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- Artist(s): Joe Goddard, Raf Daddy
- Summary: Originally proposed as a three-piece with Metronomy's Joe Mount, Hot Chip's Joe Goddard and Raf Daddy went ahead with the idea without Mount to become The 2 Bears. After three EPs, the duo releases its debut full-length of original songs.
- Record Label: DFA
- Genre(s): Electronic, Club/Dance
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Feb 2, 2012A tremendously heartfelt celebration of music as a force for transformation, togetherness, love, and personal expression.
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UncutJan 18, 2012Be Strong is warm and easy comfort food for recessionary midlife ravers. [Feb 2012, p.90]
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Jan 19, 2012The 2 Bears possess charm aplenty in their music making, and with its sheer love of light comic touches, Be Strong is certainly not short on that.
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Jan 30, 2012Unashamedly uplifting songs about working hard and loving music.
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Feb 10, 2012You'd have to be fairly joyless not to find the lighthearted lyrical content and unifying party vibes infectious.
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Feb 1, 2012Be Strong is a rather exhaustive album when consumed in one sitting, but if you've got the fortitude to reach the closing track "The Church" during that listen, it can be a very euphoric climax.
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Jan 30, 2012A dance album that spins the decks back to the turn of the millennium.
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