The 2 Bears are playing a series of DJ gigs in support of their debut LP, Be Strong. Catch them at:
27th Jan – The 2 Bears, Sub Club, Glasgow
3rd Feb - The 2 Bears, Fabric, London
16th Feb – The 2 Bears (Raf only), Clwb Ifor Back, Cardiff
17th Feb – The 2 Bears, Crawdaddy, Dublin
18th Feb – The 2 Bears, Blah Blah Blah @ Digital, Brighton
24th Feb – The 2 Bears, Social Club, Paris
25th Feb – The 2 Bears, Stadtbad Wedding, Berlin
The 2 Bears LP Be Strong – is out next week (Monday 30th January) via the good folks at Southern Fried Records. You can hear the whole thing on the band’s site. Reviews have various described it “thumping album of proper house music” (Word), “a really beautiful work of art about love and unity” (Annie Mac) and “one of the most anticipated albums of 2012″ (The Observer). The Guardian’s exceptionally good review of Be Strong is online here. The album is available as a Big Bear Bundle featuring am instant download, signed deluxe CD, a tea towel (modeled here by Joe and Raf) and a ping pong set. Finally, you can still hear their Essential Mix for Radio One here, via the iPlayer.
The 2 Bears – aka hardest working man in showbiz Joe Goddard and Raf Daddy – are playing a series of DJ gigs over the next couple of months in the UK before heading out to work on their winter tans in Australia. Their next single, Work, will be released on Southern Fried in November while their absolutely corking LP, Be Strong, will emerge in the New Year.
