Boy & Bear performed several tracks off their sixth studio album Tripping Over Time for a warm and cozy Rolling Stone AU/NZ In My Room session.
“It’s about how time changes us, we grow up, our priorities shift, our lives move onto new chapters and with this comes new insights but also new challenges. It’s a balancing act of reflecting, or even yearning for our youth whilst also embracing life as it inevitably moves forward,” he explains.
Heralding a sublime new chapter for the five-piece, its release finds Boy & Bear simultaneously harnessing their signature sound while also tripping the light fantastic into brave new sonic worlds.
Opening with its title track, Tripping Over Time shimmers with gentle grooves and warm melodies, before gliding into one of the album’s lead singles, “Where Does Life Begin”.
Of the latter, Hosking tells us: “The song is about yearning for the freedom of youth. Sometimes the passing of time changes us in a way where we can feel like we’ve lost a part of ourselves. I think on some level I miss the naivety I once had about the world.
“In our 20s we seem less inhibited and more confident about what’s in front of us, but the realities of life can eventually start to catch up with us. I liked the simplicity of the idea of watching people dancing from afar, and feeling like maybe I no longer belonged there.”
Boy & Bear performed “Where Does Life Begin” and more off the new album for our In My Room series — watch their session in full above.
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To celebrate the album’s release, the five-piece are heading on tour with a huge run of capital city shows in 2026. Tickets are on sale now – see here for more details.
Boy & Bear’s Tripping Over Time is out now.
