Since their 2016/2017 tour in Europe and North America, Haynes has been replaced by Dutch artist Christof van der Ven, not as an official member but as a session musician.
[2] Bear's Den have released five studio albums: Islands (2014), Red Earth & Pouring Rain (2016), So That You Might Hear Me (2019), Fragments (2020), and Blue Hours (2022).
The band's first tour involved them travelling across the United States in Volkswagen camper vans with Ben Howard, Nathaniel Rateliff, and the Staves.
[8] On 20 October 2014, Bear's Den released their debut album, Islands, on Communion Records, a label founded in 2006 by Kevin Jones, with Ben Lovett of Mumford & Sons and producer Ian Grimble.
[citation needed] They performed at international festivals such as Reading and Leeds, Glastonbury, Lollapalooza, Citadel, Somersault, NOS Alive, BBK, Squamish, Pukkelpop, Lowlands, Bonnaroo, and Dockville.
[citation needed] On 4 February 2016, Joey Haynes announced via the band's Facebook page that he was leaving the group to spend more time with family and friends.
[citation needed] In January 2019, Bear's Den changed their social media design after almost three years, and a website was sent to people affiliated to their official page, called "So That You Might Hear Me", the title of their next album.
[citation needed] On 26 June 2020, Bear's Den posted a snippet of the Fragments version of "Fuel on the Fire" and changed their social media design.