Be Forest

Pretty much our favourite Italian band right now, Be Forest - The Four Oh Five

Be Forest. have been working in many different patterns, and creating sounds that have broken every category they could ever be placed in. We first became aware of the Pesaro, Italy band (also the hometown to rising Felte indie stars Soviet Soviet) with their recent Hanged Man/I Quit Girls 7″ that presented both an intrinsic understanding of astounding swirls of guitar-gazing indie pop, b/w a Japandroids cover that experiments with reigning in an unruly wash of noise sweeps with a feathery touch like a wicker bristled broom. Busying themselves with their recent process of writing and recording; vocalist Costanza Delle Rose, Erica Terenzi, Lorenzo Badioli and guitarist Nicola Lampredi have been readying their forthcoming Earthbeat, for February 4 release from the imprint, We Were Never Being Boring.

It is our privilege to premiere Be Forest.'s safari caravan processional “Captured Heart”. Recorded for their Earthbeat full-length, the guitars strum in the song's opening as they are followed by assemblages of organic drums and woodwinds. Costanza's voice flies between Erica, Lorenzo and Nicola's tapestries that sound like a group in full command of their surrounding environments along with the ascending natures of the way their contributions here work toward un upward and uplifting motion. What Erica, Costanza, Nicola and friends have discovered here is the measure of harmony to melody projections that reach to new dimensions that sound exacted in a way that is a cohesive and unified sound, something that belongs exclusively to Be Forest. The delivery sends fire flares of guitars that propel the tumbling drum collection progression along their path of earth's eclectic menageries. - Impose Magazine

Italian trio Be Forest are masters of mood, making swoony dreampop informed by the classics but very much in the now. The band (who share a member with Brothers in Law) released their second album, Earthbeat, earlier this year via We Were Never Boring and you can stream the whole thing below. If you like Slowdive, '80s-era 4AD and modern stuff like The xx, you definitely should. The band also just released a cover of Beat Happening's "Indian Summer" which makes its premiere in this post. There are no shortage of covers of this song, but Be Forest really make it their own. Listen below.
Be Forest will be making their first trip to North America next month for a coast-to-coast tour. That starts in NYC for CMJ where they currently have two shows lined up: A day show at Cake Shop on October 22 (lineup TBA) and then a show at DROM later that night. More CMJ shows might be announced, stay tuned. - Brooklyn Vegan

European Japandroids fans might recognize Be Forest from the Pesaro, Italy band’s stint opening for Vancouver’s nostalgic YOLO fist-pumpers. But as the new single “Colours” reveals, Be Forest doesn’t sound much like Japandroids. Rather, their take on pop-rock is as atmospheric as it is aerobic — sturdy backbeats laden with plentiful reverb, many layers of guitar tremolo, and ethereal coos. Fans of Stereolab, Broadcast, and Little Dragon will probably dig it. “Colours” is our first taste of Be Forest’s forthcoming album Earthbeat, and you can hear it below. - Stereogum