baseball, The Wombats, Walk the Moon, The 1975,^[4] Dodie and Cavetown^[5] as their main influences, but have also made reference to many others across their social media.^[5][6]

Band members[]

• George Berry – drums, percussion and the band's producer. Berry graduated from the Academy of Contemporary Music with a first class honours degree in Professional Music Production.
• Iain Gillespie – vocals, bass guitar.
• Callum Litchfield – vocals, ukulele, piano. Litchfield is a classically trained flautist.
• Nick Peters – guitar and lyrics. Peters runs the majority of the band's social media.^[3]

Discography[]

Albums/EPs[]

Let's Sleep On It (2015)[]

Bears in Trees released their first collection of ten songs on 1 September 2015. The band has since removed Let's Sleep On It from all streaming services except Bandcamp, citing that the album "[doesn't] accurately reflect [their] sound anymore".^[7] The final two songs on the album are listed on Bandcamp as bonus tracks.

Track listing:^[8]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Away With The Best Of The Rest Of The Year"	03:14
2.	"Less Than Hello"	03:03
3.	"Vampires"	03:01
4.	"Jumbo Jet"	02:22
5.	"Track 4+1"	04:04
6.	"Good Hustle, Kids"	03:55
7.	"Gravity"	02:21
8.	"Koalas"	03:44
9.	"We'll Get 'Em Next Time (Good Hustle Kids Cover)"	03:39
10.	"Always Falling (Gravity Cover)"	02:35
Total length:		30:30

Just Five More Minutes (2017)[]

Bears in Trees released their debut album Just Five More Minutes on 14 August 2017.^[9] Tracks 1–11 were produced by Berry, while track 12 was produced by Absolex. Joe Matthews provided the trumpet for this album.^[9]

Bears in Trees refer to their fans as "sandboxes" as a reference to the song 'The Sandbox One'. The song 'Good Rhymes for Bad Times' was the album's pre-release single.

Track listing:^[9]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The 411"	04:10
2.	"4AM"	03:41
3.	"Always Sunny In South London"	02:54
4.	"Flower Power! (The Leading Cause of Gum Disease)"	03:35
5.	"The Sandbox One"	04:18
6.	"Kent Has a Lot of Fields, Pt. 3"	02:28
7.	"Not Santa Monica"	03:51
8.	"Good Rhymes for Bad Times"	03:39
9.	"The Musical"	03:06
10.	"Better Days for Better Headaches (Musical Reprise)"	02:54
11.	"Give 'em One of These (411 Reprise)"	04:12
12.	"4AM (Absolex Remix)"	03:51
Total length:		42:39

Bits n' Pieces (2017)[]

This EP was released 30 December 2017. Mikey Tree of deafpony provided the guitar on the song 'Alone in the Basement'.^[10] The song 'Fyaaa' is only available on Bandcamp.

Track listing:^[10]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Empty Space"	01:17
2.	"AlphaBeatical"	01:15
3.	"Inside Out"	00:51
4.	"I Don't Know"	00:39
5.	"I Have a Headache"	01:10
6.	"Fyaaa"	00:39
7.	"Alone in the Basement"	02:02
8.	"We're Just The Same"	00:19
9.	"Getting a Call From Alfred"	00:56
10.	"Push Ups (Two)"	01:48
Total length:		10:56

I See Blue (2019)[]

I See Blue was released on 23 August 2019. This EP once again reflects upon the band's time at university. The song 'I Am Cold' contains repeated references to Catch-22, guitarist Peters' favourite book.^[11]

Track listing:^[12]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nights Like These"	02:58
2.	"Life's A Beach"	02:40
3.	"Don't Drink Coffee"	01:32
4.	"Starting Fires"	02:51
5.	"I Am Cold"	03:37
Total length:		13:38

I Want To Feel Chaotic (2020)[]

All the songs on the I Want To Feel Chaotic EP were released individually as singles prior to the EP's complete release on 5 June 2020. This EP is the band's first release under the Counter Intuitive label.^[13] The band refers to this period of single releases as the I Want To Feel Chaotic era.^[14] The band have said that this EP is about “about coming to terms with the worst parts of your personality – with the things that scare you, with the things that keep you awake at night… with the deaths of your friends, and the slow acceptance that you are deserving of love.”^[15] The song 'Reverberate' also contains references to Catch-22.^[16]

Track listing:^[17]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ramblings Of A Lunatic" (Single release 1 January 2020)	03:32
2.	"Permanence" (Single release 22 January 2020)	03:03
3.	"Rust" (Single release 5 March 2020)	02:45
4.	"Cobwebs" (Single release 17 April 2020)	03:13
5.	"Reverberate" (Single release 29 April 2020)	03:56
Total length:		16:29

Keep Me Safe (2020)[]

As with companion EP I Want To Feel Chaotic, the Keep Me Safe EP heralded a new era for Bears in Trees. Each of the songs were released individually as singles prior to the EP's complete release on 11 December 2020 with Counter Intuitive.

Track listing:^[18]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"It Gets Better" (Single release 4 September 2020)	03:25
2.	"Seaside" (Single release 7 October 2020)	03:19
3.	"Ibuprofen" (Single release 6 November 2020)	03:20
4.	"Laugh / Cry" (Single release 11 December 2020)	03:32
Total length:		13:36

Flower Through Concrete (2021)[]

Flower Through Concrete was released on 14 May 2021 with Counter Intuitive. The band's first professionally produced music video, for Fresh Concrete, was directed by Rakesh Jaitly and was released on 17 May 2021.^[19]

Track listing:^[20]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Fresh Concrete"	2:30
2.	"Evergreen"	2:53
Total length:		5:23

and everybody else smiled back (2021)[]

Bears in Trees announced their first full-length studio album under Counter Intuitive Records, and everybody else smiled back, on 16 September 2021. The album was released on 19 November ^[21] The lead single, Great Heights, was also released on 16 September. The following single, I'm Doing Push Ups, was released on 8 October. The third and final single of the album, Little Cellist, was released on 5 November. Accompanying music videos, also directed by Jaitly, were uploaded on 18 September and 9 October, respectively.^[22][23] The music video for Little Cellist was released on 6 November but unlike the band, previous music videos were directed by Jamie Benyon. It is also the first music video to not contain the band ^[24]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cut corners on short walks"	3:35
2.	"I'm Doing Push Ups"	3:23
3.	"Baggy Hoodies"	3:55
4.	"Heaven Sent is a Coffee Cup"	2:52
5.	"Keep It Easy"	2:08
6.	"Array of Light"	3:34
7.	"Mossy Cobblestone"	1:47
8.	"Confidant"	2:58
9.	"Little Cellist"	3:30
10.	"Sun Machine"	3:28
11.	"Great Heights"	2:52
12.	"If I Just Ask Politely"	3:16
13.	"Klimt Painting"	2:43
Total length:		40:16

Singles[]

"Fly Out To Alaska" (2018)[]

Bears in Trees recorded the song, released as a single on 8 November 2018, in the AutoHeart Studios in Vienna.^[25] The music video for 'Fly Out To Alaska' was also filmed during the band's time in Vienna.^[26] Austrian slang is included in a call-and-response section of the song; Nah oida! Leiwand! roughly translates to "hey man! It's cool!"^[27]

"Sitting Pretty" (2019)[]

'Sitting Pretty' was released on 11 February 2019.^[28]

Tours[]

Bears in Trees had their debut UK tour in mid-2021. The tour was originally due to take place in December 2020, but had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, Bears in Trees have also toured the UK with NOAHFINNCE.^[29]

References[]