"Spiders" by Bear’s Den – A Song Feature

 

      The release of their single “Spiders” functions as the equivalent of extended fanfare for an announcement of an upcoming album from Bear’s Den. The announcement describes “Blue Hours” as a reflective album “confronting difficult themes with vulnerability but with a sense of hope and belief, presented more boldly than (Bear's Den has] ever before.” Bear’s Den is also preparing for an extensive tour of Europe and North America.
 
     “Spiders” is a single that launches without a standard intro. Instead, vocals are accompanied by drums and an appealing guitar hook. Instrumentally, the single builds an increasingly rich and more hopeful soundscape using a Wurlitzer and electronic elements that are added by producer Ian Grimble.  The members of Bear’s Den are Andrew Davie and Kevin Jones. "This song maybe sparked a lot of detail that ended up coming out on other songs on the album," Davie said. "The sound of this felt exciting to us both," Jones added.

 
     The lyrics of “Spiders” are included in this post. Davie provided insight into their meaning:
 "I started writing 'Spiders' around the time we left London. In my head, I thought moving would solve lots of problems, like everything will be better - almost like this Neverland vibe. 'Spiders' is a song dealing with the fact that this absolutely wasn't the case. I had this vision in my head that I'd be at one with nature, that I'd be calmer - but all the things that were rattling around in my brain before were still there after the move. The song is about the fact you can't run away from the things that are bothering you."

   Elaborating, Davie said:
  "While making the record we wanted to get across a kind of simmering intensity with the song and the idea of someone trying to keep their shit together while wrestling with these darker thoughts and feelings. We wanted to get across a sense of bravery & triumph in saying, ‘sometimes I can't pull myself out’ of these difficult situations. To celebrate the difficult moments because we all have them. They are a universally shared experience even if it feels sometimes like they're not and you're the only one who feels them."
 

     Dates of the upcoming tour are available at https://www.bearsdenmusic.co.uk/live. The tour includes an October 6 visit to San Francisco. We’ve been to a pair of performances by Bear’s Den and plan to repeat the experience this year.
 
     The album, “Blue Hours,” is scheduled for release on May 13, 2022. Themes on the album include both self-reflection and mental health after both Andrew Davie and Kevin Jones struggled with the latter in recent years. "It's the main over-arching theme with this record," Davie explained. "It probably speaks to our struggles and hopefully many other people's too. Men are not very good at talking. We're not really taught how to - men have no idea how to talk about this stuff, certainly to each other." Despite the album’s challenging themes, it is a hope-filled celebration of music. To pre-order the album, visit https://bearsden.lnk.to/bluehours.

     "Spiders" by Bear’s Den

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Lyrics of "Spiders" by Bear’s Den
Is it all that you wanted?
Your hair blowin' in the cold breeze
Secrets within the trees that are not revealed to you
 
You're frightened of your nature
Your promises, they escape you
What's one more burden on the back of this beast?
 
I can't take back all the hurt I've caused
Everything I love I have somehow lost
It's 4 in the morning
And the spiders are crawling in my mind
Replaying pictures
All that I can't undo
 
Love, I'm trying
But I can't pull myself out when thе darkness comes
Love, I'm trying
But I can't pull mysеlf out when the darkness comes
 
Is it stain on your conscience?
Is it more like a mural?
A memorial for all those you’ve tried to be
Is it how you imagined it?
In the great wide open
All you've left unspoken now just hanging in the breeze
 
'Cause I can't take back all the hurt I've caused
Everything I love I have somehow lost
It's 4 in the morning
And the spiders are crawling in my mind
Replaying pictures
All that I can't undo
 
Love, I'm trying
But I can't pull myself out when the darkness comes
Love, I'm trying
But I can't pull myself out when the darkness comes
Love, I'm trying
But I can't pull myself out when the darkness comes
 
So soon
My old friend
I hope that I never see you again
 
Love, I'm trying
But I can't pull myself out when the darkness comes
Love, I'm trying
But I can't pull myself out when the darkness comes
Love, I'm trying
But I can't pull myself out of this one
No, I can’t pull myself out when the darkness comes.