Distraction (album)

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Distraction | type = studio | artist = Bear Hands | cover = distraction-bear-hands.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2014|2|18}} | recorded = 2013 <br />Cantora Studios<br /> New York City | venue = | studio = | genre = Experimental rock, indie rock, post-punk | length = 35:46 | label = Cantora | producer = Ted Feldman | prev_title = Burning Bush Supper Club | prev_year = 2010 | next_title = You'll Pay For This | next_year = 2016 | misc = {{Singles | name = Distraction | type = studio | single1 = Giants | single1date = January 13, 2014 | single2 = Peacekeeper | single2date = April 3, 2014 | single3 = Agora | single3date = March 24, 2014 }} }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = ''Favorable''<ref>{{AllMusic |class=album |id=mw0002611591 |tab=review |first=Gregory |last=Heaney |accessdate=2014-04-07}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Alternative Press'' | rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=altpress>{{cite web|last=Pettigrew|first=Jason|title=Bear Hands – Distraction|url=http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/bear_hands_distraction|work=AltPress|publisher=AltPress.com|accessdate=April 7, 2014|date=February 18, 2014}}</ref> | rev3 = ''PopMatters'' | rev3Score = (5/10)<ref name=popmatters>{{cite web|last=Fiander|first=Matthew|title=Bear Hands: Distraction|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/180425-bear-hands-distraction/|work=PopMatters|publisher=PopMatters.com|accessdate=April 7, 2014|date=April 2, 2014}}</ref> | rev4 = ''Rolling Stone'' | rev4Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=stone>{{cite magazine|last=Dolan|first=Jon|title=Bear Hands 'Distraction' Album Review|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/distraction-20140221|magazine=Rolling Stone|publisher=RollingStone.com|accessdate=April 7, 2014|date=February 21, 2014}}</ref> | noprose=yes }}

'''''Distraction''''' is the second album by experimental rock outfit Bear Hands.

== Track listing ==

#"Moment of Silence" (3:19) #"Giants" (3:08) #"Agora" (2:40) #"Bone Digger" (3:31) #"Vile Iowa" (2:55) #"Bad Friend" (2:51) #"The Bug" (3:29) #"Peacekeeper" (2:54) #"Sleeping on the Floor" (2:36) #"Party Hats" (4:59) #"Thought Wrong" (3:24)

==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! Chart (2016) ! Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"|US Heatseekers Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/bear-hands/chart-history/tln/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118014818/https://www.billboard.com/artist/bear-hands/chart-history/tln/|title=Bear Hands Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=November 18, 2021|access-date=November 30, 2025}}</ref> |{{center|23}} |- |}

== References == {{reflist}}

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Category:2014 albums Category:Bear Hands albums