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Bearsuit - The Phantom Forest

Review by Jazz Monroe

While The Phantom Forest flirts with the old cliché of trying to appease fanbase and critics simultaneously, Bearsuit remain in spirit the frolicsome DIY hedonists that John Peel and the rest of us made flags out of our collective cardigans over. »

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bearsuit return with an off-the-wall pop masterpiece and a fierce new sound incorporating dirty synths, urgent guitars and infectious beats. produced by gareth parton (the go! team, breeders, foals) the 12-track long-player heralds a fierce new sound for the band, who have swapped violins, flutes and horns for dirty synths, urgent guitars and infectious beats in the light of a dramatic line-up change. beset by their own dangers, bearsuit have survived to make the best album of their career. the phantom forest is laden with dance-floor fillers, killer beats and brazen melodies. it will keep you dancing until all the booze is drunk, with a birdsong finale to serenade your dawn-walk home. but lurking beneath, a more sinister and melancholy thread weaves the 12 tracks together.
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