Exit Pursued By Bear!
Next up on the ‘CTCNI’ agenda is a four piece alternative rock band from Limavady in Northern Ireland known as Exit Pursued By Bear!
The members of the band are four men (which can’t be safe or hygienic) who go by the names Sean Mullan (Lead Guitar), Michael Mc Macken (Lead Singer, Rhythm Guitar), Ronan Hart (Bassist) and Conor Crampsie (Drummer) ... To prevent any fights between them the names where typed in no particular order, we love you all equally.
Now my mama taught me never to tell a lie so I’m going to be honest, the email I received from them was the first time I had ever heard of EPBB (Hope they don’t mind me shortening it) and I honestly don’t know how this is possible! EPBB recorded their first E.P last Summer and quickly moved onward and upward from there. It’s a great quality, especially in a band to see your weakness and know how to strengthen them and with this in mind the band set out with the aim of bettering their first E.P, and my dear sweet baby potatoes they did it!!!
The second E.P, was quite confidently named ‘Forget Saving Earth (The World is Ours)’ and was released only a short few weeks ago on the 30th January 2012. Now thats a way to start the new year!
(We need Bear Grylls’ assistance!!!)
EPBB are fans of bands such as Incubus, Muse, And So I Watch You From Afar and Radiohead. Their love of these bands and genre of this music streams through their own music but with that extra added uniqueness. After listening to the bands music for the first time just a day ago (and not being able to get ‘Cities in the Sky’ out of our heads) there is one thing that is so truly obvious here ... these guys know and love music!!!
The lyrics are deep and metaphorical and you feel every word they say like they mean it. To quote one of our favourite lines in the song ‘Broken Pixels’ ‘The stars are broken pixels ,Against the monitor of space’ makes us shiver. This line gives you no choice but to gaze at the night sky and see it for more than what it is. To say that EPBB think outside of the box is a bit of an understatement in our eyes.
Their progress so far through the music scene has gone quite swimmingly with one of their tracks, ‘And I You Yours’ reaching the top 10 in the NI Charts more than once, and doing exactly what it says and catching that up is another one of their masterpieces ‘Catch You Up’ which has been played on numerous occasions on BBC Introducing at Radio 1. With being on many radio stations, doing radio sessions and have submitted applications to festivals such as Glasgowbury and the Stendhal, we can not help but wonder where EPBB find the time to create such amazing, catchy and enjoyable music. One thing we do hope is that they continue to do it seamlessly while still letting their hometown accents come through!
Exit Pursued by Bear, CCTNI are definitely on board and look forward to hearing the future music being played on BBC’s Across the Line, BBC introducing and many other stations in the near future!
(Boys will be boys!)
Where to Find EPBB:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/exitpursuedbybear
BandCamp: http://exitpursuedbybear.bandcamp.com/
SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/exit-pursued-by-bear
