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Meanwhile, we are working on writing and recording our next full-length album. We hope to finish it some time this summer and release it by the end of the year. .::May 10, 2009::.Charlie's The Golden Rule EP is now up on iTunes!
Click the button below to download it. thanks! .::May 7, 2009::.Craig is looking for musicians to play with his side project, Craig Ramsey & the Nice People. Specifically, he needs a drummer, bass player and keyboard player. If you live in or near Cleveland, can commit to regular practices, are able to tour, and want to be part of the next great supergroup, email craigaramsey@gmail.com. The first show is June 3 at the Beachland, so get in touch today if you are interested! .::May 1, 2009::.Our song "Please Don’t" is on the May/June Paste Magazine CD/digital sampler. It's the issue with The Decemberists on the cover... we haven't seen it yet, but you should check it out if you happen to be in one of the many stores that sell it! Fastcut Records (Japan) recently restocked our records... Thanks to our Japanese friends for making the Who Knows 7" their top selling release lately! There will be more news concerning our relationship with them soon. Ooooh, what could it be?! .::April 11, 2009::.Our records are now available in Japan from Fastcut Records! Click here to visit their shop. .::April 9, 2009::.hey! my new (non-bears) EP is available today. it comes in a limited edition of 100 hand-numbered copies with an eight page booklet. and all orders come with a button and postcard of the album art. i'm pretty happy with the way this all turned out, so check it out here or here if you're interested. thanks! /charlie
.::March 30, 2009::.we both have side-projects now... do they sort of sound like bears? probably. maybe you can decide for yourself. craig: www.myspace.com/craigramsey charlie: www.myspace.com/goldenrulemusic and goldenrulemusic.net thanks for checking out our new projects, and there should be more bears news pretty soon. /charlie and craig .::March 8, 2009::.Hello! It's been a while since we've had any news... sorry about that. One nice thing to report is that we were nominated "best indie/underground" band in the Cleveland Scene Magazine reader's poll. If you click that link, the short writeup sort of combines two stories i recounted in a phone interview a while ago. the "punk trio" thing was somewhere around 1999/2000. Then the "start writing pop songs together" happened in 2005, not as a result of the first part. But, hey, it's nice to get positive reviews even if the facts aren't right! Thanks for voting to anyone who bothered to do so. Have we mentioned the 10" vinyl pressing of our Shortest Day of the Year EP? Well, we're mentioning it again. It should be out soon. Have a nice day. .::January 22, 2009::.We're happy to announce our affiliation with Moon Jaw Records, a new label created by our good friend Leo DeLuca from Southeast Engine and Vaughn Stewart! Their first release will be a vinyl pressing of the new Southeast Engine long player, and we look forward to doing some great and wonderful things with them in the future. .::January 15, 2009::.Happy 2009, everyone. I hope it's starting out well for you. We aren't too active right now, but there is still the 10" vinyl version of our Shortest Day of the Year EP coming out soon! Pink Teeth Records is releasing that for us, and it should be out in about a month. I know we've been saying that for about six months now, but it may actually be correct this time. In other news, we posted a few mp3s for download on the fun page, so check that out if you haven't already downloaded everything for free on one of those torrent sites. Our resident artist, Kate Pugsley, just updated her website too, so you could check that out if you're feeling adventurous. .::December 18, 2008::.Four months late, we have finally posted some photos from our summer touring with Ghosty and Pwrfl Power. Check them out here! 
.::November 5, 2008::.Our records are now available via the German mailorder Vollwert Records! Also, Fraction Discs [SWE] recently restocked all of our releases. A few nice features about our new album have come out in the last couple weeks... Alternative Press gave it a swell review, and we are Band of the Week over at Paste Magazine this week. And here's one from Popmatters. .::October 5, 2008::.
.::August 27, 2008::.Simple machinery is up on iTunes today!
Click here to buy it. Yay! .::August 22, 2008::.Here are a couple more nice features on our new album: The record release show is tomorrow! .::August 19, 2008::.We just got home from a little over a week of shows with Ghosty and Pwrfl Power on the East Coast, and it was great. Highlights include Chinatown in Boston at 2am, lighthouses and large cats in Maine, being in Vermont, hearing Anthony Keidis ask someone "how's that hotdog, man?" in Pittsburgh, and plenty of things I'm probably forgetting. Thanks to everyone who played with us, booked a show, bought a record, and gave us a place to stay. We have two more shows booked for August, including the record release on Saturday, and then we won't be playing in Cleveland for a while. Charlie is moving to Chicago, but we still plan to record more music and tour when the opportunity arises. For anyone wondering about the 10" release of the Shortest Day of the Year EP (+ 1 exclusive song), it's been delayed until September, but it will be well worth the wait. It's on white vinyl... WHITE VINYL. Our recently-released Who Knows 7" is available at Insound now at a 10% discount when you use the code whoknows10. Click here! A nice show review from The Tripwire came in while we were on the road in Brooklyn. Check it out here. For our Swedish friends, Fraction Discs is once again stocking our records, so head over to their site to pick up your copy. New shirts are up in the online store! .::August 8, 2008::.Reviews and features are already starting to come in for the new album... We're on Spin.com today as the "buzzcatcher," and check out another review from QRO Magazine here. If any of those things make you want to pick up the record, you can get one here. We leave for tour tonight - see you soon! .::August 4, 2008::.Well, the new CDs have arrived, and they look (and sound??) great! We're excited to put it out on vinyl, which should happen pretty soon-ish. It will be up on iTunes in a little while, too. New t-shirts are coming in with the axe man over there on them -----> .::July 23, 2008::.
Tour dates for August with Ghosty and Pwrfl Power are posted here! This is a temporary website that will be replaced with something new (and possibly better) at some point when we are feeling inspired. The old one was feeling too cluttered anyway... So for now, please check out the new songs and come say hi to us on tour. site navigation :: news :: tour :: store :: press :: fun :: blog |
Our new album, Simple Machinery, is coming out soon! You can listen to a few of the new songs on