Child Bite / Big Bear :: Split 7" :: Joyful Noise Recordings

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Child Bite / Big Bear
Child Bite / Big Bear (7")

Catalog Number: jnr37
Release Date: 07/07/09

Vinyl + MP3: $4

(green vinyl)

MP3: $2

Track List:

Gloom Boots (Child Bite)
Song 23 (Big Bear)

A split of monstrous proportions - Big Bear and Child Bite have joined together to inject post-punk prowess into this otherwise lifeless piece of translucent green vinyl.

Detroit's Child Bite lead the charge with their slightly menacing yet consistently danceable take on post-punk. Dark-math-soul seems to be the name of the game on "Gloom Boots." Child Bite's addition of a horn section gives this track a particularly soulful feel - though they retain a certain Captain Beefheart-esque madman sensibility. Horns seem to work in conjunction with the rhythm section while twiddling guitars swirl around Shawn Knight's distinct howl.

Big Bear's East Coast sensibilities seem to help spawn their distinct blend of noise pop. "Song 23" is rhythmically complex - with choppy guitar / keyboard arrangements and female vocals which somehow ends up being both sinister and cutsie. Song 23 begins innocent enough, but becomes more and more twisted as the song develops. Throughout the song each successive measure is significantly altered, so that in the end, it seems as though every possible rhythmic and tonal variation on the opening riff has been explored at least once; resulting in a song full of tumbling, somewhat carnival-esque melodic phrases. File this one under "Demented-Cutsie-Grind-Pop"

"Spastic-but-catchy [genre]core, and, above all, fun fun fun. Three different vinyl colours, interconnected sleeves, and a strong-case for why 7" singles rule."
Young Pilot Astray

"Two peas in a pod: weird, artsy, complex punk. "
Emotional Drumming

""Gloom Boots" is another track of bizarro, carnival sideshow indie rock sort of in the Man Man vein. It's pretty groovy, with a steady saxophone beat providing its most memorable component. Big Bear sound absolutely nothing like a band might sound with that name. Nope. "Song 23" actually reminds me of a slower, less gimmicky Gravy Train!!!!; frontwoman Jordyn Banks doesn't quite sing or shout -- somewhere in the middle, sort of a peppy spout, laying it over an off-kilter song whose keyboardist, Joanne Dill, is entirely prominent, fiddling with out-of-key taps that bounce from corner to corner in methodical moves."
PunkNews.Org

"“Gloom Boots”, is a relatively straightforward and somewhat more accessible track from the band that makes very good use of a horn section. Sort of sounds like if RFTC if they were merged with Ten Grand, which I can get behind... Now to the Boston based Big Bear... I think the material found on this split is the first stuff they’ve officially released since their debut album came out on Monitor back in ’05. Anyone that’s into mathy riffage sort of in the area of Breadwinner or Bozart might want to give that a listen... The track featured here has the band definitely cutting back on the chunky guitar licks; however they have by no means refrained from the sort of discordant guitar work that initially got me into the band."
Built On A Weak Spot

"Simply stellar.... Child Bite's track, Gloom Boots, is a heavily layered track, with multiple horns, vocal tracks, string instruments, and percussion instruments. Mind melting guitar solos, epicly saucy jazz horns, and relentless percussion straight execute your senses. Big Bear's track, Song 23, is less complicated in the sense that it doesn't sound like it's got as many layers. Math rock seems to be just as big of an influence however. Unsettlingly executed stops and starts coupled with nearly polyrhythmic instrumentation leaves me wanting more, and coming back to listen to it again just to make sure what I just heard actually happened. A great example of what creative people can do if you just give them a chance to show you what they can do."
Someone To Love More Than Music

"Psychotic stage rock (huge guitars, hot keyboards and pounding drums) is probably my best description - and probably most fitting but this band is far more than that. Their songs are as witty and clever as they are emotive fits of creativity."
Ryan's Smashing Life