Album Review: Bearings – The Best Part About Being Human

We’ll warn you in advance – if you’ve just been dumped, do not spin the new Bearings album till the wounds have started healing. If you’re in the first flush of a giddy new infatuation, however, you’ll find your every thought and feeling reflected back at you. For their third album, the Ottawa quintet have bottled the sugary head-rush of a crush and put it on wax, right on time before the final rays of summer sun – and it’s as fun as it sounds.  The Best Part About Being Human isn’t exactly revolutionising pop-punk. At this point, Bearings’ sound still feels like a cross-section of other bands’ styles rather than its own individual thing. But then again, their priorities likely lie elsewhere. Their main strength is making music so full of feeling it could burst. Th...

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