Minus the Bear "Menos el Oso (20th Anniversary)" Metal Broken Sword

Broken Sword

Dogstar - guitarist/vocalist Bret Domrose

an emotional scrapbook filled with things that happened and things that didn't

The Donnas’ 1997 debut was and will forever be one of the most infectious

but with texture that I felt resonated with the melancholia of this character

Minus the Bear "Menos el Oso (20th Anniversary)" Metal Broken SwordBack in 2005, Seattle quintet Minus the Bear were riding the wave of a swift upward trajectory with their blend of '90s mathrock fretboard savvy, early '00s electro indie textural depth, and the wistful melodicism of the more mature strain of Midwest emo. So it was an interesting time for the band to undergo a stylistic sea change. Looking beyond their fellow guitar slingers, Minus the Bear instead found inspiration in the more adventurous pop