Bear Witness by Phoozy Bear

Recorded from December 4th, 2021 to October 9th, 2024

This is my first full length studio album under the Phoozy Bear name. This whole album was a massive solo effort, with seldom collaborations but was overall entirely orchestrated and composed by me. Because of it, a lot of these songs are still rough around the edges because they were primarily produced in my bedroom (except where noted) and even more specifically on GarageBand. Almost all of these songs were written and recorded when I was in high school in my Songwriting class, taught by the tremendously talented Matt Glass. I know I have procrastinated a lot in getting the album completed, but it felt only fitting that it should be released on October 10th, cause I knew it would be a 10/10! (heh…) Hope you enjoy! Or not, I'm not the boss of ya. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Tracklist

1.	Rainbow Kingdom	4:43

2.	Lord Waller's Lament	4:51

3.	Ode to Cheeto Milk	5:21

4.	BIG GUYZ	4:00

5.	Typos	2:36

6.	Bear Witness	5:53

7.	Expiration Date	4:20

8.	Mike Mulligan	4:23

9.	Karen, You're Gonna Give Me a Splinter	4:20

10.	Sick of You	3:22

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Credits

released October 10, 2024

credits:

Cruz Sylvia (Phoozy Bear): vocals, instruments, guitars, bass, keyboards, programming, production

Matt Glass: production on "Rainbow Kingdom", "Ode to Cheeto Milk", "Karen, You're Gonna Give Me a Splinter" and additional vocals on "Karen, You're Gonna Give Me a Splinter"

Riley Klebe: additional vocals on "Karen, You're Gonna Give Me a Splinter"

Joel Rodriguez: additional vocals on "Karen, You're Gonna Give Me a Splinter"

Bruce Sylvia: guest appearance on "BIG GUYZ"

Built on GarageBand

"Rainbow Kingdom", "Ode to Cheeto Milk", and "Karen, You're Gonna Give Me a Splinter" produced in the Community School of Davidson studio

Turntables on "Bear Witness" and "Expiration Date" generated on the Baby Scratch app

"Sick of You" originally written by Dave Brockie (Oderus Urungus) and Mike Derks (Balsac the Jaws of Death) and originally performed by GWAR

"Karen, You're Gonna Give Me a Splinter (Acoustic Version)" interpolates "What's My Age Again?", originally performed by Blink-182 and written by Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge

Special thanks to:
Matt Glass, Riley Klebe, Joel Rodriguez, Anne Byrd, John Mullis, Caleb Gonzales, Jack Malone, GWAR, Todd Jordan, Jacob Kuchavik, Chas Orostin, Marshall Ricks, Jacob Brock, Garrett Tingen, Garrett Macintyre, Brian English, Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge, Virginia Lee Burton, DJ Smokey, Adam Demirjian, Zach Kelly-Onett, Andrew Ryan, Kevin House, Nick Daniels, Isolde Phelps, Gilbert the Frog, Maile Sarvak, Joe Keller, Katie Beamer, Sophie Sarvak, Emily Sarvak, Mr. Patrick, El Stein, Colton Davis, Griffin Small, Connor Ferguson, Tanner Mullins, Lance Philips, Jack Harrington, Olivia Durham, Pranav Kumaran, Maxwell Webb, Sebastian Underwood, Erin Crawford, Kimberly Smith, Ursula McRorie, Jeff Hinton, Dimitri Lambiris, George Lambiris, Anna Liz Turner, Augusta Fuhr, Sara Behnke, Kim Aichele, Amy Teckenbrock, AJ Houston, Ava McDonald, Thomas Clarke, Jack Forbes, Trinity Endaya, Neil Fallon, Gavin Tinnell, Kimberly Rogers, Erik D'Esterre, Anna Teckenbrock, Billie Hardin, Taylor Barnhardt, Riley Milholand, Lane McClure, Evan Brezicki, Preston Cock, Michael Tejeda, Alex Kunz, Clancy, Uncle Kent, Aunt Heather, Noah, Sutton, MJ, Joni, the Costillows, Levin, Kate, Bear, Maddie, Zoey, Dane, Nena, G-Ron, Opa, Oma, Mom, Dad, long haul records, possibly more, and you for making this possible!

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