The Act: CHINA BEARS

The Release: �SUNDAY�

The Format: DIGITAL SINGLE

The Release Date: MAY 31ST 2019

The Digital Link: orcd.co/chinabears_sunday

The Truth: China Bears were formed in Somerset in 2015 by twin brothers Ivan (guitar / vox) and Frazer (guitar). The line-up was completed after meeting bassist James and drummer Dean at university in Guildford later that year. They have announced a free headline show at Hackney Sebright Arms on September 4th as per this link here: https://link.dice.fm/w0K6ztlWAX

�Stay For Good� was their barnstorming first single on fierce panda earlier in 2019 and the follow-up sees a suitably dramatic gear change as �Sunday� slows the pace with its languid guitars and deadpan beats. At least until the stadium-sized lift-off occurs around two minutes and 29 seconds in�

While the pace may be down the creative passion remains undiminished, as guitarist Frazer candidly explains: ��Sunday� was written about one particular Sunday afternoon. I had just moved away from home to university and had become extremely isolated and insecure in myself and my abilities, and on that day it was a little too much. I think everyone goes through that feeling at some stage, circumstances cause friendships and relationships to change and you can feel like people aren't there for you anymore.

�Like all of our work it's very honest and seems bleak but looking back I think it's quite hopeful. Its understanding I was struggling and being lucky enough to have someone there to confide in. I remember it being quite a quick writing process but it took a while with extensive sessions to get it sounding how it is now.�

And the way �Sunday� sounds now is�well, pretty darned sensational: painstakingly intimate, but enormously approachable with a sublimely sub-hysterical hook which goes: �Good God it�s a Sunday afternoon / What are you doing on the kitchen floor again?� It�s like a proper old school emo classic by a properly humble band nodding sagely at The National, Dry The River, Frightened Rabbit and Snow Patrol, for China Bears create misery-strewn indie anthems combining ambient guitars, choral vocals and raw lyric writing, all of which is evinced by their splendid forthcoming summertime EP.

Happily China Bears have already self-released three slinky tracks, �Meet Me In London�, �Hydra� and �Night Calls�, earning airplay from Huw Stephens on BBC Radio 1, Steve Lamacq on BBC 6music, John Kennedy on Radio X and Melita Dennett via BBC Introducing in The South. Along the way they�ve had notable support slots with acts such as Genghar, The Districts, To Kill A King, The Howl & The Hum, Declan McKenna, The Big Moon and Blackwaters.

Recent live shenanigans have seen springtime appearances at Soma Fest, at the Social for fierce panda�s 25th birthday party, and at a packed showcase in the seaside chaos of The Great Escape. Next up come these shows here:

3rd July - Sofar sounds - London
5th July - Cornbury Festival
6th July - Big Bash - Dorking
13th July - Thame Festival
17th July - Sofar Sounds - London
20th July - Cheltenham - Frog and Fiddle
21st July - Westival - Aldershot
24th July - Cardiff - Tiny Rebel
25th July - Sofar Sounds - Colchester
26th July - Sofar Sounds - London
3rd August - Podymore Festival - Yeovil
18th August - WeyFest - Surrey
23rd August - Bridgwater - The Cobblestones
4th September - London - Sebright Arms (EP LAUNCH SHOW)
14th September - Cranleigh Folk Festival - Cranleigh
19th September - London - 100 club
27th Septmber - Basingstoke - The Loft

"A bunch of strong sounding melodies" Steve Lamacq, BBC 6music

"Such good song-writers" Melita Dennett, BBC Introducing South

"Brilliant, I wish I sounded like that at my stage of their career" Frank Turner

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