Following last week’s announcement that pop rock favorites Fireworks would be going on hiatus at the end of summer, it now seems another innovative alternative band is taking time away from the spotlight. Speaking with fans over Twitter this past weekend, Polar Bear Club vocalist Jimmy Stradt broke the hearts of his followers around the […]
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Polar Bear Club Release Music Video For “Blood Balloon”
November 22nd, 2013 
John Bazley Hot off the release of their fantastic new album Death Chorus this week via Rise Records, Polar Bear Club have released a new music video for “Blood Balloon.” The video was filmed on the band’s recently concluded tour with Taking Back Sunday and Transit. The song, first released as a promotional single for the record […]
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REVIEW: Polar Bear Club – ‘Death Chorus’
November 19th, 2013 Brian Leak Band: Polar Bear Club Album: Death Chorus Genre: Post-Punk Label: Rise Records Ladies and gentleman, I can confirm that the rumours are indeed true; Jimmy Stadt has changed his vocal style. The rumours of Polar Bear Clubs demise as a result, however, are not just greatly exaggerated, they are blatantly untrue. And if there is […]
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PBC’s Jimmy Stadt Releases Statement Regarding Vocal Change On ‘Death Chorus’
November 18th, 2013 Brian Leak Fans of New York’s post-punk outfit, Polar Bear Club, or anyone that follows the band in any capacity, likely noticed a severe change in frontman Jimmy Stadt’s vocal approach on their newest album, Death Chorus, which seems to be more of a hot topic than the album itself unfortunately. Despite rumors of “reverse puberty” (I […]
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November 14th, 2013 Troy Sennett If you’re a fan of punk in any form, there’s a good chance Polar Bear Club‘s new album, Death Chorus, is one of your most anticipated new releases this fall. Fortunately, the wait is over: The album is streaming in full over at AbsolutePunk. Death Chorus is the band’s first release on Rise Records, and […]
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November 7th, 2013 Troy Sennett Polar Bear Club are set to release their fourth full-length album, Death Chorus, on November 19 via Rise Records, and you can see music video for the most recent single from the album, “WLWYCD,” after the break. Like the other two tracks we’ve heard from Death Chorus so far, “WLWYCD” represents a more straightforward pop […]
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October 29th, 2013 Troy Sennett Like so many of their pop punk peers have done recently, Polar Bear Club made the jump to Rise Records this year. The traditionally metalcore-centric label has been digging deeply into the pop punk scene over the past few years, putting out the latest records from the likes of Man Overboard, Transit, and Hot Water […]
UTG TV: A Loss For Words Discuss ‘Before It Caves’
October 16th, 2013 Derek Scancarelli Last week, Under The Gun posted an interview featuring the guys in Handguns answering some ridiculous questions with Mike Adams from A Loss For Words. This week, we bring you our in-depth interview with Matty Arsenault and Mike Adams about A Loss For Words‘ new album, Before It Caves. The album was just released through […]
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REVIEW: A Loss For Words – ‘Before It Caves’
October 7th, 2013 Tyler Osborne Band: A Loss For Words Album: Before It Caves Genre: Pop-Punk Label: Rise Records Boston pop-punk act A Loss For Words have been a band since 1999. This may come as a surprise to some of our younger readers of the site, because it’s only been a few years since A Loss for Words’ more prominent […]
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September 5th, 2013 Tyler Osborne Today we are excited to share with you the new track from New York punk group Polar Bear Club, titled “Blood Balloon.” This is the first song off of their newest full length record, Death Chorus, which comes out on Rise Records later this year. The song is really tight musically, but we also get to […]
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August 7th, 2013 Kriston McConnell The New York-based punk rock outfit known as Polar Bear Club announced earlier today that they signed with Rise Records. The label released a short announcement video welcoming the band to their roster, and you can check that out by taking a look below the jump. The band will be hitting the road this October […]
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April 18th, 2013 Kriston McConnell Yesterday afternoon Polar Bear Club announced that their bassist, Erik Henning (Goose), has parted ways with the band. They did not elaborate on the reasons for his departure, but they indicated that he was ready to move on and do other things. In the meantime, they have a friend of theirs by the name of […]
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