Boy & Bear

I couldn’t help but make one of my first posts about a certain Australian band that I have deeply adored since first hearing one of their songs in high school. Boy and Bear, who I deem to be Australia’s version of Mumford and Sons, are a unique, dreamy and top-class indie/folk rock band. Upon listening to one of their early works Rabbit Song from their debut album Moonfire, I instantly fell in love with 

They began to gather popularity as one of their tracks “The Storm” became a feature on Triple J Unearthed during February 2009 and eventually winning that year’s Unearthed competition, and have since become one Australia’s most successful and distinguishable bands, having had numerous national and international tours. They have won various ARIA Awards ranging from Breakthrough Artists to Album of the Year and have also been awarded the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) Award in 2012. With such huge successes within a span of 5 years, Boy and Bear have very good reason to be one of my personal favourites. 

Having seen them live as well as owning their various works, I highly recommend listening to both their albums Moonfire and Harlequin Dream, also with particular praises to their songs Feeding Line, Mexican Mavis, Arrow Flight and Southern Sun.

Rabbit Song
Feeding Line
Southern Sun
Arrow Flight