Minus the Bear Announce 'Menos el Oso' 20th Anniversary Reissue, Share "Hooray"
MINUS THE BEAR
ANNOUNCE MENOS EL OSO TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE 2XLP VINYL REISSUE AND 24-PAGE ARCHIVE PHOTO JOURNAL "LOS ARCHIVOS DEL OSO" OUT AUGUST 22 ON SUICIDE SQUEEZE RECORDS
SHARE “HOORAY” (DEMO) WATCH ON YOUTUBE + STREAM ON DSPs
U.S. TOUR KICKS OFF OCTOBER 4TH TICKETS HERE
Los Angeles, CA (May 20, 2025) – In February, Best Friends Forever festival in Las Vegas, October 10-12, announced Minus the Bear as co-headliners. The band will perform their seminal sophomore release Menos el Oso in full at the festival and on an extensive U.S. tour throughout October and November. Tour dates below, tickets available for purchase here. Additionally, the band shared a new video for the album standout “Drilling,” which you can find here.
Today, Minus the Bear are thrilled to detail the deluxe, twentieth anniversary 2xLP vinyl reissue of Menos el Oso, out August 22, 2025 via Suicide Squeeze Records, now available for pre-order here. The 2xLP release will include a remastered version of the original album on one 12”, and 5 unreleased original demos and an etching by bassist Cory Murchy on the flip side of the other, including the demo version of “Hooray,” available to stream now for the first time. Listen here. The reissue also includes Los Archivos Del Oso, a 24-page archive photo journal from the band’s personal collection. Sign up for the band’s newsletter here to receive a sneak preview of selections from the zine.
Selections from Los Archivos Del Oso:
Speaking on the reissue announcement, vocalist Jake Snider says “...Oso is a band and fan favorite! We came into our sound on this record. Excited people get to hear these demos for the first time! Revisiting demos and hearing the evolution of some of these tracks puts me right back in our early 2000s practice space. And now we’re literally back in that same practice space for rehearsals. It’s wild!”
Guitarist David Knudson says “We toured so much for Menos el Oso — all these songs and riffs are stuck in my muscle memory like core childhood memories. The fingers and feet instinctively know where to tap and stomp at just the right time to make the notes and melodies leap out of my guitar. We were trying to push the envelope back in 2005 on this one — incorporating glitchy guitar samples, hip hop breakbeats and more electronic elements to the sound we had established on Highly Refined Pirates. Proud to say that 20 years later it still sounds fresh and I’m grateful people keep coming back to it as one of their favorites!”
While reflecting on the album, Knudson notes “Menos el Oso put us on a trajectory that none of us were expecting. There is a “before ‘Pachuca Sunrise’ video” moment in time, and then there is an “after ‘Pachuca Sunrise’ video” moment in time. It seemed like once people heard that song, and saw that video, everyone went straight to Limewire, Napster, Soulseek, BitTorrent, etc. and shared the album immediately. Celebrating the twentieth anniversary of something this monumental in our lives is a gift. Having the chance to appreciate it with our fans, families and fellow bandmates while we are all alive and kicking is an opportunity I can’t wait to embrace.”
Menos el Oso 20th Anniversary Track Listing:
01.) The Game Needed Me
02.) Memphis & 53rd
03.) Drilling
04.) The Fix
05.) El Torrente
06.) Pachuca Sunrise
07.) Michio's Death Drive
08.) Hooray
09.) Fulfill the Dream
10.) The Pig War
11.) This Ain't a Surfin' Movie
12.) Hooray (Demo)
13.) Drilling (Demo)
14.) The Pig War (Demo)
15.) Michio's Death Drive (Demo)
16.) I'm Totally Not Down With Rob's Alien (Demo)
Minus the Bear Tour Dates:
10/04/25 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater (SOLD OUT)
10/06/25 - Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades (SOLD OUT)
10/07/25 - San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom *
10/08/25 - San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park (SOLD OUT)
10/10/25 - Las Vegas, NV @ Best Friends Forever Festival
10/11/25 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Belasco (SOLD OUT)
10/12/25 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Belasco (SOLD OUT)
10/14/25 - Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
10/16/25 - Austin, TX @ Emo’s Austin (SOLD OUT)
10/17/25 - Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater (SOLD OUT)
10/18/25 - Austin, TX @ Emo's Austin (SOLD OUT)
10/21/25 - Orlando, FL @ The Beacham (SOLD OUT)
10/22/25 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade (SOLD OUT)
10/24/25 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore (SOLD OUT)
10/25/25 - Boston, MA @ House of Blues *
11/04/25 - Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club *
11/05/25 - Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club (SOLD OUT)
11/07/25 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel (SOLD OUT)
11/08/25 - New York, NY @ Irving Plaza (SOLD OUT)
11/09/25 - New York, NY @ Irving Plaza *
11/11/25 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre
11/12/25 - Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues *
11/14/25 - Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre (SOLD OUT)
11/15/25 - Chicago, IL @ Metro (SOLD OUT)
11/16/25 - Chicago, IL @ Metro (SOLD OUT)
11/18/25 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
11/19/25 - Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theater
11/21/25 - Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre *
11/22/25 - Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
11/23/25 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
11/26/25 - Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
11/28/25 - Seattle, WA @ The Showbox (SOLD OUT)
11/29/25 - Seattle, WA @ The Showbox (SOLD OUT)
* = Low Tickets
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