Late Of The Pier are a band that I had always overlooked and never bothered to listen to, I’d heard them name-checked too often by music journalists and scene bloggers – always a good sign that the band won’t be to my taste! Based on this single I’d say that my cynical disdain may well have been misplaced.

The Bears Are Coming is rather a seesaw ride – initially struck by a cool percussion intro, interested piqued by that weird honking sound rhythm and then disappointed by plain old normal vocals only to be excited again by the scratchy instrumental melody. We’re only 45 seconds into the track so far but the ride continues right the way through and I’m constantly switching between loving it, hating it and going “ooh, I like this bit”. Three and a half mintues and I feel like I’ve been on an album’s worth of journey, I’m looking for a media player that allows me to skip parts of a song in the way I ignore poorer tracks on albums!

So maybe those music journos & bloggers know a thing or two after all – I enjoyed the chaotic indie pop of “next big thing” Late Of The Pier afterall – who’d have thought it!