Part of Boy & Bear’s gift can be explained in the unique manner they came together. Three of the members were actually the frontmen of their own outfits, lead vocalists and primary songwriters in separate bands, before jointly realising their true destiny lay in pooling their considerable individual talents. Since then, this brilliant band have been impressing all listeners with their dense harmonies and brooding arrangements. They have had the opportunity to tour the UK and Australia with the likes Mumford and Sons and Laura Marling. In fact, such is their musical prowess that Ms Marling herself has asked two of their members, Jake Tarasenko and Tim Hart, to play in her backing band.

Performing as a two piece band is an extremely difficult thing to pull off. Very few bands have done it well. The White Stripes and The Black Keys are two obvious examples of bands doing it right. Big Scary are another.

This Melbourne based boy/girl duo, featuring Tom Iansek on vocals / guitar and Jo Syme on percussion and vocals have been marching on, arm in arm, razing the Australian musical landscape for about 3 years.