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Xiong Mao

by BEAR CAT

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Red Panda Blues (free) 03:42
The CCP took your land away They don't care about the fur on your face Every panda and person is the same They don't care about the fur on your face They stole your land, bamboo from your hands, now all you can do is sing This is panda land! You're in the rice fields feeling so used You got a dose of those red panda blues They've got you jumping through fiery hoops You got a dose of those red panda blues And we'll sing for you for freedom and for truth so hold, hold on with those panda hands til we can shout THIS IS PANDA LAND
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"This self-released, Moldy Peachesesque gem is the year’s best indie pop release. This Auckland, New Zealand-based duo rocks without pretense, and they get extra points for writing an entire album about a panda." - Reverb, official Denver Post Music Blog


Auckland, New Zealand. Boy meets girl while working together at a record store. Boy knows four chords, Josie instinctively harmonises. They put songs on the internet. They are all about pandas.

Taking a name from the Chinese words for 'panda' ('Xiong Mao', or 'Bear Cat' in English), they soon found their two piece pop band being asked to play actual real shows around the country, venturing as far South as chilly Dunedin (over 3/4 of the way to Antarctica!) and back home opening the curtains for touring acts like Andrew Bird and Sufjan Stevens labelmate Half-handed Cloud.

In 2009 they were bizarrely top five finalists in a nationwide MTV band competition. They then released debut album Xiong Mao.

The band are now steadily diversifying their subject matter to encompass various other important subjects such as sharks and listening to I Saw The Sign while crushing at the ice skating rink.

For any media/blog inquiries – please email Bear Cat directly through the contact button to the right of the album art.

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released September 8, 2009

Dave and Dan co-produced it in their bedrooms. Dan sang and played guitars/assorted dinky toy instruments, Jocee sang lots and played some piano, Hayden and Roxie played some horns, Romelli and Johanna played some strings, Ben and Alex and Dave's little brother played some drums, Dave played some bass, mixed and engineered all the bits that sound like they're recorded properly.

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BEAR CAT Auckland, New Zealand

a dash of Jonathan Richman, the Ramones and the Mouldy Peaches, lots of songs about pandas, puns, ukuleles, xylophones.

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