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Bear’s Den have a confession to make. The title of their extraordinary third album, So that you might hear me, was borrowed from the late Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. Or rather, borrowed and neatly tweaked. “So That You Will Hear Me” was the poem that haunted Andrew Davie, the British duo’s lyricist and lead singer, as songs for the album were taking shape. Only in retrospect did he realise why. “To me, it’s about trying to communicate with someone and feeling like you can’t reach them anymore” says Andrew. “That deeply resonated with me. Unwittingly, it became a theme of the album.” So that you might hear me is the follow-up to Bear’s Den’s, UK silver-selling debut, Islands, which earned them an Ivor Novello nomination in the UK and a devoted following worldwide. So that you might hear me was demoed at Josiah Booth Studios and recorded at several studios in Seattle over the course of seven weeks with the producer Phil Ek (The Shins, Fleet Foxes, Father John Misty). “The album has grown and evolved from all of the processes we went through. Every step of the way, it has been instinctive, collaborative and pushed us both lyrically and musically. From writing the songs to Kev and I working on the songs together in the church, working through them as a band together with Phil in Seattle and even ultimately mixing with Craig Silvey (Arcade Fire, The National) in London. Each separate process shaped and informed the album enormously.” - Bear's Den