Artist · chart history
Bear's Den
Band London United Kingdom Formed 2012
Bear's Den formed in 2012 in London, United Kingdom. Bear's Den has 10 chart appearances on 9 radio countdowns from 4 stations on RockLists, spanning 2014–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Red Earth & Pouring Rain”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #18. The station that charted Bear's Den most often is WBER (Rochester, NY), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2014.
Bear's Den are a London band built around Andrew Davie's voice and guitar and the many instruments of Kevin Jones, with Joey Haynes also in the lineup from 2012 to 2016. Their 2014 debut, Islands, carried "Above the Clouds of Pompeii", a hushed, aching folk song that earned them an Ivor Novello nomination for Best Song Musically and Lyrically in 2015.
Red Earth & Pouring Rain followed in 2016, and the title track widens the frame, trading some of the campfire intimacy for a broader, night-driving sweep while keeping the ache in Davie's voice. The UK Americana Awards nominated them twice that year, for Artist of the Year and for Song of the Year with "Agape", which says a lot about how easily they sit between indie folk and alternative country.
Communion Music has been their label home. So That You Might Hear Me, Fragments and Blue Hours came next, along with a soundtrack album and nine EPs. Jones left in 2025, leaving Davie as the only permanent member.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Bear's Den on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Earth & Pouring Rain | 2 | #18 | – | 2017 | |
| 2 | Conversations With Ghosts | 2 | #175 | – | – | |
| 3 | Above The Clouds Of Pompeii | 4 | #59 | – | 2014 | |
| 4 | Agape | 1 | #32 | – | 2014 | |
| 5 | A Year Ago Today | 1 | #102 | – | 2014 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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