Honeybear is naturally nomadic; a few months after moving from Washington State to L.A. he was becoming restless. Pausing just long enough to pick up a ukulele, he was off again and a few weeks later, in Thousand Oaks California, he ran into a band called the Consonant C from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Both he and the band showed up at the venue at wrong time and the show was already over so they climbed to the top of a hill where the band played an acoustic set and encouraged him to play the first two songs he had written. On the strength of that evening, they invited him to visit Calgary any time.

Back home in L.A. his itchy feet soon returned. Planes, trains, cars, and one speed-freak-trucker later he arrived in Calgary. A few days stop became a few months and one stay became many.

Crazy things happened and he went absent for awhile but now he’s back and is currently applying the finishing touches to his debut EP. A culmination of his development from more traditional folk music to incorporate ambient and pop influences, it opens with a combination of fire crackling and water dripping as one seamless sound and that idea of harmony is carried throughout as he lonesomely croons about treacherous women and feelings of oppression but always finding balance between dark and light.

Take a listen: Honeybear – Pocketful of Stones

As mentioned, HoneyBear is currently working on his debut e.p. Viral Linguistics, a collaboration between musician Honeybear and visual artist Heather Kai Smith. Heather makes drawings calling back to the innocent illustrations of the 1950’s and 60’s.

The fruit of the project will be a 40 page sketchbook with 10 drawings of Heather’s scattered amongst the pages. The cover will be drawn by Heather, then silkscreened and assembled by Honeybear. Included will be two download codes (one for the notebook’s owner and one to give to a friend) for a 6-track collection of music by Honeybear.

To help fund this ambitious project, visit Honeybear’s proposal at Kickstarter.com