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Last week we shared the radio edit of the new Belles Will Ring track called The River. This week we have the 13 minuted extended version. It is something of a beast and all consuming by the end. We hope you enjoy it and please feel free to tell us about your journey.
A new Belles Will Ring track has surfaced. It is from the forthcoming album, Crystal Theatre.
Recorded in the tiny rural town of Portland, NSW it was originally 30 minutes long. This version is down to 4 but there is an extended version that we might share soon.
On Friday 28th of January Belle’s Will Ring are hitting the stage with Made in Japan, The Preachers + more TBA for Oxford Art Factory’s, Sleepover. The parties kicking on until dawn so grab a friend and prepare for an large one crammed full of good ol’ fun.
Pre-sale tix are $8 or $10 on the door
Belles Will Ring are hitting the road again…
After a quiet but steady year the band will finish it off in style with a national tour to celebrate the release of their latest single ‘Come North With Me Baby, Wow’ which you can listen to here.
With Guineafowl and Magnetic Heads onboard as support it’s a solid lineup not to be missed.
Tickets can be purchased through the Belles Will Ring Website
You can catch Belles Will Ring on the following dates
Thur 25 Nov Grand Hotel Wollongong NSW
Fri 26 Nov The Gaelic Theatre Sydney NSW
Sat 27 Nov Cambridge Hotel Newcastle NSW
Fri 3 Dec East Brunswick Club Melbourne VIC
Sat 4 Dec Jive Adelaide SA *
Thur 9 Dec Transit Bar Canberra ACT
Fri 10 Dec Baroque Nightclub Katoomba NSW
Sat 11 Dec Clubhouse Brisbane QLD
(*Guineafowl not playing Adelaide)
Belles Will Ring have just finished off a brand spanking new single, ‘Come North With Me Baby, Wow’.
Check it out below, along with the B side track and a new Cloud Control Remix!
enjoy.
Belles Will Ring team up with The Laurels for a co-headline single launch show on Friday 23rd at Nortcote Social Club.
Belles Will Ring launch their new 3-track single ‘Come To The Village’ (Remote Control) peppered by the familiar sound of Belles Will Ring’s vintage guitar interplay, militaristic rhythm section and psychedelic folk harmonies. Expect LP number 2 from Belles Will Ring in Spring later this year.
“Produced to perfection, the song reaches that blissful point of polyphony where everything sort of bleeds into a joyous hum and you want to take your clothes of and sway in the wind. First class.” – The Brag ‘Single of the Week’
Sydney shoegazers The Laurels present the first slice from their forthcoming debut EP, the blissful and aptly titled ‘Turn On Your Mind’ a perfect introduction into the world of The Laurels.
‘‘The Laurels are one of those bands that in a relatively short life have amassed a good share of acclaim without having released so much as an EP. What may come as a surprise is that they deserve the acclaim’’ – Fasterlouder.com
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Belles Will Ring + The Laurels (double single launch)
with special guest Demon Parade
Northcote Social Club, VIC
Friday 23rd July, Doors 8:30pm
Tickets $12 on the door only
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In other Belles Will Ring related news they have a brand new video for ‘Come to the Village’ directed by the talented Aimée-Lee X. Curran.
An official video clip wrap party to launch ‘Come to the Village’ will be held on Tuesday 3rd August at Oxford Art Factory, Gallery Bar.
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Come to the Village Video Clip Wrap Party
Belles Will Ring + Juan Cortez + DJ Mucky Fingers
Oxford Art Factory, Gallery Bar, NSW
Tuesday 3rd August, Doors 8:00pm
Entry FREE
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Belles Will Ring have diverged from the road they travelled when their first album was released, 2007′s psychedelic pop canon Mood Patterns. With the new 3-track single Come To The Village accompanying their forthcoming full-length 2nd album, they have distilled the essence of Belles Will Ring into something sparer, darker and thematically driven. The band’s core songwriters Liam Judson and Aidan Roberts spent the better part of 2009 writing a collection of songs centred around an agreed theme – the idea of escape, and its many forms – from civilization, unexpected trouble, or from pre-determined paths. Inspired by the open spaces and strange mental states that accompany touring (something Belles Will Ring did a lot of in 2008 and 2009), the songs came easily, and the band then took a sojourn over two weeks in a NSW country estate to work the songs into the context of the full band.
Refreshed by the open spaces and distraction-free creative environment, it was here that Belles Will Ring recorded the blood and bones of precisely the kind of record they have wanted to make ever since Mood Patterns; a true road-trip of an album, the songs at once timeless and contemplative, spiked with the adrenaline of a chase to get away from reality. The as-yet untitled full-length LP will be released in late 2010, covering the full gamut of this new-found dramatic focus within the songs, as elucidated in Come To The Village; all shades from light to dark, peppered by the familiar sound of Belles Will Ring’s vintage guitar interplay, militaristic rhythm section and psychedelic folk harmonies.
Come To The Village is available digitally now via itunes.com/belleswillring and on CD at all live shows. You can also stream via myspace.com/belleswillring and facebook.com/belleswillring.
TOUR DATES
3rd June – The Karova Lounge, Ballarat
w/ Parades + Dark Arts
4th June – East Brunswick Club, Melbourne
w/ Parades + Geoffrey O’Connor (Crayon Fields)
5th June – Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne
w/ Sandpebbles, The Bowers, Strangers From Now On, The Kremlin Succession, The Mohan Veena
10th June -Transit Bar, Canberra
w/ Parades + The Upskirts
2nd July – Night Eats Day at the Grand Hotel, Wollongong
w/ Parades + Bon Chat Bon Rat
3rd July – Red Rattler Marrickville, Sydney
w/ Parades + Bon Chat Bon Rat
Guess what? The amazing, ever fantastic folks at FBI 94.5 have just released a new compilation CD called The Live Feed. Cloud Control and Belles Will Ring both feature on the disk, as well as heaps of other amazing artists.
They say:
“Each week our crack team of sound engineers get out amongst it, recording choice local sets to bring that live feeling home for you on THE LIVE FEED. Now, for the first time – we’ve crammed 18 of our favourite live and exclusive moments onto one CD.”
What’s on the CD? Check it:
| Juana Molina | Un Dia | The Spiegeltent, Sydney Festival |
| Metronomy | Heartbreaker | Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney Festival |
| Sarah Blasko | We Won’t Run | The Metro |
| The Mess Hall | Pulse | The Annandale Hotel |
| Bill Callahan | Rock Bottom Riser | The Spiegeltent, Sydney Festival |
| Stereolab | Valley Hi! | The Metro |
| Daedelus | Experience / Make It So | Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney Festival |
| My Disco | You Came To Me… | The Annandale Hotel |
| Brian Jonestown Massacre | Who | The Metro |
| Holly Throsby | One Of You For Me | The Basement |
| The Drones | Cold & Sober | The Metro |
| Philadelphia Grand Jury | Going To The Casino | Spectrum |
| Holy Fuck | Milkshake | The Annandale Hotel |
| Adam Green | Jessica | Oxford Art Factory |
| Tim Fite | Big Mistake | The Vanguard |
| Cloud Control | Into The Line | The Spiegeltent, FBi Secret Gig |
| Belles Will Ring | Mad Love | Spectrum |
| Beach House | You Came to Me | The Hopetoun Hotel |
Joel will be at Big Sound over the next 3 days. Follow his Twitter updates on @joelconnolly
Cloud Control are both showcasing at this years conference tomorrow night at The Artisan Gallery Venue. Of you’re in town come on down!
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Three Umbrella artists have made it on to this months FBi Beforecast. We’re proud as punch and if you’d like a special treat, head on over to the FBi website to download the podcast for free. Al (Cloud Control) and Liam (Belles Will Ring) perform each others songs and you can hear the new Le Kingste single ‘The Way The World Turns’.
