The Bearing - Messages d’espoir

Alise Kirtley & Alfie Bartley formed an avant-pop band in 2017. We are The Bearing. Why? To tell stories - playing around musical boundaries, fusing the drama of rock and classical with the sonic realm of electronic music, while lyrically exploring the critical issues of our time - Why? Music is our compass - to emerge out of the darkness with a positive contribution to the world, strength in vulnerability, creativity and connection as a path to wellbeing - Why? A quest for self-actualisation - search for meaning and philosophy of life, find the best versions of ourselves for our own sake, others and the planet: ‘be the change we wish to see in the world’.

We’re currently writing a concept album based upon a post-climate-breakdown world, with stories about the tensions between citizen-led communities forming out at a sea, and larger governing forces left on ever-shrinking land.