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Bells On Trike - Self-Titled-10inch
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▐▓▌ ▐▓▌ ▄▀█▓ Artist...: Bells On Trike █▓▀▄ ▐▓▌ ▐▓▌
▀▓▄ ▀▓▄ █▓ Album....: Self-Titled-10inch █▓ ▄▓▀ ▄▓▀
▌▀▀▄▄▀██▓ Label....: Ride 'em Cowboy █▓█▀▄▄▀▀▐
▌ ▀█▄▓ Genre....: indie █▄█▀ ▐
▀ █▓ Website..: http://www.myspace.com/bellsontrike █▓ ▀
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▄█▀▓ Encoder..: LAME 3.97 -V2 --vbr-new █▀█▄
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▄▓▀ ▄▓▀ ▄▓ Tracks...: 7 █▄ ▀▓▄ ▀▓▄
▐▓▌ ▐▓▌ ▐█▓ Size.....: 39.30 Mb █▓▌ ▐▓▌ ▐▓▌
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█▓ The indie-emo scene of the mid to late 90's had █▓
█▓ quite a large batch of excellent bands, but few █▓
█▓ were around long enough to make a substantial █▓
█▓ discography, and sometimes weren't even █▓
█▓ substantial in the underground. Mid-western █▓
█▓ pioneers Cap'n Jazz made a rather large impact █▓
█▓ in the underground years later, thanks to their █▓
█▓ full discography released on Jade Tree records. █▓
█▓ To a smaller extent, even PA band Elliott were █▓
█▓ able to release a few important Eps before █▓
█▓ disbanding. Ethel Meserve contemporaries, Bells █▓
█▓ on Trike didn't stick around enough to make a █▓
█▓ large impression, but their single 10" was one █▓
█▓ of the better releases at the time. █▓
█▓ Melody was always driving the band and it shows █▓
█▓ with the often simple, and clean guitar riffs █▓
█▓ that drove the band on songs like "I Drive", █▓
█▓ which begins with an almost dream-like intro of █▓
█▓ guitar and bass dynamics thatÆs repeated several █▓
█▓ times in the song. Like most bands, the vocals █▓
█▓ are low in the recording, and minimal. However █▓
█▓ they still manage to be equally important due to █▓
█▓ the very emotional way they write and play. Of █▓
█▓ course, singer Bryan Hoffa is no vocal expert, █▓
█▓ but the point is that the vocals fit well with █▓
█▓ the often minimal musical technicality to create █▓
█▓ their musical harmony. Hoffa preforms best when █▓
█▓ the band is melodic; when the band goes into █▓
█▓ slightly heavier rhythms, his vocals become much █▓
█▓ hoarser than the usual band's screams, so they █▓
█▓ sometimes become dull when pushed with the █▓
█▓ potentially powerful, instrumentation. █▓
█▓ Ahh but this band carves out some of the most █▓
█▓ beautiful melodies I've heard. Spread out across █▓
█▓ the record, guitar and bass are woven together █▓
█▓ and help keep the melody soulful, and often █▓
█▓ powerful. Their melodies picture the emotions █▓
█▓ perfectly, and go hand-in-hand with minimally █▓
█▓ written lyrics like "we're not getting younger" █▓
█▓ and "tell me what I haven't done/is it wrong?" █▓
█▓ The minimal vocals and the melodic yet, still █▓
█▓ often powerful instrumentation might give the █▓
█▓ impression of a post-rockesque feel, but the █▓
█▓ bandÆs melodies are usually too short and to the █▓
█▓ point. They stay soulful and emotional through █▓
█▓ that simplicity, instead of trying to avoid █▓
█▓ extended melodies and progressions. During the █▓
█▓ opening of the beautiful "Appartus Must be █▓
█▓ Earthed", the instrumentation, especially the █▓
█▓ bass work, give a very interesting earthy vibe, █▓
█▓ which soaks right in with their un-distorted █▓
█▓ guitar work. █▓
█▓ The aforementioned drum work is actually the █▓
█▓ most chaotic point of focus on the record. █▓
█▓ Brimming with cymbal crashes and such it keeps █▓
█▓ the melodic side from going too lush, and helps █▓
█▓ the chaotic side keep a slightly hidden, but █▓
█▓ ever present beat. Unlike bands who used deep █▓
█▓ bass rolls to keep the music at sugar-high █▓
█▓ levels of adrenaline, Bells were more interested █▓
█▓ in high level cymbal crashes to actually give █▓
█▓ some chaos. Because Trike was more interested in █▓
█▓ melodies, than high energy via' Cap'n Jazz. █▓
█▓ So with all things considered, the band was a █▓
█▓ trademark mid 90's band which could have been █▓
█▓ part of their demise and further unintrest in █▓
█▓ the band. While all these band made great music, █▓
█▓ there were so many bands at such a short time. █▓
█▓ So it was hard to keep track of them and even █▓
█▓ let the bands make an extended discography. This █▓
█▓ self-titled 10" gem was the band's only, and it █▓
█▓ is often swept away in the many similiar █▓
█▓ releases by similarly excellent bands. █▓
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█▓ There were rumors that SNCL is going to release █▓
█▓ a record with 4 more songs but i'm not sure it's █▓
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█▓ Merry xmas guys!! █▓
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1 I Drive 3:47
2 Schematic 3:06
3 Self Drawn Blueprint 3:03
4 Apparatus Must Be Earthed 3:13
5 The Old Adam 3:30
6 There Went Nothing 3:46
7 Meadow 4:38
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