Puyallup's SHEBEAR Wins Second Place at EMP's Sound Off! Battle of the Bands

Puyallup indie-pop rock band SHEBEAR gets a guaranteed spot in Seattle’s Northwest Folklife Festival after winning second place in the 2013 Sound Off! 21-and-under battle of the bands at EMP Museum’s Sky Church.

The band will also receive free gear, studio time, radio airplay and consultations with music-industry pros.

"We write music as a way to comprehend that which we dont understand. We are four musicians who believe that sometimes music can carry emotion better than lyrics and vocals are not a focal point but another instrument to be used in a song," says SHEBEAR in the "about" section on the band's Facebook page.

Their musical influences include the Arcade Fire, Passion Pit and The Killers. (Watch their perfomance on the EMP stage in the attached YouTube video).

You can listen to songs from each of the finalists at the EMP Sound Off! site here.