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VOIDS

by Minus the Bear

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    The LP jacket features PMS inks, a die-cut cover with a printed inner sleeve and contains a download code.

    Includes unlimited streaming of VOIDS via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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      $10 USD  or more

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    The CD wallet features PMS inks and 8 panel folder.

    Includes unlimited streaming of VOIDS via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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      $14 USD or more 

     

  • Cassette + Digital
    Cassette + Digital Album

    The cassette version is limited to 500 copies and includes a download code.

    Includes unlimited streaming of VOIDS via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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  • Splatter Clear w/ Blue, Black, Peach Vinyl + Digital
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    The LP jacket features PMS inks, a die-cut cover with a printed inner sleeve and contains a download code. Image is a mock-up. Due to the nature of making a splatter vinyl record, each record is one of a kind. The vinyl you receive may look very different from our photo.

    Includes unlimited streaming of VOIDS via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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  • LP TEST PRESSING - RARE
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Test pressing version of Minus the Bear's VOIDS LP. Extremely rare collectible - only 5 in the world!

    Includes unlimited streaming of VOIDS via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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1.
Last Kiss 04:31
2.
Give & Take 03:42
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Invisible 03:56
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Silver 05:53
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Tame Beasts 04:20
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Erase 05:10
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10.
Lighthouse 05:23

about

On their sixth album VOIDS, Minus the Bear started with a blank slate, and inadvertently found themselves applying the same starting-from-scratch strategies that fueled their initial creative process. Album opener “Last Kiss” immediately establishes the band’s renewed fervor. An appropriately dizzying guitar line plunges into a propulsive groove before the chorus unfolds into a multi-tiered pop chorus. From there the album flows into “Give & Take”, a tightly wound exercise in syncopation that recalls the celebratory pulse of early Bear classics like “Fine + 2 Pts” while exploring new textures and timbres. “Invisible” is arguably the catchiest song of the band’s career, with Jake Snider’s vocal melodies and Knudson’s imaginative guitar work battling for the strongest hooks. “What About the Boat?” reminds us of the “math-rock” tag that followed the band in their early years, with understated instrumentation disguising an odd-time beat. “Erase,” recalls the merging of forlorn indie pop and electronica that the band dabbled with on their early EPs, but demonstrates the Bear’s ongoing melodic sophistication and tonal exploration. By the time the band reaches album closer “Lighthouse,” they’ve traversed so much sonic territory that the only appropriate tactic left at their disposal is a climactic crescendo, driven at its peak by Cory Murchy’s thunderous bass. Not since Planet of Ice’s “Lotus” has the Bear achieved such an epic finale. All in all, it’s an album that reminds us of everything that made us fall in love with Minus the Bear in the first place, and a big part of that appeal is the sense that the band is heading into uncharted territories.

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released March 3, 2017

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