Care Bears On Fire
I Stole Your Animal
© 2007 Daisy Explosion Records (700261220284)
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A punk-fueled pre-teen power trio known for dishing out a sweet, high-octane blend of garage, alternative and pop that flat out rocks. "It’s also catchy as hell." ". just about every song on the album is an upbeat funfest." Colin Kutch - Zero Magazine
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Sophie (lead vocals, guitarist, 12 years old), Lucio (bass-man, 13 years old) and Izzy (drummer, 12 years old) met in kindergarten, where they mostly ignored each other, despite the fact that while the other kids were bopping along to Raffi, they were pogo-ing to the Ramones.
It wasn’t until 4th grade that the three started jamming together in Lucio’s basement, and, with another friend, formed the short-lived band Nada Clue. In the fall of 5th grade they re-formed as a trio, started writing their own songs and became Care Bears On Fire.
Now in the 7th grade, the pop-punk tween trio is one of the coolest and most exciting indie-rock bands making music today. The San Francisco Chronicle describes their early American punk sound as “CBGB’s circa 1975.” It’s punk meets garage, straight out of a Brooklyn basement.
Or as SPIN puts it, “With their blasé vocals and two chord vamps, this trio are old-school classicists dressed up in itty bitty Chuck Taylors. Grumpy Bear might not be happy, but our ears are.”
If their first EP “Confuse Me” (Beautiful Records, 2006) established them as part of a new breed of rock n’ roll youth, their debut album release “I Stole Your Animal” (Daisy Explosion Records, 2007) produced by Joel Hamilton (Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, Frank Black) pushes them to the front of the pack. Just to make it all official-like, NYLON Magazine anointed CBOF as one of the best New York new bands in its June International Music Issue.
Described as both “the love children of Joan Jett and Richard Hell” (Metromix) and the “wiseass kid siblings of Bad Brains” (The Miami New Times),
CBOF have become favorites on the New York club scene. Winning over even the most jaded hipsters with their authentic punk spirit and songs that capture
the experience of being a kid in 2008 with attitude and humor. That and the fact that, as NYLON points out that they possess a “confidence and ease on stage that most performers achieve only after countless gigs.”
Today, tunes like “Met You On MySpace”—a quirky cautionary tale about the dangers of online intimacy, “Five Minute Boyfriend,” and their first single “Everybody Else” (noted as a "standout track" in Billboard's Top Ten Critics' Choice poll) are finding their way on to college and indie radio play lists across the country. In the past year CBOF has been featured on NPR, been splashed on the front page of USA Today, and lead singer Sophie featured in Converse’s acclaimed Three Chord commercial, performing an unplugged version of “Everybody Else.”
As the song’s chorus goes: “Nanananananana, don’t want to be like everybody else.” It’s clear. Care Bears on Fire aren’t like everybody else. They’re the real deal.
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Singing to myself at work
author: RedSheSaidThese songs stay with you! 5 Minute Boyfriend is the current "can't get it outta my head" song. Lots of fun. Looking forward to hearing more from CBOF.
I stole your animal
author: SonyaVery good sound. I enjoy the raw rock of these girls. Love the voice and the understandable emotions. Not filled with a bunch of hidden meanings, not cliche and very NOT generic.
Age irrelevant
author: Michel JohnsonCBOF knows how to rock regardless of their ages. There isn't a weak song on this album, the lyrics are as good as the music, and the fact that they have the potential to be around a lot longer is just a bonus.
Like an Ear Worm!
author: Roland PattinsonDiscovered by accident ,I just can not stop running these songs through my head, The hooks are great and Lucio's bas lines keep the groove going. I can only hope they continue to have fun while doing this and do not become jaded and burn out too early.
i stole your animnal
author: kevinDamn this is such a blast, I can't stop listening!
Punk Lives!
author: Psy-Ko SmileyIf the Ramones and the Runaways ever got together these kids would be the offspring! They are the future!
- author: Cassondra Scott
These kids might be young and cute but they know how to rock. They are keeping the fun bubblegum punk of NY alive.
I stole your animal
author: Bruce StandleyForget how old they are, this album just rocks! Especially like 'You walk away" and "Victim of R&R" Keep it comin' CBOF!