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done, you're unable to see or hear
By KATIE STEEN the record as other people might,
DailyArts Writer just because you've seen all the
guts."
)nths before the release of What Stickney described
in Heaven's third LP I Love marks probably one of the most
It's Cool, the band began frustrating aspects of ILove You,
ming - the It's Cool - there are moments
a slowed that seem to indicate that the
400,000 band put a lot of effort and
nt on Bear in thought into the making of the
website. record, but in the end, it's not
-esult is a Heaven that amazing for outsiders look-
ly drone i Love You, ing in. It's an all right album, it's
serves as It's Cool cool.
el form of "Idle Heart" kicks off I Love
nce for Hometapes You, It's Cool with spacey whirrs
ten min- and waves of synth that radiate
efore it gets old and you put and shift, the '80s-era vocals of
me real music. While the Jon Philpot soaring over every-
00-percent-faster version thing else. But the song also
available, it's not that dif- includes additions of crunchy
from the gimmicky web- percussion and a bizarre 30-sec-
elease - it makes for some ond stream of what sounds like a
t background music more sped-up car alarm - atestament
anything else. to Bear in Heaven's ability to cre-
at's not to say the Brook- ate a track that isn't completely
io's album doesn't have its predictable.
ises. It requires numerous Unfortunately, the major-
s - the melodies appear ity of the album isn't as striking.
y, shrouded in an overlay Most songs start strong, like the
oping synthesizers. The punchy synth of "Sinful Nature"
d has a sleek sound that and the electro patter of "The
cs the blase tone of its title, Reflection of You," but become
s nonchalance is deceptive. monotonous after a few min-
ummer Joe Stickney told utes of the same tired hooks. It's

clear Bear in Heaven put in the
hours and figurative ass-break-
ing - the layering is precise
and increasingly complex as the
songs progress, but it seems that
the band is having a love affair
with its own music and forget-
ting that there are listeners who
may not be as committed.
There is one track that dis-
tinguishes itself from the elec-
tronic blur of I Love You, It's
Cool. "Sweetness & Sickness"
progresses at its own leisure and
maintains its cool using looping
instruments and faint vocals. It
continues for over six minutes,
and it seems to resemble the
methodology of Atlas Sound's
early bedroom recordings:
repetitive as hell but unendingly
enticing. Near the five minute
mark, the song quiets down as
if about to conclude, then fades
back in for a minute with trilling
synthesizers and bobbing phas-
ers.
"Sweetness & Sickness" marks
the end of I Love You, It's Cool,
resulting in a mix of conflicted
emotions. The longest and least-
enthusiastic song off the album
manages to be the most alluring
and memorable, while so many
of the previous hook-enhanced
tracks are just vague indie-pop
memories. I Love You, It's Cool is
definitely a record worth being
replayed, but the band might be
more in love with the music than
you are.

By EDITH FREYER
Daily Arts Writer
The trend of fauna-inspired
band names is spiraling out of
control. Don't believe me?
Grizzly Bear. Panda Bear.
Minus the Bear. Polar Bear. Bear
in Heaven. Bear vs. Shark. And
those are just some of the band
names with the word "bear" in
them - what's the D with the
animal kingdom being so over-
represented in music these days?
The two aren't exactly an inher-
ent pair. Why not something else
equally random like tree names or
the elements of the periodic table?
I have nothing against ani-
mals - who does? The problem
is that the industry has latched
onto an idea that's gone overkill.
A band name can be centered on
anything. Whyso many about ani-
mals?
The fad is relativelyrecent, hav-
ing started with misspelled riffs
on animals such as The Beatles
and The Monkees, but it's grown
increasingly trendy as of late. In
fact, the Internet is littered with
websites listing the scores of ani-
mal-related band names.
Back in the day, musicians
went by their given names -
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ie of bands
meameaingless
'Mousehunter." So what's each losing some effectiveness as
ed since then? It seems a result. Personally, I have trouble
as the volume of musical quickly distinguishing The White
nt rises - especially with Panda from Gold Panda when it
Ivent of the Internet - art- comes down to it, especially since
el the need to get increas- they're both electronic artists.
creative with their moniker Now that's just poor planning.
eans of setting themselves It's probably too late for most
from the crowd. established groups to undergo
a name makeover - can you
imagine Modest Mouse chang-*
f ingto something else this late in
Ons and tigers the game? But my advice to you:
id bears - oh If you're thinking of starting a
band now, stay far away from the
y, please stop zoo. The fad has only really been
around for a decade or so, but
now it's already become clich, and
it's only going to move further
in that direction. You've gotta
look outside of the box (or in this
e problem is that everyone case, the cage ...) with the name
arted using that same idea, because listeners' first impres-
ow the crowd itself is made sion is often the name and not
animal names. It seems that the music itself.
una ship has sailed. Fleet There's no telling where this
and Foxes in Fiction? Come fad came from or why it's picked
up so much steam - such is the
.lfmother and Wolf Parade frustrating case with trend dis-
ands with sounds that are section. But as a music lover,
s apart - Wolfmother is a here's to hoping that band names
metal group from Sydney ranging from Noah and the Whale
Volf Parade is an indie group to Fruit Bats are on their way out.
Quebec. But their names And for now, we'll all just have to
ntered on the same species, find some way to remember that
o they run the risk of being Deerhunter is different from
gfully grouped together, Deerpeople.
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