Bears In Trees: PPL Momentum Music Fund
Bears In Trees – Every Moonbeam, Every Fever Dream (EP)
Bears In Trees are a dirtbag boyband, four pals from south London having an all round swell time. Helping old ladies cross the road, bagging your groceries on a Sunday morning. Nothing to see here officer.
Beginning in a South London basement in late 2014, the band – composed of vocalist and bassist Iain Gillespie (they/them), guitarist Nicholas Peters (he/him), drummer and producer George Berry (he/him) and vocalist, ukulele and keyboardist Callum Litchfield (he/him) – grew up as teenagers together on a diet of online fandom, mid 00’s emo-pop, and the golden age of One Direction. They wrote music from their basement hoping that someone would listen.
Nearing seven years later, building an online following in-excess of 600’000, the bands fanbase would come to find solace in their unique blend of online irreverence, absurdist humour, and dedication to fostering a community that keeps each other safe – this is without mentioning the songs they’ve written about working in gay bars, becoming friends with worms, and processing the deaths of close friends.<
Award of this grant in this round of funding for the PPL Momentum Fund comes on the release of bands new EP ‘Every Moonbeam, Every Fever Dream’ and on eve the band stepping into new territory, opening up for You Me At Six on a UK arena tour in early 2023.