Great, now I’ve soiled my pants just thinking about how awesome this damn thing is. Polar Bear Club are, hands down, one of my favorite new bands that I’ve discovered in years. It’s not just because they have pretty mouths. I mean sure, that helps, they’re good-looking guys…you know what, I’m just gonna stop now and talk about the record instead.

Sometimes Things Just Disappear, their debut full-length on Red Leader Records follows up the phenomenal The Redder, The Better EP. Drawing from almost all my favorite bands like Lifetime, Hot Water Music, and Texas Is The Reason, this album, including tracks like “Hollow Place,” “Another Night In The Rock,” and “Heart Attack At Thirty” has been playing in my MP3 player and stereo nonstop for a while now. I’m pretty sure it played through about three times on my way to work yesterday.

Sometimes Things Just Disappear is hardcore without being ridiculously overdone. Heavy yet emotional but without the sap. Straight-up fun without any sense of well-planned ironic statements. Polar Bear Club are so right on that you really won’t know what hit you until you’re alone in your room listening to this and screaming along with every fucking word with every ounce of yourself, wishing you were at one of their shows.

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Rochester NY’s own Polar Bear Club are definitely not the naked, old dudes swimming at Coney Island in December, so don’t worry about being driven blind with horror if you ever see them. Just be prepared for the melodic-hardcore goodness to melt your face off. Simple as that. Also don’t be surprised if you start hearing more and more people talking about them in the upcoming months, after the release of their new album, entitled Sometimes Things Just Disappear, for Red Leader Records. PBC’s guitarist Chris Browne was cool enough to put up with me for a bit one evening for an interview.

How exactly did the band come together?
We started in spring of 2005. Jimmy [Lead singer] and I were in an old band together called Tamiroff. That band was sorta ending and I wanted to do a band that was sort of in the same style but more energetic. I actually talked to a couple of old friends of ours who started a band with me, Kevin and Bob. We got together and started practicing. Jimmy didn’t join until later that summer when we’d already recorded our demo. Over the last two years, we’ve replaced member by member until we got the lineup we’ve got now and it’s been that way for a little while now.

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Spin.com has realized the awesomeness that is Polar Bear Club and did a nice write up on them here. Best part is that the post includes a free mp3 of “Our Ballads” which has only been available for streaming on MySpace page. The track comes from their new record Sometimes Things Just Disappear, which is slated for a December release through Red Leader.

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Red Leader took over the Bowery Poetry Club this past Saturday, putting on one of the best showcases of the week with sets by Fire When Ready, The New Dress, Scream Hello, Dear Tonight, Nakatomi Plaza and the mighty Polar Bear Club.

We got there just in time for The New Dress. As I looked around the room, I saw nothing but smiles in the crowd. There’s no secret about this but we love this band. We think everyone should love this band. It was cool to see them at this show surrounded by all their friends. I was also pleasantly surprised by Scream Hello. It kinda reminded me of a more aggressive Piebald. The dudes seemed really stoked to be there and we’re bouncing around stage like a couple of monkeys (the punk variety atleast).  Dear Tonight were super tight as well and did a freaking fantastic job filling up their short set with some aggressive but thoughtful hardcore. Hey, if Vice is catching up on these guys now, I think it’ll be a matter of time before the rest of the crowds do.

As Polar Bear Club began to play fans bum rushed the front of the stage singing and finger pointing to all the words.  The band’s live show has some fucking awesome power to it.  The band tore through favorites from The Redder The Better EP, one track off their demo, and 2 new ones off their forthcoming release Sometimes Things Just Disappear which is going to be released in the near future.

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Red Leader will be taking place in the week long CMJ Music Marathon in NYC with a showcase at the Bowery Poetry Club on on October 20th.  The Fat Wreck Chords showcase is also that night at the Hook with The Lawrence Arms and Flatliners scheduled to perform…but does anyone really want to go all the way out there?

Red Leader Showcase Lineup
6:00pm Fire When Ready
6:40pm The New Dress
7:30pm Scream Hello
8:00pm Dear Tonight
8:40pm Nakatomi Plaza
9:20pm Polar Bear Club

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