I feel like traveling back to the halcyon days of 2009 to revisit Bear in Heaven.
Reading Pitchfork’s Worst Album Covers of 2012 and who do I spy… Bear in Heaven. That sucks… but hey… its about the music right. Hire a better graphic designer next time. BUT the article did remind me that I love the song “Lovesick Teenagers.”
I love time and I love context. It can help you re-appreciate an old cut.
In late 2009, Bear in Heaven released their critically acclaimed Beast, Rest, Forth, Mouth. I downloaded a couple key cuts as it sounds great during my lounge sets at The Veneto Lounge on the weekends.
Last night, Coral was slamming through some episodes of Skins and during a scene where Michelle and Stanley are hugging on the shores of a lake… a song is raging at the beach party just beyond them. I recognized the song and Michelle said, “hey I love that song.”
Wait-a-minute, I do too Michelle!…. that’s Bear in Heaven! Nice.
The song they featured was “Lovesick Teenagers.” Such a pretty song about that lustful time in all our lives. I like the song because it talks about how those feelings still live in you and out there… long after you think they don’t. Good times and an adorable song.