I love this band... happened to hear them when visiting my sister in chico.  They have a great sound and unique style, plus some killer lyrics.  Can't say enough about them.  Bought a couple extra CDs to give to friends down in Southern California.
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What kind of CD does three years of recording, mixing, re-recording and remixing produce? For Chico trio Bear Hunter, the resulting debut—You Will Be Heard!—is something close to a master class in the production of a progressive indie pop/rock album. This is one monster endeavor that brings all of the multi-instrumental/multi-tracking/multi-effect fun that can be had while messing around in a studio, and uses it to decorate and elevate an eclectic collection of pop and rock songs. This reviewer digs the ones that showcase vocal-melody work as much as the production work, because when frontman Maurice Spencer’s pipes are more focused on the finished hooks of tunes like “Action/Reaction” (your new favorite song) or “Basement 98,” Bear Hunter is at its song-making best. “Basement 98” is just beautiful—loping drums, crunchy guitar punches and the kind of lush vocals (with awesome falsetto: “baring your teeeeeeth …”) that would make dreamy popsters Death Cab for Cutie blush. This isn’t your typical local band with a home-burned CD-R. Buy it and brag to your friends about how Chico rules.
- Jason Cassidy, Chico News & Review
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"You Will Be Heard!" - the first release from Chico, Calif.-based Bear Hunter, finds three musical brainiacs making smart post-punk music in a Pro Tools world.
Steeped in Britain's early progressive rock tradition, Bear Hunter offers 13 catchy tracks that connect the dots from early psychedelia to cutting-edge modern rock.
Tracks include the irresistible pop-rocker "Action/Reaction"; "Drumfire," a series of short, haunting instrumentals interspersed throughout the disc that sound like they could've appeared on a Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd record; the pleasantly dreamy "Caught in a Well" and epic "Sea of Tranquility"; and "My Nemesis The Cheese Grater," which rivals the finest of today's Brit-pop efforts.
Guitars (Chris Hunter) and drums (Clint Bear) seamlessly complement Maurice Spencer's assorted instrumentation and tastefully haunting vocals with original mixes and melodies that'll bounce around your brain well after your CD player stops spinning. And ain't that what good music's all about?
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