Artist:Boy & Bear
Song:Southern Sun
Album:Harlequin Dream
The folk rock group Boy & Bear has had modest success in their native Australia. They are frequently compared to Fleet Foxes and Mumford & Sons. Boy & Bear started out as a solo project for singer songwriter Dave Hosking. He's from Sydney, Australia. After releasing a 2008 EP, he met guitarist Killian Gavin and they started jamming. From there, Hosking turned it into a band with brothers Jon (keyboards) and Tim (drums) Hart and Jake Tarasenko on bass. All knew each other from other local bands. After their 2009 self released single Mexican Mavis got local radio play, they got a record deal with Island in Australia. And that's when they started calling themselves Boy & Bear. This came from an internet name generator. While recording the 2011 album Moonfire, Boy & Bear toured Australia. The album reached #2 on the Australian chart and the single Feeding Line got radio play. It did well enough to get them an international record deal with Nettwerk Records. Meanwhile Tarasenko was replaced by David Symes. The 2013 album Harlequin Dream was the first in this new deal. The album and single Southern Sun did OK in Australia but not internationally. After three albums, Nettwerk and Island dropped Boy & Bear in 2019. They released an album independently in 2022. Boy & Bear should remind you of Fleet Foxes. They probably aren't distinctive enough to be an international success. But they should still do OK in Australia. Here's the video for Southern Sun by Boy & Bear.
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