Two Bears North is a father’s humorous euphemism for bipolar affective disorder, playfully taken up by his daughter and brought forth to describe a musical collision of yin and yang. Helmed by bassist Melissa Walker and guitarist\u002Fvocalist Sophie Heppell, with Nich Davies on drums, Two Bears North has made waves in Edmonton, Canada, and they are poised to surf the sonic tsunami to wherever it may take them.As hinted at by the band name’s allusion to bipolarity, the music of Two Bears North is an ebb and flow of swirling opposites; playing an infectious blend of funk-flavoured indie-folk and progressive pop, Sophie’s melodies are punctuated by Melissa’s rhythms and grooves. While their sound tends to lightness in tone, the lyrical messages can be quite personal, sometimes vulnerable, and even a shade dark at times. “I enjoy the vice of writing darker lyrics,” Sophie elaborates, “and as long as you put them to a catchy melody and an upbeat groove, people seem to get on board!”To say that this group has some