Bears In Trees

About

Bears In Trees are an indie rock band from Croydon, South London, formed in 2014 by four school friends: vocalist/bassist Iain Gillespie, vocalist Callum Litchfield, guitarist Nick Peters and drummer George Berry. They built a devoted fanbase through TikTok and YouTube with candid songwriting about mental health, growing up and friendship, self-describing as a 'dirtbag boyband'. After turning down a major label deal in 2023, they have operated fully independently on their own imprint, I Sure Hope It Does.

85.3K

monthly listeners on Spotify

59.6M

total streams on Spotify (estimate, Aug. 2025)

542.1K

followers on TikTok

What's new

2026-02
Bears In Trees played their first European headliner tour ('Tour Is Unlikely') through Paris, Brussels, 's-Hertogenbosch, Cologne and Hamburg, with Soot Sprite as support.
2026-02-12
The band released the EP 'Success Is Monumental', the follow-up to 'Success Is Unlikely' from November 2025, recorded entirely independently.
2025-11-20
The EP 'Success Is Unlikely' appeared on 20 November 2025 via an independent release, with singles such as 'Left, Right, Goodnight!' and 'Heard It in a Dream'.
2026-05
A second UK and Ireland tour was announced for late May 2026, with Dutch Criminal Record as support.
2026-09
A third, smaller tour was announced for October 2026, with three shows in the Netherlands and two in the United Kingdom, in preparation for a new studio album.