Bears in Trees
{{Short description|English indie rock band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Bears in Trees
| genre = Indie rock, emo, pop rock, goblincore
| years_active = 2014–present
| current_members = *Iain Gillespie
- Callum Litchfield
- Nicholas "Nick" Peters
- George Berry
| origin = Croydon, South London, England
| label = Counter Intuitive Records (previous)
| image = Bears in trees logo.png
| caption =
| website = {{URL|bearsintrees.com}}
}}
Bears in Trees are an English indie rock band from Croydon, South London, England.{{Cite web |last= |date=2021-11-08 |title=Croydon band 'Bears in Trees' set to release first studio album this month |url=https://www.swlondoner.co.uk/entertainment/08112021-croydon-band-bears-in-trees-set-to-release-first-studio-album-this-month |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=Swlondoner.co.uk |language=en-GB}}
The band tends to reject genre labels, preferring to call themselves a 'dirtbag boyband.'{{Cite web |title=Bears in Trees on Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/bearsintrees/status/1306246759283404801 |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=Twitter |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Torres |first=Maya |date=19 March 2022 |title=From TikTok to tour bus: Bears in Trees |url=https://nique.net/entertainment/2022/03/19/from-tiktok-to-tour-bus-bears-in-trees/ |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=Nique.net |language=en-US}}
In October 2020, Bears in Trees announced that they had been signed by Boston label Counter Intuitive Records.{{Cite web|last=Bears in Trees|date=28 October 2020|title=Announcement Tweet|url=https://twitter.com/bears_in_trees/status/1321452217552035840|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=13 December 2020|website=Twitter|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Counter Intuitive Records|url=https://www.counterintuitiverecords.com/|access-date=2021-01-03|website=Counter Intuitive Records|language=en}} The band is no longer signed to this label, and released their fourth album How to Build An Ocean: Instructions independently after rejecting a "major record label deal."{{Cite web |title=TikTok - Make Your Day |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@bearsintrees/video/7361922595966553376?_t=8lsgnSF22Uq&_r=1 |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=Tiktok.com}}
History
Childhood friends Callum Litchfield and Iain Gillespie formed the band in 2014 after the dissolution of their previous project, The November Criminals,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.facebook.com/bearsintrees/videos/new-song-preview-we-hope-your-ears-enjoy-it-excuse-the-not-so-great-quality-x/403384279830948/ |title=New song preview. We hope your ears enjoy it, excuse the not so great quality x {{!}} By Bears In TreesFacebook |language=en |access-date=2024-05-05 |via=www.facebook.com}} which also included Bears in Trees guitarist Nicholas "Nick" Peters.
Musical influences
The band cites Fall Out Boy, The Front Bottoms, Modern Baseball, The Wombats, Walk the Moon, The 1975,{{Cite web|last=Fresa|first=Carina|date=1 February 2020|title=Bears in Trees – A Hot Up and Coming Band in the UK|url=https://www.hercampus.com/school/suffolk/bears-trees-hot-and-coming-band-uk|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717202127/https://www.hercampus.com/school/suffolk/bears-trees-hot-and-coming-band-uk |archive-date=2020-07-17 |access-date=13 December 2020|website=Her Campus|language=en}} Dodie and Cavetown{{Cite web|last=Bears in Trees|date=29 November 2020|title=Instagram post|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CIMOOQ8hvE9/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=13 December 2020|website=Instagram}} as their main influences, but have also referred to many others on their social media.{{Cite web|last=Bears in Trees|date=|title=Official TikTok|url=https://www.tiktok.com/@bearsintrees?lang=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630193928/https://www.tiktok.com/@bearsintrees?lang=en |archive-date=2021-06-30 |access-date=13 December 2020|website=TikTok|language=en}}
Band members
- George “Lady Di” Berry – drums, percussion, producer, scream at the end of "I Don't Wanna Be Angry"
- Iain Gillespie – vocals, bass guitar, lyrics
- Callum Litchfield – vocals, ukulele, piano, keytar, triangle
- Nicholas "Nick" Peters – guitar, lyrics, backing vocals
Discography
= Albums/EPs =
== ''Let's Sleep On It'' (2015) ==
Bears in Trees released their first collection of songs on 1 September 2015. The band has since removed Let's Sleep On It from all streaming services except Bandcamp and SoundCloud, because they say the album doesn't "accurately reflect [their] sound anymore".{{Cite web |date=June 2020 |title=Anonymous asked: why isn't Let's Sleep On It on Spotify anymore? |url=https://bearsintreesofficial.tumblr.com/post/621016437747761152/why-isnt-lets-sleep-on-it-on-spotify-anymore |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=13 December 2020 |website=Bearsintreesofficial.tumblr.com}} The final two songs on the album are listed on Bandcamp as bonus tracks.
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| length6 = 03:55
| length10 = 02:35
| title10 = Always Falling (Gravity Cover)
| length9 = 03:39
| title9 = We'll Get 'Em Next Time (Good Hustle Kids Cover)
| length8 = 03:44
| title8 = Koalas
| length7 = 02:21
| title7 = Gravity
| title6 = Good Hustle, Kids
| title1 = Away with the Best of the Rest of the Year
| length5 = 04:04
| title5 = Track 4+1
| length4 = 02:22
| title4 = Jumbo Jet
| length3 = 03:01
| title3 = Vampires
| length2 = 03:03
| title2 = Less Than Hello
| length1 = 03:14
| total_length = 30:30
}}
== ''Just Five More Minutes'' (2017) ==
Bears in Trees released their debut album, Just Five More Minutes, on 14 August 2017.{{Cite web|date=|title=Just Five More Minutes|url=https://bearsintreesofficial.bandcamp.com/album/just-five-more-minutes|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116103308/https://bearsintreesofficial.bandcamp.com/album/just-five-more-minutes |archive-date=2020-11-16 |access-date=13 December 2020}}
Bears in Trees call their fans "sandboxes", a reference to the song "The Sandbox One". This has also resulted in the Bears in Trees Discord server being named the Sandbox. "Good Rhymes for Bad Times" was the album's pre-release single.
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| length7 = 03:51
| title12 = 4AM (Absolex Remix)
| length11 = 04:12
| title11 = Give 'em One of These (411 Reprise)
| total_length = 42:39
| length10 = 02:54
| title10 = Better Days for Better Headaches (Musical Reprise)
| length9 = 03:06
| title9 = The Musical
| length8 = 03:39
| title8 = Good Rhymes for Bad Times
| title7 = Not Santa Monica
| title1 = The 411
| length6 = 02:28
| title6 = Kent Has a Lot of Fields, Pt. 3
| length5 = 04:18
| title5 = The Sandbox One
| length4 = 03:35
| title4 = Flower Power! (The Leading Cause of Gum Disease)
| length3 = 02:54
| title3 = Always Sunny in South London
| length2 = 03:41
| title2 = 4AM
| length1 = 04:10
| length12 = 03:51
}}
== ''Bits n' Pieces'' (2017) ==
This EP was released on 30 December 2017. Mikey Tree of deafpony provided the guitar on "Alone in the Basement".{{Cite web|last=Bears in Trees|date=|title=Bits n' Pieces|url=https://bearsintreesofficial.bandcamp.com/album/bits-n-pieces|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203175754/https://bearsintreesofficial.bandcamp.com/album/bits-n-pieces |archive-date=2020-12-03 |access-date=13 December 2020}} "Fyaaa" is only available on Bandcamp.
Track listing:
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| length6 = 00:39
| length10 = 01:48
| title10 = Push Ups (Two)
| length9 = 00:56
| title9 = Getting a Call From Alfred
| length8 = 00:19
| title8 = We're Just The Same
| length7 = 02:02
| title7 = Alone in the Basement
| title6 = Fyaaa
| title1 = Empty Space
| length5 = 01:10
| title5 = I Have a Headache
| length4 = 00:39
| title4 = I Don't Know
| length3 = 00:51
| title3 = Inside Out
| length2 = 01:15
| title2 = AlphaBeatical
| length1 = 01:17
| total_length = 10:56
}}
== ''I See Blue'' (2019) ==
I See Blue was released on 23 August 2019. This EP once again reflects upon the band's time at university. The song 'I Am Cold' contains repeated references to Catch-22, Peters' favourite book.{{Cite web|last=Bears in Trees|date=|title=I Am Cold lyrics|url=https://genius.com/Bears-in-trees-i-am-cold-lyrics|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825064131/https://genius.com/Bears-in-trees-i-am-cold-lyrics |archive-date=2021-08-25 |access-date=13 December 2020}}
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| title1 = Nights Like These
| length1 = 02:58
| title2 = Life's A Beach
| length2 = 02:40
| title3 = Don't Drink Coffee
| length3 = 01:32
| title4 = Starting Fires
| length4 = 02:51
| title5 = I Am Cold
| length5 = 03:37
| total_length = 13:38
}}
== ''I Want To Feel Chaotic'' (2020) ==
All the songs on the I Want To Feel Chaotic EP were released individually as singles before the EP's complete release on 5 June 2020. This EP is the band's first release under the Counter Intuitive label.{{Cite web|last=Bears in Trees|date=|title=I Want To Feel Chaotic|url=https://counterintuitiverecords.bandcamp.com/album/bears-in-trees-i-want-to-feel-chaotic|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=13 December 2020|website=Counterintuitiverecords.bandcamp.com}} The band refers to this period of single releases as the I Want To Feel Chaotic era.{{Cite web|last=Matuson|first=Lexi|date=2 March 2020|title=The Vulnerability, Chaos, and Intimacy of the New Bears In Trees Era|url=https://ascribemagazine.com/the-vulnerability-chaos-and-intimacy-of-the-new-bears-in-trees-era/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302185828/https://ascribemagazine.com/the-vulnerability-chaos-and-intimacy-of-the-new-bears-in-trees-era/ |archive-date=2020-03-02 |access-date=13 December 2020|language=en-US}} The band have said that this EP is about "coming to terms with the worst parts of your personality—with the things that scare you, with the things that keep you awake at night… with the deaths of your friends, and the slow acceptance that you are deserving of love."{{Cite web|date=2020-03-28|title=Review: Bears In Trees – "Permanence"|url=https://ascribemagazine.com/review-bears-in-trees-permanence/|access-date=2021-05-14|website=Ascribe Magazine|language=en-US}} "Reverberate" also contains references to Catch-22.{{Cite web|website=Genius.com|title=Bears in Trees – Reverberate|url=https://genius.com/Bears-in-trees-reverberate-lyrics|access-date=2021-05-14}}
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| title5 = Reverberate
| note4 = Single release 17 April 2020
| note3 = Single release 5 March 2020
| note2 = Single release 22 January 2020
| note1 = Single release 1 January 2020
| total_length = 16:29
| length5 = 03:56
| length4 = 03:13
| title1 = Ramblings of a Lunatic
| title4 = Cobwebs
| length3 = 02:45
| title3 = Rust
| length2 = 03:03
| title2 = Permanence
| length1 = 03:32
| note5 = Single release 29 May 2020
}}
== ''Keep Me Safe'' (2020) ==
As with companion EP I Want To Feel Chaotic, the Keep Me Safe EP heralded a new era for Bears in Trees. Each song was released individually as a single before the EP's complete release on 11 December 2020 with Counter Intuitive.
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| title1 = It Gets Better
| length1 = 03:25
| title2 = Seaside
| length2 = 03:19
| title3 = Ibuprofen
| length3 = 03:20
| title4 = Laugh / Cry
| length4 = 03:32
| total_length = 13:36
| note1 = Single release 4 September 2020
| note2 = Single release 7 October 2020
| note3 = Single release 6 November 2020
| note4 = Single release 11 December 2020
}}
== ''Flower Through Concrete (2021)'' ==
Flower Through Concrete was released on 14 May 2021 with Counter Intuitive. The band's first professionally produced music video, for "Fresh Concrete", was directed by Rakesh Jaitly and was released on 17 May 2021.{{Cite web|title=Fresh Concrete (Official Music Video)| date=17 May 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfzZVpGSqeo|access-date=2021-09-19|via=YouTube|language=en}}
{{Track listing
| title1 = Fresh Concrete
| length1 = 2:30
| total_length = 5:23
| title2 = Evergreen
| length2 = 2:53
}}
== ''and everybody else smiled back'' (2021) ==
Bears in Trees announced their first studio album under Counter Intuitive Records, and everybody else smiled back, on 16 September 2021. The album was released on 19 November.{{Cite web |title=ALBUM REVIEW: and everybody else smiled back |url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/album-review-and-everybody-else-smiled-back-bears-in-trees/ |access-date= |website=Distortedsoundmag.com |date=17 November 2021 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Spotify |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/4YDxrluNqhqrhcJ0ZkgfXc?si=WMVFzFiBTmafz8znv5iJLw |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=open.spotify.com}} The lead single, "Great Heights", was also released on 16 September. The next single, "I'm Doing Push Ups", was released on 8 October. The album's third and final single, "Little Cellist", was released on 5 November. Accompanying videos, also directed by Jaitly, were uploaded on 18 September and 9 October, respectively.{{Cite web |last=Bears in Trees |title=Bears in Trees – Great Heights (Official Music Video) |date=18 September 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVO-Kf51hK8 |access-date=2021-09-19 |via=YouTube |language=en}}{{Citation|title=I'm Doing Push Ups (Official Music Video)| date=9 October 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l26J-MESm4|language=en|access-date=2021-10-09}} The "Little Cellist" video was released on 6 November; unlike the band's previous videos, it was directed by Jamie Benyon. It is also their first video not to show the band.{{Cite web |last=Bears in Trees |date=6 November 2021 |title=Bears in Trees – Little Cellist (Official Music Video) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH18QkAdRBI |access-date=21 February 2023 |website=YouTube}}
{{Track listing
| title1 = Cut Corners on Short Walks
| length7 = 1:47
| length12 = 3:16
| length11 = 2:52
| length10 = 3:28
| length9 = 3:30
| length8 = 2:58
| title13 = Klimt Painting
| title12 = If I Just Ask Politely
| title11 = Great Heights
| title10 = Sun Machine
| title9 = Little Cellist
| title8 = Confidant
| length6 = 3:34
| length1 = 3:35
| length5 = 2:08
| length4 = 2:52
| length3 = 3:55
| title7 = Mossy Cobblestone
| title6 = Array of Light
| title5 = Keep It Easy
| title4 = Heaven Sent is a Coffee Cup
| title3 = Baggy Hoodies
| length2 = 3:23
| title2 = I'm Doing Push Ups
| total_length = 40:16
| length13 = 2:43
}}
== ''Every Moonbeam, Every Feverdream'' (2022) ==
Every Moonbeam, Every Feverdream is an EP that was released on 11 November 2022.{{Cite web |last=@bearsintrees |date=7 October 2022 |title=ok, let's do this properly. OUR NEW EP 'EVERY MOONBEAM EVERY FEVERDREAM' IS OUT NOVEMBER 11TH VIA @CIRecs |url=https://twitter.com/bearsintrees/status/1578415328463589376?s=20&t=8cJSAVoaGcK24hdrPNf-gA |access-date=21 February 2023 |website=Twitter}} The first single, "Kind Love", was released on 7 October 2022, accompanied by a video later that day.{{Cite web |last=@bearsintrees |date=6 October 2022 |title=thanks for sticking around! our new single, kind love, is out everywhere at midnight tonight. |url=https://twitter.com/bearsintrees/status/1578053172551192577?s=20&t=8cJSAVoaGcK24hdrPNf-gA |access-date=21 February 2023 |website=Twitter}}{{Cite web |last=Heasley |first=Ellis |date=2022-10-07 |title=Bears In Trees release new music video for 'Kind Love' |url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/bears-in-trees-release-new-music-video-for-kind-love/ |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=Distortedsoundmag.com|language=en-GB}} The second single, "Doing This Again!", was released on 28 October 2022,{{Cite web |last=@bearsintrees |date=24 October 2022 |title=NEW SINGLE 'DOING THIS AGAIN!' DROPS EVERYWHERE THIS FRIDAY |url=https://twitter.com/bearsintrees/status/1584616911643742209?s=20&t=8cJSAVoaGcK24hdrPNf-gA |access-date=21 February 2023 |website=Twitter}} also with a video uploaded to YouTube that day.{{Cite web |title=Doing This Again! (Official Music Video) | date=28 October 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIXvFGVTJBs |via=YouTube}} The description of the video mentions that the band opted to record and edit it themselves on a compact camera reminiscent of their earlier music videos, as opposed to the more professional music videos they've had since the release of Fresh Concrete. The EP was inspired by the film Tick, Tick... Boom!. The band described the EP as being about "walks under street lamps and goodbyes and nights spent quiet after days that won't end, moonlight, and those days where you wish you didn't have a body."{{Cite web |title=Bears In Trees – Every Moonbeam, Every Feverdream EP: CD/Tape (Pre-Ord |url=https://counterintuitiveuk.awesomedistro.com/products/bears-in-trees-every-moonbeam-every-feverdream-ep-cd-tape-pre-order |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=Counterintuitiveuk.awesomedistro.com|language=en}}
{{Track listing
| title1 = Feel So Empty
| length1 = 2:59
| title2 = Kind Love
| length2 = 2:27
| title3 = Simply Won't Believe It
| length3 = 3:07
| title4 = Doing This Again!
| length4 = 3:02
| total_length = 11:35
}}
==''before you got here'' (2023)==
before you got here was released on 27 June 2023 as an ep of "reworked songs from their adolescence".{{Cite web |title=Discord – A New Way to Chat with Friends & Communities |url=https://discord.com/channels/532728840334868491/532731068739223553/1123298626278531184 |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=Discord.com}} This is their only album to be required to be bought to listen to, excluding any Patreon-only songs. Purchasing the album also entered the buyer into a raffle for memorabilia from Bears in Trees past including lifetime tickets, an and everybody else smiled back tour backdrop, and signed lyric sheets among others.{{Cite web |title=Before You Got Here |url=https://megafuntimeraffle.bearsintrees.com/products/acoustic-ep |access-date=2023-07-12 |website=Megafuntimeraffle.bearsintrees.com |language=en}}
Track listing:
{{Track listing
| title1 = 4am (reimagined)
| length1 = 3:25
| title2 = Vampires (reimagined)
| length2 = 2:20
| title3 = Jumbo Jet (reimagined)
| length3 = 2:40
| title4 = I Am Cold (reimagined)
| length4 = 3:17
| total_length = 11:42
}}
== ''How To Build An Ocean: Instructions'' (2024) ==
"Things That Look Like Mistakes" was released on January 24 2024 and is the first single of the band's second studio album How To Build An Ocean: Instructions which was released on 26 April 2024.{{cite web | url=https://open.spotify.com/album/0V7lkVZ3phZY4iT0x96nbW | title=How to Build an Ocean: Instructions | website=Spotify }} The final single "We Don't Speak Anymore" was released on 10 April 2024. The album was accompanied by a UK/EU tour with The Happy Fits.{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=bears+in+trees+upcoming+events |title=Bears in Trees upcoming events - Google Search|website=Google.com}} The album also marked the band's first appearance in the UK charts reaching a peak position of 20 in the album sales chart as well as a peak position of 6 in the independent albums chart.
The album title was inspired by the Flights (novel) by Olga Tokarczuk and deals with identity and mapping; mapping of the self and the future.{{Cite web |last=Turner |first=Holly |date=22 April 2024 |title=Bears In Trees Drop Album Of The Year With "How To Build An Ocean: Instructions" |url=https://www.trillmag.com/entertainment/music/bears-in-trees-drop-album-of-the-year/ |access-date=7 May 2024 |website=TrillMag}}
{{Track listing
| title1 = Your Favourite Coat
| length1 = 2:30
| title2 = Things That Look Like Mistakes
| length2 = 2:28
| title3 = Injured Crow
| length3 = 3:32
| title4 = I Can't See Anything I Don't Like About You
| length4 = 3:24
| title5 = All You Get is Confetti
| length5 = 4:00
| title6 = Tai Chi With My Dad
| length6 = 2:32
| title7 = I Wanna Feel Calm
| length7 = 3:16
| title8 = Henry Says
| length8 = 3:42
| title9 = Hot Chocolate
| length9 = 2:33
| title10 = Nothing Cures Melancholy Like Looking at Maps
| length10 = 2:58
| title11 = We Don't Speak Anymore
| length11 = 2:55
| title12 = I Don't Wanna Be Angry
| length12 = 3:08
| total_length = 37:02
}}
= Singles =
== "Fly Out To Alaska" (2018) ==
Bears in Trees recorded the song, released as a single on 8 November 2018, in the AudioHeart Studios in Vienna.{{Cite web|last=Bears in Trees|date=|title=Fly Out To Alaska|url=https://bearsintreesofficial.bandcamp.com/track/fly-out-to-alaska|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116100232/https://bearsintreesofficial.bandcamp.com/track/fly-out-to-alaska |archive-date=2020-11-16 |access-date=13 December 2020}} The video was also filmed during the band's time in Vienna.{{Cite web|last=Bears in Trees|date=8 Nov 2018|title=Fly Out To Alaska (Official Music Video)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rFo-r5jbSI&ab_channel=BearsinTrees|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=13 December 2020|via=YouTube}} Austrian slang is included in a call-and-response section of the song; Nah oida! Leiwand! roughly translates to "hey man! It's cool!"{{Cite web|last=Bears in Trees|date=|title=Fly Out To Alaska lyrics|url=https://genius.com/Bears-in-trees-fly-out-to-alaska-lyrics|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112190023/https://genius.com/Bears-in-trees-fly-out-to-alaska-lyrics |archive-date=2020-11-12 |access-date=13 December 2020|website=Genius.com}}
== "Sitting Pretty" (2019) ==
"Sitting Pretty" was released on 11 February 2019.{{Cite web|date=|title=Sitting Pretty|url=https://bearsintreesofficial.bandcamp.com/track/sitting-pretty|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116142452/https://bearsintreesofficial.bandcamp.com/track/sitting-pretty |archive-date=2020-11-16 |access-date=13 December 2020}}
== "Precipitation" (2022) ==
"Precipitation" was released on 2 June 2022.{{Cite web|website=Genius.com |title=Bears in Trees – Precipitation |url=https://genius.com/Bears-in-trees-precipitation-lyrics |access-date=2022-08-01}}
== "No Point Pretending (Song for Tour)" (2023) ==
"No Point Pretending" was released on 17 March 2023, as a collaboration with NOAHFINNCE.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-17 |title=NOAHFINNCE has teamed up with Bears In Trees for a new single |url=https://upsetmagazine.com/news/noahfinnce-single-no-point-pretending/ |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=Upsetmagazine.com |language=en-GB}}
== "Cassiopeia" (2023) ==
“Cassiopeia" was released on 31 August 2023. Its name and album cover refer to the constellation of the same name, Cassiopeia.
== "Apathy Is Boring" (2023) ==
"Apathy Is Boring" was released on September 29, 2023. {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?locale=en-gb&v=JcYWqgKISfU | title=Apathy is Boring | date=28 September 2023 | via=YouTube }} Its album cover shows the floorplan of a small room, containing a sofa, and a table from above, upon a jagged blue circle. It is presented as a scientific diagram, similar to their previous song, "Cassiopeia". "Cassiopeia" and "Apathy Is Boring" were both released independently, as compared to their other songs, released under Counter Intuitive Records.{{Cite web|url=https://bearsintreesofficial.tumblr.com/post/727275287174348800/hello-tumblr-we-need-your-help-as-of-right-here|title=Bears in Trees|website=Bearsintreesofficial.tumblr.com}}
== "Bart's Bike" (2023) ==
"Bart's Bike" was released on December 1, 2023. {{Cite web|website=Genius.com|title=Bears in Trees – Bart's Bike |url=https://genius.com/Bears-in-trees-barts-bike-lyrics |access-date=2023-12-01}} The songs release has been described as an end of an era by the band. This is reflected in the cover art; a collage of photos of the band, spanning across the past eight years. The Bart's Bike single also includes Apathy Is Boring and Cassiopeia, making it an EP of sorts.{{cite web | url=https://open.spotify.com/album/7Cg97EynsvJ2YUynSXiPdH | title=Bart's Bike | website=Spotify }}
== "Left, Right, Goodnight!" (2025) ==
"Left, Right, Goodnight!" was released on May 1, 2025.{{Citation |title=Bears in Trees – Left, Right, Goodnight! |url=https://genius.com/Bears-in-trees-left-right-goodnight-lyrics |access-date=2025-05-01}} The band described it as the beginning of the "Success is Unlikely" era. {{Cite web |title=Post by @bearsintreesofficial · 1 image |url=https://www.tumblr.com/bearsintreesofficial/782103688434122752/success-is-unlikely |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=Tumblr |language=en-US}} The cover art shows a sofa on fire, with smoke billowing above it, on a background of light blue waves and a darker blue sky, with an outline of alternating orange and red squares.{{Cite web |title=Spotify |url=https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0NnQvd4f2tlLpvnXoHlvVQ?si=1835212b27984efc |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=open.spotify.com}}
== "No Love, No Heartbreak" (2025) ==
"No Love, No Heartbreak" was released on 12 June, 2025. It is the second single released from the "Success is Unlikely" era.{{Citation |title=Bears in Trees – No Love, No Heartbreak |url=https://genius.com/Bears-in-trees-no-love-no-heartbreak-lyrics |access-date=2025-06-12}} The song is about disassociation, a subject that they find hard to talk about.{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DK0K-YXowhE/?img_index=1 |access-date=2025-06-12 |website=www.instagram.com}}
== We Don't Believe What's on TV (2025) ==
Bears in Trees covered "We Don't Believe What's on TV" by Twenty One Pilots, on the "Blurryface Reborn" tribute album, released on 20 June, 2025. This coincided with and celebrated the 10th anniversary of the album Blurryface.{{Cite web |last=Wilson-Taylor |first=James |date=2025-05-19 |title=Twenty One Pilots 'Blurryface Reborn' Tribute Album & Magazine |url=https://rocksound.tv/news/twenty-one-pilots-blurryface-reborn-tribute-album-magazine |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=Rock Sound |language=en-GB}}
Tours
= UK tours =
2021
Bears in Trees had their debut UK tour in mid-2021. The tour was originally due to take place in December 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The band also toured the UK supporting NOAHFINNCE {{Cite web |title=NOAHFINNCE Tour 2021, Official Concert Tickets from MyTicket.co.uk |url=https://myticket.co.uk/artists/noahfinnce |access-date=2021-09-07 |website=MyTicket.co.uk}} in September 2021.
2022
Their second UK tour took place in February 2022 with support from Lucy Blue, who toured alongside them.{{Cite tweet|author=Bears in Trees|user=bearsintrees|number=1484605276082876422|title=VERY EXCITED TO WELCOME @lucyblue TO THE UK TOUR NEXT MONTH!}} Bears in Trees also played a number of festivals in summer 2022,{{Cite web |title=Live |url=https://www.bearsintrees.com/pages/live |access-date=2022-05-11 |website=Bears in Trees |language=en}} headlining many. They embarked on their third UK tour, "The Moonbeam Tour", in November 2022, with support from Misery Kids and Me Rex. They played "the smallest UK shows [they'll] play in a long time."{{Cite tweet|author=Bears in Trees|user=bearsintrees|number=1564570359306850304|title=🌠BEARS IN TREES PRESENT🌠}}
2023
Bears in Trees opened for You Me at Six on their "Truth Decay Tour" in February 2023, alongside Waterparks and The Maine.{{Cite web |title=You Me At Six announce 2023 UK headline tour |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/you-me-at-six-announce-2023-uk-headline-tour-dates-buy-tickets-3277935 |website=NME|date=27 July 2022 }} On 28 September 2023, Bears in Trees appeared as a "super secret guest" at a headlining show by Good Kid.{{cite tweet|author=Good Kid|user=goodkidband|number=1707051862392791341|title=✨🐻 Secret Guest Revealed 🐻✨}}
2024
Bears in Trees went on a UK/EU tour co-headlining with The Happy Fits in April/May of 2024, coinciding with the release of their album "How To Build An Ocean: Instructions". During this tour Bears In Trees headlined in Birmingham, Newcastle, Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds, Bristol and London on the UK leg. Lexie Carroll also supported at these UK dates as the opening act. {{Cite web |title=Bears in Trees Tour Dates |url=https://bearsintrees.com/pages/live |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=Bearsintrees.com |language=en}} The European leg of the tour, which was headlined by The Happy Fits, visited Rotterdam, Ultrecht, Berlin, Hamburg, Köln and Antwerp.
Bears in Trees went on the road again in August 2024 for The Seaside Tour,https://x.com/bearsintrees/status/1820563375568703674?s=61 playing shows in Exeter, Southampton, Brighton, Blackpool, Hull and Cardiff, playing tracks from their most recent album "How To Build An Ocean: Instructions" as well as songs from throughout their discography that reference the seaside.
= North American tours =
Bears in Trees went on their first US tour in March 2022, when they supported Just Friends.{{Cite web |last=@bearsintrees |date=1 March 2022 |title=usa tour supportin @JFCREWBABY starts this friday d:~} |url=https://twitter.com/bearsintrees/status/1498872591469195270?s=20&t=DCiBWeKNZ10u3RwR2BkcVg |access-date=21 February 2023 |website=Twitter}} Following the release of their EP "Every Moonbeam, Every Feverdream", they embarked on their first US headline tour, the Feverdream Tour, in November and December 2022, with support from Chase Petra and Cry Baby. They played shows in Toronto, Lakewood, Chicago, Detroit, Columbus, Philadelphia, Washington, Brooklyn and Boston. The band supported NOAHFINNCE on his second US tour in April 2023, alongside Action/Adventure. {{Cite web |title=@bearsintrees |url=https://twitter.com/bearsintrees/status/1603077331689644033 |access-date=2023-07-12 |website=Twitter |language=en}}
Their second US headline tour in September and October of 2024 followed the release of their album "How To Build An Ocean: Instructions" earlier in the year. {{Cite web |title=Bears in Trees Tour Dates |url=https://bearsintrees.com/pages/live |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=Bears in Trees |language=en}} They were supported by Mothé and Thank You, I'm Sorry.
= European tours =
The band supported The Happy Fits on their European tour from 24 April to 10 May 2024.{{Cite web |title=Bears in Trees Tour Dates |url=https://bearsintrees.com/pages/live |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Bearsintrees.com |language=en}} This was the first time they have toured across Europe. Walking on Rivers also supported for the European tour.