Music Sunday: Minus The Bear

Confession: I am 100% stealing the "Music Sunday" idea from miss*H. I have always wanted to do something similar and I hope she doesn't mind if I take her idea. Especially because I am giving her full credit ;)

I know it seems like I am always talking about a show I'm going to (I didn't even talk about the Drum and Bass event I went to in October) but I guess you have to live when you are young and able, right? On Tuesday, I will be seeing a band I have liked for a while, Minus the Bear, in Birmingham. I usually go to Atlanta for shows, but Bham is also about two hours away. I have only been there once, for an Armor for Sleep/Underoath/Taking Back Sunday show in 2007. But this place I'm going to called The Workplay seems to be much smaller venue which should be nice.

We started listening to Minus the Bear during my freshman year when my roommate at the time, Hedman (who I am still friends with now -- he has been mentioned here before), brought them into the house. He and Frisco got into them first. For whatever reason, it took me a little longer. But once I did, and the entire house did, we REALLY got into their sound. It's just... different. Especially for what I usually listen to. It's very chill, but they can also jam with the best of them. We have kept up with them over the years and thanks to torrents were able to get their entire discography a few years back.

Last week, my brother went to a show of theirs in California. He was texting me telling me he was there and I was telling him I was jealous and that we were contemplating going ourselves. Afterward, he said the entire show, openers and all, was "perfect" and said that MTB was "fucking amazing." That pretty much convinced me to get on it and upon realizing that tickets were ridiculously cheap, they were purchased.

Now I would like to share some of the music I will be jamming to, in progression form.

From their first release, "This is What I Know About Being Gigantic" (September 2001)



From their debut album, "Highly Refined Pirates" (August 2002)



From an EP released between albums, "Bands Like It When You Yell "YAR" At Them" (May 2004)



From the album that has gone down as a classic, "Menos el Oso" (August 2005)



From the remix album, "Interpretaciones del Oso" (February 2007)



From their third full length, "Planet of Ice" (August 2007)



From an acoustic album, "Acoustics" (October 2008)



And finally, their latest single, off an album due out next year (October 2009)