Polar Bears are an indie rock band from Santa Rosa, California, USA, who currently[when?]
In March 2004, they released an EP, Shorts Are for Warm, on the Petaluma-based record label, Pandacide.
this album is only available directly from the band at their live shows and from The Last Record Store in Santa Rosa.
Polar Bears are notable in the Sonoma County music scene for being one of the biggest drawing and intensely furious live bands in the area.
Shane Goepel helped start Litany for the Whale with the Sonoma County musicians Richard McKee, Jef Overn and the Bostonian Michael Conrad.