Minus the BearBest Minus the Bear Albums Ranked

This Is What I Know About Being Gigantic

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8.6

“Excuses, excuses, excuses. Last year, while interning at Social Services somewhere in rural, truly ass-backwards Virginia, I ran across the case of a client-- we'll call him the Deer Hunter-- who I thought needed a good one (excuse, that is). As they say, "Virginia is for Lovers." In this case, the Deer Hunter was in love with two things: hunting and humping. Police learned that the hard way, disc”

Planet of Ice

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7.2

“After a handful of steady LPs and EPs, it seemed as if Minus the Bear were ready to take a chance or two and either come into their own and make their masterpiece or produce a true abomination. Either would have been preferred.”

Menos el Oso

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7.1

“Seattle retro-rock quartet showcase their spaz-prog mishmash.”

Highly Refined Pirates

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5.4

“I throw a sidelong glance at my brother's "record collection" and take note of the names: Moby, Foo Fighters, Eminem. The best and brightest from the radio dial. He wouldn't know indie if it came to his party and spent the whole night pining for some girl, but he's clearly an expert on "Eh"; after a lifetime spent cultivating an appreciation for marginal-to-mediocre mainstream runoff, my brother h”

OMNI

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3.5

“The indie rock veterans return with a slicker, more radio-friendly album that takes some troubling lyrical turns.”