Minus the Bear "Bands Like It When You Yell "YAR" At Them" COLOR:Puget Sound Castle Rat's live shows have

Castle Rat's live shows have already grown legendary in the underground community

The song titles alone describe the band’s return to a stripped-down

A top 500 pick for best albums of all time from NME and Rolling Stone now reissued on 180 gram vinyl from 4 Men With Beards

unfiltered diaristic confessions and wild wistfulness

somewhere at the crossroads between TYPE O NEGATIVE

Minus the Bear "Bands Like It When You Yell "YAR" At Them" COLOR:Puget Sound Castle Rat's live shows haveThere was real early buzz around Minus the Bear. After 2001s This Is What I Know About Being Gigantic, they issued Bands Like It When You Yell YAR! At Them, a promo CD built to tee up Highly Refined Pirates with album cuts, an interlude, an exclusive song, and a demo. What should have been a throwaway sampler stuck around. Handed out at shows in a cardboard slipcase, it became a fan favourite, later reissued in 2004 as a proper jewel case EP after