Boy & Bear: Limit of Love

This time around Boy & Bear changed things up a bit and recorded live to tape, with limited overdubs and editing. It’s daring, nerve-wracking and well worth it. Boy & Bear are easily one of the most loved live bands, and it’s surprising they didn’t make the decision to record this way sooner.
There’s still the charm of before, but there’s a little bit more light-hearted fun that’s thrown in as well. ‘Walk the Line’ is probably the best example of this, but even in ‘Where’d You Go’ and ‘Man Alone’, there’s a happier go lucky feel that underpins the instrumentals – though not always the lyrical content.
The tracks are catchy, with a bit more of a country twang in the odd track here and there – something the band occasionally slip in. ‘Breakdown Slow’ is a great example of this one, and just generally a great emotive track on the album. ‘A Thousand Faces’ is perhaps my favourite release on the album, it’s excitable, raw and there’s even a bit of synth in there – it’s got it all. It’s an actual that’s more the ticked all the boxes of where the band should be on their third release. Here’s to the fourth.
Out Via Universal Music Australia
Reviewed by Amanda Sherring