Polar Bear Club Band • Page 4

Life Between the Lines is such an unbelievable song wow I'm blown away...

AND THEYRE FROM ROCHESTER MY CURRENT HOMETOWN WTFFFFF

 

CH and CBGP were two of the soundtracks to my college life and CBGP is one of my all time favorites. Death Chorus was good for what it was, but it doesn't hold up at all against the rest of their material. It's a shame Jimmy's voice went to hell because I would have loved to see where they went next if it hadn't. CBGP got a lot of hype and landed on a bunch of EOTY lists. DC was a dud in comparison and ended any momentum they had.

 

CGDP is my favorite from them, but I'm one of the rare ones who really likes DC a lot. After hearing the story of what happened to his voice made me appreciate DC a lot more. That's actually the only Polar Bear Club record I own haha.

 

Yeah, I've been listening to this album non-stop. I can't believe I didn't listen to them back in the day.

I would have loved a Polar Bear Club, Misser, Menzingers tour in 2011/2012

 

3/4 tango best song tho.

 

One of my absolute favourite punk shows that I saw was The Flatliners, Menzingers and Polar Bear Club in Toronto, all touring for awesome records at the time.

 

Oh man I didn't know that happened....I was pretty close in terms of touring pairing!

Also...that sounds amazing

 

I think Death Chorus was overlooked because of the vocals. Severely underrated album.

 

DC is a great album but it pails in comparison to the previous material the band released imo, especially when it had to follow cbgp.

 

The last show that Polar Bear Club played in Buffalo, which I think was before Death Chorus was released, Jimmy made it a point to say that he went to the doctor and had everything checked out with his voice and claimed everything was OK and he could sing/yell/scream whatever you want to call it like he normally would. So when Death Chorus was released I was surprised by the change.

 

Just thought DC was pretty weak, all stylistic changes aside. CBGP is an all-timer though, holy hell what an album. So many great memories with that one.

 

I would like to hear that band.

 

Yeah, excited to see what comes of that. Anyone know the other members' past bands besides Jimmy and Benny?

 

Damn I thought this was maybe reunion rumors are something. Was hoping maybe a reunion at FEST this year. But now it seems like PBC is well and truly dead.

But honestly stoked to hear this new band :).

 

Now I'm wondering if Jimmy's vocals ever recovered.

 

Would be a shame if it didn't but honestly I liked his clean vocals also. Will be interesting to see if Jasmyn has singing duties also.

 

Excited to hear the new band! Like someone said before, seems like Jimmy didn't know how to apply his new voice...maybe they should have scrapped D.C. and wrote an entirely new album, the band had too much talent to let it go to waste.

Also Prawner might be one of the best openers this scene produced, reminds me of There There or Good Things in terms of how well it sets the tone for the entire rest of the album.

 

Nate from PBC!

 

Holy shitballs I can't wait to hear this band !

 

Is CBGP the consensus favorite? I was underwhelmed by it, lot of good tunes but it felt like they'd polished their edge a little too much. Give me STJD or CH instead any day.

Stoked to hear some new music anyhow

 

I think CBGP is probably their most revered, but I think all three of those albums rip and have special places in my heart. That was a fun run of records.

 

Yeah i love all 3 but I think CBGP is the most consistent and cohesive record

 

Just came across their Audiotree session from right after Death Chorus. Sad to hear how much Jimmy struggled to get through these songs. Couldn't provide any grit to the CBGP ones at all.

 

It wasn't my favourite at the time but retrospectively CBGP found its way to the top of my list. I still proper love the STJD and the TRTB ep too though. My Order would prob go CBGP>TRTB>STJD>CH>DC.

Anyways stoked to hear that Jimmy and Nate are in a new band and I've always loved Bennie in Gasight so glad to see him back in a band too.