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Bearsuit are an art-rock/dance/punk band from Norwich, UK.
Comparisons include Architecture in Helsinki, Everything Everything, The Go! Team, Sonic Youth, Deerhoof, Huggy Bear, and Black Kids.
They are due to release a new album "The Phantom Forest", recorded by Gareth Parton (The Go Team, Foals, Breeders) in March 2011 on Fortuna Pop (Pains of Being Pure At Heart, Crystal Stilts).
They will be touring the UK in February and March, before heading to SXSW to play a showcase slot curated by Huw Stephens (BBC Radio 1). The band will also play at Contempopranea festival in Spain in July.
Bearsuit have previously played various festivals including Latitude, Bestival, The Great Escape and Offset, as well as several abroad including SXSW, Emmaboda (Sweden) and CMJ in New York, where they were voted ‘Best Breakthrough Act’ in a New York Times poll of badge-holders and received shining reviews, including Pitchfork.
The band have also supported the likes of Crystal Castles, Melt Banana, Future of the Left, Lightspeed Champion, and Hot Chip.
They have previously released records on Fantastic Plastic Records (Ash, Ikara Colt, Futureheads, The Guillemots), Happy Happy Birthday To Me (US) (Bunnygrunt, Lovely Eggs, Hotpants Romance) and Micro Indie (US) (Sodastream, The Universe, The Icicles).
The band have been championed by BBC radio DJs including John Peel, Steve Lamacq, Huw Stephens, Zane Lowe, Rob Da Bank, Phill Jupitus, Marc Riley, Tom Ravenscroft, Tom Robinson, Colin Murray, Gideon Coe and John Kennedy on XFM.
Accolades include scooping 'Vinyl of the Week' in the NME, 'Pick of the Week' in The Guardian, and 'Album of the Fortnight' in Artrocker.