
Wednesday mornings require catchy, peppy, funky and all around exciting music, don't you think? Think something eerie and yet whimsical...think Tim Burton. Mike Acreman, Brian Bauer, Graham Norwood, David Ostrem and Bryan Scary of " Bryan Scary and The Shredding Tears " can take care of all that in one swoop with their new album The Shredding Tears . Scary's music is contagious, you'll find yourself pressing repeat once the song ends. Comparable to the experimental sounds of "The Foundry Field Recordings" I am highly impressed that the album comes to [...]

"Bryan Scary's debut album rocks the candy shop, pillaging it for as many audio confections as possible. It's adventurous, fully fleshed, and catchy as hell." – Pitchfork Bryan Scary and his band, The Shredding Tears, will take its unique brand of kaleidoscopic, psychedelic pop out on the road this month for a nationwide tour sponsored by Filter throughout May and June. The band's debut album The Shredding Tears evokes the spirit of Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, Roald Dahl and H.G. Wells, and also incorporates sinister elements of macabre and epic fantasticism throughout its 15 [...]
Well, it looks as if I completely missed the boat on Bryan Scary. The 23 year old released his debut album, The Shedding Tears, back in February but I heard nothing of it despite the fact that it garnered a lot of kind words. Fortunately, I am now prepared to haul myself up on Bryan's bandwagon and declare his LP to be one of the most refreshing pieces that I have heard in 2007. It's hard to believe that the guy created such lush soundscapes in his apartment all by himself, but that's what he did and [...]

Bryan Scary & The Shredding Tears Genre: Psychedelic / Pop / Indie From: United States Bryan Scary's kaleidoscopic pop-art confection harkens back to the days of Sgt. Pepper and its brethren, combining 60's psychedelia, glam rock, chamber pop, and musical theatre and a gloriously eccentric imagination. Recorded by Bryan Scary alone in his Brooklyn apartment,debut album " The Shredding Tears " will leave you incapable of ever calling another record "the [...]