Bear Grass (w/ Bruiser & Bicycle)

Bear Grass is built around the songs of Katie Hammon, who’s sultry pipes have been compared to a ‘fresh from the dryer blanket feeling instrument’. Hammon’s roots in the pacific northwest shape the character of the music with lyrics often referencing the people and places from her childhood memories. The instrumentation sets the stage for vocals to wrap you up and draw you right in while Hammon’s deeply personal yet relatable lyrics take you on a journey. Bear Grass can be classified as indie, folk rock and released their sophomore album LEFT, to a global audience in 2018.

LEFT and its singles received glowing reviews from publications such as Atwood Magazine, Secret Meeting, Spill Magazine, Playlist Play, Soundblab and received Best Album of 2018 by If It’s Too Loud and made it in the 2018 Top 10 by Reductive Reviews. Secret Meeting said that ‘In a time when people like Laura Veirs, Lucy Dacus, Anna Burch and the aforementioned Soccer Mommy have all released albums to critical acclaim, Bear Grass deserve to be included in that company. Their tightly-honed sound provides the perfect backdrop for the hugely emotive vocals that instantly hook you. Do yourselves a favor and check out this fine collection as soon as you can.’

Drawing on influences like Laura Veirs and Dave Bazaan, the music is sometimes subtly dark, but always thoroughly captivating and melodic.