It's the album that should have come after the brilliant Beast Rest Forth Mouth, and this time it really does bridge the gap between the band's proggier explorative tendencies and their pop/dancefloor side.
Bear in Heaven have corrected the missteps made on their last album here; Time Is Over One Day Old use a less is more approach, the understated subtlety of which results in their best album to date.
Time Is Over One Day Old treads a manic path that feels instantly familiar yet undeniably fresh even when those nagging influences finally become apparent.
Bear in Heaven has returned with a renewed sense of kinetic urgency on Time Is Over One Day Old, a refreshing dose of new-wave prog retrofitted with the band's signature offbeat subtleties.
Time Is Over One Day Old certainly sounds like a Bear In Heaven record, only a little more simplified, appropriating the precise yet expansive electro arrangements recently championed by MS MR, Washed Out, and especially Jagwar Ma.
Time Is Over One Day Old, for its part, seems to take a step back, acknowledging the whole body of work but reintegrating just a pinch of those early (welcome) excesses, along with a decidedly more introspective and impenetrable vibe.
On Time Is Over One Day Old, there’s always something missing, a mystery hanging in the air, yet it’s the band’s most satisfying album yet.
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