Album Info

Eliza and the Bear (Deluxe)

Rock - 2016

Five friends from London (all male: their name is the title of an Eleanor Rees poetry collection) who craft very... more

Tracklist

1

Friends

2:57 min
2

Where Have You Been

3:33 min
3

Make It on My Own

3:24 min
4

Lion's Heart

3:07 min
5

Cruel

4:02 min
6

Light It Up

3:15 min
7

It Gets Cold

3:32 min
8

Oxygen

3:17 min
9

Upon the North

3:58 min
10

Brother's Boat

3:51 min
11

I'm on Your Side

8:05 min
12

Talk

3:48 min
13

I Hope You Know

3:39 min
14

Natives

3:24 min
15

Thief

3:01 min

About Eliza and the Bear (Deluxe)

Five friends from London (all male: their name is the title of an Eleanor Rees poetry collection) who craft very rousing, very earnest, and very effective indie-folk. This eponymous debut almost buckles with the almighty weight of its euphoric, bittersweet anthems, but the band’s instinctive skill and confidence with a chorus keeps everything on a crest of a wave. “Friends”, “Lion’s Heart”, and “Upon the North” will inspire the sort of lusty sing-alongs on which great festival moments are made, but it’s not all brass-swelled bravado. “Cruel” and “I’m On Your Side” show there’s a maturity beneath the exuberance.