Best Bear

Best Bear is a Philadelphia indie rock band that formed in late 2019 and started playing out in 2020. It works as a rotating collective of local musicians around songs written by Blue Barnett, so the lineup can change without the band's sound changing with it: slow-burning post-emo, often compared to The Beths, Sweet Pill, Hop Along, Snail Mail and early Paramore.

The 2022 release When drew attention from WXPN, Radio 104.5 and college radio, and the song "Gaslighter" has stayed in rotation since. A second full-length album is being written.