{"id":8909,"date":"2014-08-04T19:47:45","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T23:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/?p=8909"},"modified":"2023-11-19T17:42:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T22:42:35","slug":"album-review-bear-in-heaven-time-is-over-one-day-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/album-review-bear-in-heaven-time-is-over-one-day-old\/","title":{"rendered":"ALBUM REVIEW: Bear In Heaven “Time Is Over One Day Old”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Time is Over One Day Old<\/em>, the long awaited fourth studio album from Brooklyn based Bear In Heaven is, sure enough, about the concept of time. Seasons, memory, space, dreaming, and reflection\u2026 they all seem present and accounted for. The time theme has a nostalgic slant to it- there is something wistful and aching in the tones and a kind of internal or external reflection pronounced in the lyrics. Undoubtedly, Bear In Heaven retain their complicated, brilliant layering musically that can be found in their previous albums. A lot of the songs have a new wave sensibility- a thumping beat mixed with skilled fast paced instrumentation and ambient synthizer effects that could easily be danced or swayed to. There is an artful building of sounds in each and every song: dissonant and pure, conflict and resolution.<\/p>\n

The first track, \u201cAutumn\u201d, kicks off with a few eerie dissonant notes that are quickly interrupted\u00a0by a driving beat, leading it then into a fun synth-infused summer jam. The use\u00a0of\u00a0sounds as building blocks, particularly with the implementation of odd effects throughout, showcase skilled compositional ability–nearly\u00a0orchestral-esque– in the way they successfully mold the track together. \u201cTime Between\u201d, boasts airy synth juxtaposed with fun, meticulous\u00a0bass lines paired with soaring vocals, and gives the song an ambient, relaxed vibe. In “Dissolve The Walls”, vocals\u00a0are used to assist with the layering in of sounds, lending the song the quality\u00a0of an eerie choir chanting over the synth tracks that moor\u00a0the composition as a whole, while the pulsating, grainy, gain-y beat evolves.<\/p>\n

A haunting reticence and reflection hovers over some of the rhythmic synth-rock beats that pervade various tracks throughout the album, particularly In \u201cIf I Were to Lie\u201d, in which vocalist\u00a0Jon Philpot chants \u201cIf I were to lie in telling you how I\u2019m dealing\u2026 better off alone, better when you need me.\u201d Similarly, in \u201cThe Sun and the Moon and The Stars\u201d, the song tells\u00a0a narrative about traveling through space, a journey that leaves\u00a0the protagonist\u00a0disappointed in what he finds as he croons repetitively over the expansive ambient tone, \u201cIs this it, or is this it?\u201d. \u201cMemory Heart\u201d has a drum line that thumps in tandem with the bass like a heart beat with a deliciously dissonant guitar line and crawling synth melodies, which all resolve in the audibly spacious chorus, to start back up again. Quite frankly, this track rules.<\/p>\n

Time is Over One Day Old<\/em> still undoubtedly retains the complex musicality and dissonant underpinnings of their previous albums, yet\u00a0shows a discernible evolution in both arenas, that allow it to pack a punch that their prior work hasn’t.<\/p>\n

The album comes out August 5th on Dead Ocean<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, listed to “Autumn” here via Soundcloud.<\/p>\n