In spring 2009 Bear Driver released their debut ep 'Paws & Claws', a dreamy-psychedelic-pop record cooked up in a bedroom studio, that quickly found it's way on to the airwaves. A further release 'Mind Attack' appeared that summer on Dance To The Radio, and soon the band were invited to play Leeds/Reading and End Of The Road Festivals and in autumn appeared at In The City. Described as "...kind of like children's party entertainment by Arcade Fire", Bear Driver mix fuzzy pop songs with ambitious choruses,and a playful use of instruments.