Saturday 23 March 2013

More praise for 'Black Bank' with 5-star review from R2 magazine

As if recent airplay of our single 'Kitty' from BBC Radio 2'Whispering Bob HarrisDermot O’Leary, and 6 Music's Tom RobinsonAbsolute Radio's Geoff Lloyd, Xfm’s John Kennedy…  wasn’t enough, our album 'Black Bank' continues to attract breathless praise.

This time, it’s from the respected Rock ‘n’ Reel magazine, who gave us a five star review:


Sunday 10 March 2013

Download our new single Kitty - out Monday 11 March

Our new single Kitty is available from Bandcamp http://strawbear.bandcamp.com/ from Monday 11 March.

Kitty, taken from Straw Bear's new album 'Black Bank', is a story of unrealised artistic ambition set to soaring folk-pop that has seen the Cambridgeshire band tipped for big things.

BBC Radio 2's Dermot O'Leary named it among his singles of the week on his Saturday show. Broadcasting legend 'Whispering' Bob Harris raved about Kitty on his Radio 2 show. And 6 Music's Tom Robinson described Kitty as "an understated gem" - featuring the band in session on 9 March.

Listen again to Straw Bear's 6 Music Session here

A New Band A Day described Kitty as “a hook-laden song of near-perfect pace, delicious construction, delightful lyrics and sweet intent”. The influential blog went on to single out Straw Bear as one to watch in 2013.