The Bears Are Coming

"The Bears Are Coming" is a single by Castle Donington fourpiece Late of the Pier, produced by Erol Alkan.

It was released on March 2nd 2008 on 12" and download only^[1], with 7" versions being sold exclusively on their February tour with a demo version of Piss Hands on the b-side. This was released through their own Zarcorp label. The 12" release features remixes by The Emperor Machine, Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve and Joakim, along with the original.

The song appears on the band's debut album, "Fantasy Black Channel"

[edit] Music video

The song's music video, directed by Saam Farahmand, features the band moving through some woods dressed in strange costumes, acting as "four lords". Bassist Andrew Faley plays the lord of war, synth player Sam Potter plays the lord of religion, lead singer Sam Eastgate plays the lord of fortune and drummer Ross Dawson plays the lord of animals. Each of the four lords proceed towards the "secret box" and insert a letter of the band's abbreviated name - LOTP - into appropriate recesses in the box. At the end of the video they are met by a group of casually-dressed young people who offer the four lords sweets.

Extras for the video were recruited via Myspace bulletins and through the band's official blog^[2].

[edit] Track listing

• 12"
  1. "The Bears Are Coming"
  2. "The Bears Are Coming" (Emperor Machine remix)
  3. "The Bears Are Coming" (Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve remix)
  4. "The Bears Are Coming" (Joakim remix)

• 7" (tour only)
  1. "The Bears Are Coming"
  2. "Piss Hands"

[edit] External links

• Late Of The Pier Official Myspace
• Late Of The Pier Official Site

[edit] References

1. ^ Welcome to Zarcorp
2. ^ Zarcorp: Fancy Being In The Video For The Bears Are Coming?