Toulouse, Franee-based electro pop duo BEAR — Rachel Balma (vocals) and Adrien Sabathier (production) — have developed a dreamy and atmospheric sound inspired by Kate Bush, Björk, Peter Gabriel, and Billie Eilish among others.
Their latest single “Foreigner” is a swooning track built around woozy synths, tweeter and woofer rattling bass and skittering beats paired with Balma’s expressive vocal. The end result is a song that sounds a bit like a slick synthesis of Kate Bush and contemporary alt pop — delivered with a heart-worn-on-sleeve earnestness.
Directed by Lionel Pesqué and Joakim Coutouly, the accompanying video for “Foreigner” is a hazy fever dream featuring sequences in which BEAR’s Balma is in a bare, white studio wearing white and the duo performing the song in a hazy red plastic, that looks a bit like an embryo.
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