Trembling Bells are Fucking Amazing
Mark my words people, you’ve been warned. When I first heard this album I pretty much brushed it off as somewhat over the top baroque folk. The next time I listened I found myself thinking ‘What the fuck, really, is this? What the fuck do they think they’re doing, this isn’t the seventies.’ And then I was hooked.
So, glib and derogatory remarks aside, I present the Trembling Bells. I was passed their album by Ruth from The Bowery, who has booked an Edinburgh date for them for the 20th February. And having listened to their album about a million fucking times now I just can’t shake that state of bewildered, joyous fascination. It’s bizarre, it’s a little bit mental, and it’s absolutely brilliant.
It’s like a madly over the top version of the kind of psych-folk that was around in the sixties and seventies, like Liege & Lief (yes, I know I always mention this album) by Fairport Convention meets Frank Zappa. It’ll be out on Honest Jon’s in April, I’ve heard the whole thing, I’m itching to leak it but I can’t, and I cannot emphasise how much you all need to hear this. It’s nuts, it’s out of it’s tiny little mind, and it’s absolutely fucking amazing. I cannot stop playing this album at the moment.
Trembling Bells – When I Was Young
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Trembling Bells – I Took to You
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