Polar Bear Club

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Polar Bear Club formed in summer 2005 with its members coming from a variety of upstate New York-based punk, hardcore and indie bands. Their influences are said to include Small Brown Bike, Third Eye Blind, Silent Majority, Hot Water Music and Lifetime.

Quickly after forming they released a five-song demo CD-R, which has since gone "out of print."

They were quickly noticed by Triple Attack Records, who released their first official EP, The Redder, The Better in June 2006 in conjunction with Luchador Records. The EP received rave reviews by webzines and made a number of year-end "best of" lists, garnering the band enough notice for Red Leader Records to sign them in July 2007. This EP is also currently out of print but available digitally.

The band's debut full-length, Sometimes Things Just Disappear was properly released in March 2008 and also received glowing reviews from a wider number of webzines and a quickly growing fanbase. More appearances in "best of" lists followed, as well as tours with the Gaslight Anthem, American Steel, Crime in Stereo, and Cancer Bats, with the band officially signing to Bridge Nine Records in January 2009. The label announced it would issue Sometimes Things Just Disappear on vinyl on April 7.

In February/March 2009, the band toured the UK and Europe with The Gaslight Anthem and Frank Turner, and announced plans to return for a U.S. tour with labelmates Have Heart. They also announced that they are to start work on a new album, to be produced by Matt Bayles.

In August of 2009, the band announced their upcoming album "Chasing Hamburg," which was released on September 22, 2009 on Bridge Nine Records.