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Bear Lake

Rank #18 Troy, MI Indie

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Members: Keith May, Jon Rice, Brian Kwasnik, Erik Pederson, Steve Stetson

Sounds Like: Bear Lake, Ra Ra Riot, Portugal the Man

Label: Bear Lake Music LLC.

Bio: Relationships, love, death, addictions, complications and hate all encompass the basic structures of life. All of these factors mesh together somewhat chaotically at times, yet Bear Lake encompasses them all in their music. Within the past year, Bear Lake’s music has been featured on shows like "... See Full Bio

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““It's fair to say that Bear Lake is probably the closest Michigan gets to our own Radiohead (if Michigan indeed needs its own Radiohead)…The music business is notoriously unpredictable, especially these days, but, given the right backing, Bear Lake has every chance of swaying heads nationwide and beyond.” ”

— -Brett Callwood, , Detroit Metro Times

“Only once or twice a year do I hear a new album that grabs me like the one from today's spotlight band. If You Were Me from Bear Lake is, out of the box, absolutely one of the best new records of 2011...There's so much here to like!”

— Ryan Spaulding, Ryan's Smashing Life

“Bear Lake seem equally possessed by McCartney as they are by Gibbard (Death Cab), equally blending pared-back piano/acoustic folk jaunts with the arm-raising/eye-closing/lip-synching ingratiation of arena-rock anthems - and equally flexing knacks for charting out ear-worm melodies as they are at dressing their soundscapes with enough atmospheric intrigue so as to squelch the saccharine and give the theatric ardor of the spacey-pedal-howled tones enough room to breath out their star-gazer resonance.”

— WRUV

“The band lists “Sleep Deprivation” as one of their influences. That’s not surprising given the band’s busy last few years, having their music featured on multiple network TV shows and a Sundance Festival film while also producing this album. The tireless effort shows through in the diversity of the tracks, the sincerity of the lyrics and the beautiful melodic schizophrenia.”

— Stereo Subversion

“The harmonies are pure and pretty, the tones are meticulously wound to keenly mellifluous timbres such as to achieve that grinning summer-y enchantment. Throw in heartfelt, plaintive lyrics that spill their guts, either delicately or declaratively... and you've got the glistening charm of Bear Lake... a band that's already had their songs snagged by a number of mainstream media outlets like One Tree Hill. Plus, they were just in the studio to sit in for Ann Delisi's Essential Music. ”

— Deep Cutz

““Their music has been compared to such different bands as Radiohead, the Flaming Lips, the Shins and Snow Patrol. They actually sound more like Band of Horses, with their shimmering atmospherics, quiet loud dynamics and understated vocals with an occasional country flavour.” ”

— –Mark Rowland, Penny Black Music Magazine UK

““It's always harsh to make comparisons to modern successes, and Bear Lake doesn't make it easy, but in a marathon with easy-indie-listening bands that have blown up nicely in the past few years, including Death Cab for Cutie and Snow Patrol, the group's discography thus far puts it in the conversation, if not the race.” ”

— Erin Podolsky, Detroit Free Press

““Rochester-based indie rock band Bear Lake is getting some major face time (ear time?) on cable television this fall. The band's song "Where Do We Go" was featured on episode seven of the CW's "Melrose Place," and tonight it will appear on "One Tree Hill," also a CW show. The song is off the band's second album ‘Places on the Side.’” ”

— Jessica Nunez, MLive.com

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2012
Jul 28

Riverfest
St. Clair, MI, US | 1:24pm
Riverfest
St. Clair, MI, US
Sat Jul 28, 2012 1:24pm
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2012
Jul 26

Chelsea Sights and Soun…
Chelsea, MI, US | 8:00pm
Chelsea Sights and Sounds F...
Chelsea, MI, US
Thu Jul 26, 2012 8:00pm
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We are sharing the stage with our good friends, The Hard Lessons!
2012
Jul 19

Bear Lake in Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI, US | 1:21pm
Bear Lake in Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI, US
Thu Jul 19, 2012 1:21pm
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2012
Jun 30

Stars and Stripes Festi…
Mt. Clemens, MI, US | 1:19pm
Stars and Stripes Festival
Mt. Clemens, MI, US
Sat Jun 30, 2012 1:19pm
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2012
Jun 9

The Magic Bag
Ferndale, MI, US | 8:00pm
The Magic Bag
Ferndale, MI, US
Sat Jun 09, 2012 8:00pm
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Bear Lake EP Release Party with Lightning Love and Brae.