Bear’s Den debuts new song “Frightened Whispers” today + New album Blue Hours out May 13

BEAR’S DEN DEBUTS NEW SONG “FRIGHTENED WHISPERS” TODAY NEW ALBUM BLUE HOURS OUT MAY 13 CONFIRMS EXTENSIVE RUN OF NORTH AMERICAN DATES photo credit: Bennie Curnow April 20, 2022—Today, acclaimed U.K.-based band Bear’s Den debut their new song, “Frightened Whispers.” Of the song, Bear’s Den says, “‘Frightened Whispers’ is one of our favorites on the record. It’s been through a few iterations and has a really unique DNA as a song. It was a puzzle weaving all the different instrumental counter melodies together but the penny dropped for us when we got the wonderful Matt Douglas involved to play sax. He brought something really magical to the process, we can’t wait for people to hear it!” Listen to/share “Frightened Whispers” HERE. The new song is the final track to be revealed ahead of the band’s fourth studio album, Blue Hours, set for release on May 13 via Communion Records. Band members Andrew Davie and Kevin Jones once again team up with producer Ian Grimble on what is one of their most personal records to date. In addition, the band has previously released songs “Blue Hours,” “Spiders,” “All That You Are” and “Shadows,” which can be listened to HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE. Themes on the album include both self-reflection and mental health after both struggled with the latter in recent years. “It’s the main over-arching theme with this record,” Davie explains. “It probably speaks to our struggles and hopefully many other people’s too. Men are not very good at talking. We’re not really taught how to – men have no idea how to talk about this stuff, certainly to each other.” Despite the album’s challenging themes, it’s an album drenched in hope too. “We wanted this to be a celebration of music,” Jones continues. “I think that informed some of the bolder decision making on this record. At a time when music was so distant, it felt important to make an album that sounded hopeful, celebratory, ambitious and beautiful in spite of the heavy subject matter in some of the songs.” Jones adds: “It was almost like we needed to shout louder than before because we felt that there were more barriers between the audience and us. We needed something to transcend that.” The group also confirms an extensive run of U.K., European and North American tour dates. The set of U.S. tour dates kicks off in early September and include performances at New York’s Webster Hall, Los Angeles’ Troubadour, Nashville’s The Basement East, Chicago’s Thalia Hall, D.C.’s 9:30 Club and more. Full tour routing can be found below.  The London-based band played music in various incarnations before officially forming in 2012. Their 2014 debut album, Islands, earned them an Ivor Novello nomination—the U.K.’s most prestigious songwriting accolade—alongside notable acts Ben Howard and Hozier, while their 2016 album, Red Earth & Pouring Rain, reached #6 on the U.K. album chart. Last year, the band released their third studio album, So that you might hear me, to critical praise both stateside and abroad. The band has sold 500,000 records over the course of their career and after four years of nonstop touring has sold over 150,000 tickets worldwide including global festival appearances at Bonnaroo and Glastonbury. BEAR’S DEN—BLUE HOURS 1.   New Ways 2.   Blue Hours 3.   Frightened Whispers 4.   Gratitude 5.   Shadows 6.   All That You Are 7.   Spiders 8.   Selective Memories 9.   On Your Side 10.   All The Wrong Place BEAR’S DEN LIVE April 23—Oslo, NO—Parkteatret April 24—Stockholm, SE—Debaser April 26—Copenhagen, DK—Studie 2 April 28—Berlin, DE— Astra April 29—Hamburg, DE—Fabrik May 1—Amsterdam, NL—Paradiso  May 2—Amsterdam, NL—Paradiso  May 5—Zurich, CH—Kaufleuten May 7—Cologne, DE—Carlswerk Victoria May 9—Brussels, BE—Ancienne Belgique May 17—Bristol, UK—O2 Academy May 18—London, UK— Eventim Apollo  May 21—Dublin, IE—Olympia  May 22—Manchester, EN—Albert Hall  May 23—Glasgow, UK—O2 Academy  May 25—Newcastle, EN—Newcastle University May 26—Birmingham, EN—O2 Institute May 27—Leeds, EN—Leeds University Stylus  September 8—Dallas, TX—The Studio at The Factory September 9—Austin, TX—Emo’s September 11—Nashville, TN—The Basement East September 12—Atlanta, GA—Variety Playhouse September 14—Ardmore, PA—Ardmore Music Hall September 15—New York, NY—Webster Hall September 16—Washington, DC—9:30 Club September 17—Boston, MA—Royale September 20—Toronto, ON—Danforth Music Hall September 21—Chicago, IL—Thalia Hall September 23—Minneapolis, MN—Varsity Theater September 24—Iowa City, IA—The Englert Theatre September 25—Kansas City, MO—Knuckleheads Saloon September 27—Denver, CO—Bluebird Theater September 28—Salt Lake City, UT—The CommonWealth Room September 30—Seattle, WA—Neptune Theatre October 1—Vancouver, BC—Vogue Theatre October 3—Portland, OR—Revolution Hall October 5—Felton, CA—Felton Music Hall October 6—San Francisco, CA—August Hall October 8—West Hollywood, CA—Troubadour