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Howling Bells: Howling Bells

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Label: Bella Uinion Records
Released: 2006.06.13
Time:
 42:19
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Ken Nelson
Rating: ***....... (3/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.howlingbells.net
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Purchase date: 2009.04.01
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] The Bell Hit - 3:15
[2] Velvet Girl - 3:19
[3] Low Happening - 3:40
[4] Broken Bones - 3:19
[5] Wishing Stone - 3:32
[6] A Ballad for the Bleeding Hearts - 3:41
[7] The Night Is Young - 3:50
[8] Across the Avenue - 4:10
[9] Setting Sun - 3:50
[10] Blessed Night - 3:16
[11] In the Woods - 4:27
[12] I'm Not Afraid - 2:45

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Glenn Rainbow Moule - Drums
Brendan Picchio - Bass
Joel Stein - Lead Guitar
Juanita Stein - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar

Ken Nelson - Producer

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2006 CD Bellaire BELLACD114

2006 release by this Australian Goth band, which has been receiving rave reviews by the press all around the world. The band was part of an NME 'new music' showcase tour, and this self-titled album even earned the 'Album Of The Week' honors in the pages of NME!. Their sound borrows heavily from the early '90s 4AD scene with a heavy debt to the 'shoegazing' scene from the same era (i.e. Lush, Slowdive, Chapterhouse, etc.). The band provides an atmosphere that never slips into chaos but often gives it just enough steam to add dynamics to the beautiful, swirling guitar attack. Bella Union. 2006 . It was named #2 album of the year by MusicOHM and #3 by Drowned in Sound, as well as #11 by NME.



"The sound of PJ Harvey hitching a ride with the Velvet Underground through Twin Peaks."

NME



Howling Bells have got it all. They've got the looks, they've got the style, they've got the swagger... and most of all, they've got the tunes. Their debut self-titled album was recorded with renowned Coldplay producer Ken Nelson and is a truly intoxicating collection of tracks; lurching from blues-fuelled rock to country-folk lamentations. This is sure to be THE debut album of 2006. Howling Bells write the kind of songs that will be buzzing around your head for days. Their debut single Low Happening is out as a download single on Mon December 12th and the second the riffs kicks in, vying for attention with the tribal drum rhythms, you just know you're onto something special. Vocalist Juanita Stein is one of the most stunning vocalists we've heard in years and is already drawing comparisons with the likes of PJ Harvey and Debbie Harry.

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It's 1991 all over again, or at least it feels that way when listening to this fun, shoegazer-worshipping self-titled debut from Australia's Howling Bells. The album's 12 tracks owe a huge debt to Slowdive and just about every 4AD band circa 1990. But for every distorted guitar and hummed harmony, there's an equal dose of Americana twang in singer Juanita Stein's delivery; and thus perhaps the group exhausted their Mojave 3 collection as well. There's no doubt that "In the Woods" is an homage to Neil Halstead, and at least half the tracks are aimed distinctly at the radio. Coldplay producer Ken Nelson adds the heavy smattering of commercial bombast, particularly in the Chris Martin-esque "The Night Is Young," which borrows structural elements from and blatantly steals the climactic guitar conclusion of "Yellow." Catchy melodies and killer hooks borrow themselves in one's brain after repeat listens, but shallow subject matter, often goofy rhyming lyrics, and a heavy-handed use of falsetto sometimes sidetrack the album as a whole. The single "Low Happening" is nearly irresistibly catchy, but cringe-worthy lyrics bring it down, and "Broken Bones" features falsetto styling that only a mother could love. But the good ultimately outweighs the bad, making for a flawed but still satisfying debut. If not for the constant shift to shoegazer dynamics and ethereal harmonies, Howling Bells almost come across like an Australian version of New Pornographers, and that's not such a bad thing at all.

Tim DiGravina - All Music Guide
 

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