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Red Earth & Pouring Rain

Bear’s Den

Red Earth & Pouring Rain

Second album from the London folk rock / alt.rock duo Andrew Davie and Kevin Jones

ADM rating[?]

6.2

Label
Caroline International
UK Release date
22/07/2016
US Release date
29/07/2016
  1. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    A record that's provided Bear's Den a new lease of life, allowing them to build on the solid foundations laid as a trio and create something that not only feels like a natural progression, but is also staggeringly pretty in the process
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  2. 8.0 |   Clash

    Undoubtedly this is a record which grips you, taking you on a journey and making you unwittingly invest all of your emotions just from one simple press of a button
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  3. 8.0 |   Evening Standard

    Together the duo are a gliding iceberg, the perfect balm for tricky times
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  4. 7.0 |   The Music

    An ambitious folk-rock album, full of heartfelt lyrics, giving it a deep emotional feel, a great album to take on a long drive to think things through or just cry
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  5. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    It is a decent return from a band who continue to show promise
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  6. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    Betwixt the laboured moodiness, there are some moments of real beauty
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  7. 6.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    An admirably ambitious album and presents Bear’s Den as a far more diverse, capable band that many would have previously thought
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  8. 4.0 |   The FT

    The way he delivers these hammy lyrics with heartfelt sincerity and mid-Atlantic accent is reminiscent of Mumford & Sons
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  9. 4.0 |   The Observer

    There’s nothing that really connects here; no flash of originality to distinguish them from any number of stadium emoters riffing on fantasies of the open road
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