North America, the UK, and the EU are just some of the locations which Boy & Bear will be blessing with their presence in the upcoming few months. After several years away, fans aren’t the only ones counting down the days until their return.
“We love the anticipation of a tour about to start,” says keyboardist Jon Hart. “There’s nothing like getting on the tour bus and settling into your routine.”
For Boy & Bear, this routine will involve flying to Philadelphia and hiring a tour bus, which they will travel on from location to location. Although a small enclosed place with eight men may not seem ideal for day-to-day life for several months, Jon considers it better than the alternative.
“You don’t always sleep perfectly because you’re on the road, you get jolted around a bit. But then you wake up the next morning and you’re in the middle of New York. We get a filtered coffee machine and a toaster for the bus, we have a black coffee and some toast in the morning, and it’s a really nice way to start the day.”
Although there’s no doubt that everyone will need a night off the bus to have a moment to themselves, touring this way will provide Boy & Bear with an incredible opportunity to see the landscapes of America and Canada.
Yet the upcoming tour isn’t the only exciting news Boy & Bear have to offer: their highly anticipated fourth album, Suck On Light, will become available to fans on Friday, September 27th.
Written and recorded in Nashville’s Southern Ground Studios, with help from talented Collin Dupuis (Lana Del Rey, The Black Keys) and acclaimed Tom Elmhirst (Arcade Fire, Beck, Lorde, Amy Winehouse), the 12-track album will be their “best album yet.”
‘Hold Your Nerve’, their first release since their 2015 award-winning album Limit of Love and the first single on the album, told the story of their vocalist Dave Hosking and his battle with a debilitating illness that made the band fear they’d never release another album.
The story of Hosking’s recovery and the way in which the band continued to work to pursue their dreams isn’t only represented in ‘Hold Your Nerve’, it’s explored throughout the album in its entirety.
“Why did we name it Suck On Light? It’s representative of the direction of the record. We don’t want it to be heavy and dark, we want people to feel that there’s something better coming tomorrow.”
With the tour and album release ahead, we’re sure that there will be.
Suck On Light is out Friday, September 27.
Written by Daniela Koulikov
Photo by Daniel Boud