Held on the Tips of Fingers

Review " snort, shriek and wrestle somewhere ominous and charming between the tumultuous Keith Tippett's 50-piece orchestra Centipede, and eclecticism of Tortoise" -- Observer Music Monthly, (Paul Morley) 2005 "Here's something worth your time. Polar Bear are a significant ripple in the new wave of youthful, ahem, post-jazz". -- Independent On Sunday, ( Nick Coleman) 2005 "The big-hitters of the current new wave" -- Independent On Sunday , (Phil Johnson) 2005 "This is not nu jazz, acid jazz, Parky jazz, Brit jazz, beardo jazz, post-jazz or twee jazz. It's dream jazz." -- Observer Music Monthly, (Paul Morley) 2005 " a highly creative successor to the equally distinctive Dim Lit" - ABC -- The Guardian, (John Fordham) 2005 Product Description Polar Bear make a sound unlike any jazz act around in the UK right now. The lineup of two saxes, bass, drums plus laptop trickery and sampling immediately lets you know you're in for something different, possibly fairly "out there" but this music is a long way from the cerebral noodling of certain contemporary bands - it's got grooves, it's got soul and it still manages to swing, albeit in a way thats more 2005 than 1955. The band has evolved through extensive gigging nationwide from last year's album "Dim Lit", adding an extra member to the live lineup in the form of electronics whizkid Leafcutter John, but the new material maintains the spirit that made their previous album such a success, organically incorporating the new elements into the sound. Press coverage for this album is expected in publications from the broadsheets to the specialist press and the band will be touring in support of the album later this year.