Minus the Bear "Menos el Oso (20th Anniversary)" COLOR:2xLP Translucent Magenta characteristics of which Otoboke Beaver’s

characteristics of which Otoboke Beaver’s music shares in droves

Separation Sunday is the second studio album by the American indie rock band The Hold Steady

although nowhere near fast enough to be danceable

The Runaways crank up the intensity on their dominant second album

composer Rob Simonsen rises to the challenge

Minus the Bear "Menos el Oso (20th Anniversary)" COLOR:2xLP Translucent Magenta characteristics of which Otoboke Beaver’sBack in 2005, Seattle quintet Minus the Bear were riding the wave of a swift upward trajectory with their blend of '90s mathrock fretboard savvy, early '00s electro indie textural depth, and the wistful melodicism of the more mature strain of Midwest emo. So it was an interesting time for the band to undergo a stylistic sea change. Looking beyond their fellow guitar slingers, Minus the Bear instead found inspiration in the more adventurous pop