Claude says:Bear's Den are a London indie folk duo — formed in 2009 by Andrew Davie and Kevin Jones, who also co-founded Communion Records with Ben Lovett of Mumford & Sons — known for sweeping, heart-on-sleeve songcraft that earned them an Ivor Novello nod in 2015. Berlin came between their debut and Red Earth & Pouring Rain, offering the same wide-eyed folk grandeur and aching harmonies that made them festival staples. A single play in 2017 sat dormant for years before the title track finally pulled you in late 2021, and you leaned into it hardest that January.