Now, Here Comes The Music

Champagne

Nadia Garofalo - vocals, juno, wurlitzer
Ben Shillabeer – bass, bass vi, guitars, programming, synths
Ben Turner – drums, percussion

Recorded at home, Bristol and Axe & Trap Studios, Somerset.
Nadia’s vocals recorded by Brian Fox at Altered States, Chicago.
Mixed by Ben Turner at Axe & Trap Studios - axeandtrapstudios.com
Mastered by Shawn Joseph at Optimum Mastering, Bristol.

Background loop on 'Bootlickers' courtesy of Charlie Andrew & Cyrus Bayandor. Cover art by Amelia Teixeira.

catalogue number HFBTS006

releases March 1, 2024

Pacemaker

Got no time for your nickels and dimes and austerities 
Im feeling so alive in the prime and honestly 

Bending the law like a straw on a beautiful field 
Cause I will never get enough 
Never ever get enough of it 

Got no patience for your lies and your spells of astrology 
Feeling hunger for the night and a life in the menagerie 

Sharpen the knife cut the ties of a stupid judging face
Cause I will never get enough 
Never ever get enough of it 


I get the juice from the loot
I get the juice from the loot
I get the juice from the loot
I get the juice from the loot

No regrets for my crimes or my lines of dirty deeds
I'm armed to the teeth with a gang of false beliefs 
Lawyering up to put a stop on the stupid judging claims 
Cause I will never get enough 
Never ever get enough of it

I get the juice from the loot
I get the juice from the loot
I get the juice from the loot
I get the juice from the loot

I get the juice from the loot
I get the juice from the loot
I get the juice from the loot
I get the juice from the loot
I get the juice from the loot
I get the juice from the loot
I get the juice from the loot
I get the juice from the loot



Short Skirts

I Don't Care

I Dont Care

Headed North

Hurt Somebody

Bloodline (Marla Kether Remix)

Awfully Civilised marks a significant milestone for Broken Bear as it represents their first collaboration with a producer outside of their ranks (whose recent credits include Blur, Massive Attack, Tom Grennan, and James Bay!). This collaboration has allowed them to infuse new life into their already unique sound, resulting in a track that promises to captivate audiences with its emotive lyricism and innovative soundscapes.

Broken Bear’s signature dark, melancholic, moody, raw, and grungey style has captured the attention of BBC Introducing and Tom Robinson's BBC 6Music Mixtape and has garnered them comparisons to iconic acts such as Nirvana, Radiohead and Fleetwood Mac.


LYRICS:

I found my peace
In the middle of a war 
Became the beast 
But forgot what for
Smashed through the ceiling 
Which was also a floor 
Feeding the plants
But killing the soil

Bleach it 
Start again

Been awfully civilised 
Being awfully civilised

I cut my teeth
As a professional whore 
On my knees
I can see much more
Saving yourself 
Is killing us all

Bleach it 
Start again

Been awfully civilised 
Being awful civilised

We are adjusting to a sick society

Awfully Civilised

08 - LOVE DIMENSION (Pod Mix)
BPM: 82
SOUNDS LIKE: Thompson Twins
ISRC: CARI82400008
Written by Elyce and Benjamin Russell

Music Video: https://youtu.be/7a5yDpcfUWQ

About: "There's a little part of me that some people never do see." This is a song of hope - there's another side to humans that often gets overlooked in the rush to the future.

Pleasure Center

Love Dimension (Pod Mix)

4 tunes made over most of 2023, the theme is one of sadness that leads to anger.

Broken Promises

Chimpanzee’ is the earliest written track on the album, inspired by country influences and Bonneville’s experience of moving away for the first time. Looking out of a high-rise flat in Oxford Street Manchester, Bonneville felt like the chimpanzee shot into space in the 1960s. Many will relate, floating away on this melancholic melody and meeting the Chimpanzee and Bonneville in these feelings of being lost and confused.

Chimpanzee -Clean

New Single "Candlelight". Release date - 1st of May 2024. 

Candlelight

“It’s anger and protest without shouting it from the rooftops…the perfect soundtrack for the impending apocalypse” Kate Hoare (iamur) 

Epsom duo Broken Bear formed from the ashes of a band which gigged extensively at venues and festivals across the UK, playing alongside bands such as Catfish & The Bottlemen, Razorlight, Ozric Tentacles, The View, Space, Buzzcocks, British Sea Power and Toploader. 

Broken Bear are regulars on their local BBC Introducing show (Surrey and Sussex) and have been championed by Tom Robinson on his BBC 6Music mixtape. 

Genuinely difficult to pigeon-hole, the pair’s music has been described as alt-rock, indie, shoe-gaze, garage rock, grunge and everything in between. 

Broken Bear are carving out their own sound but comparisons have been drawn with bands such as Nirvana, Radiohead, Fleetwood Mac and The Cranberries. 

Laura is the lead singer and guitarist, while Paul is more at home on the bass and synths. Both share the drumming and writing duties. 

Their music is their therapy. 

Broken Bear for a broken world.

Awfully Civilised

BROKEN BEAR

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