What Is Now is a new Philadelphia-based project from BASIC/Solar Motel Band founder Chris Forsyth featuring members of Bark Culture, Florry, and the Daniel Villareal Trio.

Chris Forsyth: guitar
John Moran: double bass
Joey Sullivan: drums

Recorded live @ 48 Record Bar, Philadelphia 10/9/2025

Whiplashed

"An erudite and farsighted guitar stylist, mapping a path that's hip and scholarly in equal measure" - Wire Magazine.

"Scandi-rock perfection". Dots And Dashes

"It's indie rock goodness, draped in beautiful guitars that shimmers and falls around your ears like rain". Sirens of Decay

"Driving energy, effortlessly layered guitars and just the right amount of experimental sound choices mean that that the music they’re making is just incredibly satisfying to listen to. Indie rock as a genre is overflowing with average bands. So why waste your time? Listen to Great Hare instead." Dani Charlton, Amazing Radio

"Great Hare brings a soft voice, a powerful guitar, so hint of old fashioned taste and they managed to mix it all together and create a song that is both powerful and relaxing"
Wolf In A Suit

"...an outstanding monolith of melodramatic dream-pop".
Dots And Dashes

"It's damn near impossible not to like "Rock n Roll Dreams".
Don't Need No Melody

“Only the Birds,” is a soft, and sweet melody, perfect for snuggling with your lover on a rainy day".
Girl Underground Music

"I’ve heard a couple of songs from this band, and although they’re unsigned at the moment, I don’t expect that to be the case for very long." This Is That Song

"The audience is taken on a floating ride of shimmery summer haze as the guitars weave their way across the room..."
Emerging Indie Bands

Swedish indie rock band Great Hare formed around 2010 when four friends got together after a long hiatus from music. Naming the band after nocturnal chance encounters with wild hares, they turned a loft into a recording studio and brought drums, guitars, tape delay machines, keyboards, pink chorus pedals, an old piano and influences from the post-punk era they grew up in. They turn up at nights looking for melodies that want to be turned into songs. The good ones arrive like waves hitting a beach or echoes of something submerged under the surface.  

Discography

EP:s
Only the Birds EP 2015
In Another Shape 2013

Singles:
Archipelago of Dreams 2021
All Those Dreams 2021
Out of the Shadows 2020
Fresh Air 2020
Weightless Stardust 2020
Love Is Around 2019
Carry On 2019
The Swallows 2017
A Second Chance 2016
Frozen Pavements 2014
Rock n Roll Dreams 2014
Like Flowers 2013
When Love Is Gone 2013
What Went Wrong? 2012

Great Hare are:
Berne Randulv - Bass, Keyboards 
Anders Holmström - Guitars
Kalle Mogren - Vocals, Guitars
Lars Olausson - Drums

All songs are written, recorded, mixed and produced by Great Hare.

Thanks for listening!