.. /\ .. ________________________________________________/ \________ .. \ ____________________ \_______ \______ \_ \_/ /__ :: \_______ \_ / / / / / / / \ _ \_ :: \ / / / / / / / / / \ / / ...::.... \ ______/___/ /___/_________/_________// \/______\ ::.:: :: \/ \__/ ______ /____________\sCr! :: / _ / ssr mpeg-3 .. ________________/ //_________________________ :: \ ____________ ___________ _________ / :: \_______ \_/ / ___/____/ __/____/ /___ .. \ / / / \ / \ / / / :: \ ______/_____/__________/__________/________/ :: \/ __ __________ ________________________ _ _ _ _ __________ \\ \\________//--------\\____________________________ _ _ _ _ ____// .. :: release info. :: :: artist......> bell x1 :: title.......> music in mouth :: label.......> n/a :: genre.......> indie :: rip.date....> 07.21.2003 :: street.date.> 07.21.2003 :: source......> cdda :: quality.....> 192kbps - full stereo :: encoder.....> lame 3.xx oke? :: playtime....> 50:25 min :: __ __________ ________________________ _ _ _ _ __________ \\ \\________//--------\\____________________________ _ _ _ _ ____// .. :: release notes. :: :: hmv.co.uk July 2003 :: 'Music In Mouth' is the new album from Dublin-based :: quartet Bell X1. The band are Paul Noonan, Brian Crosby, :: David Geraghty and Dominic Phillips, who have made music :: together in many guises since the early 90s. The album :: was recorded over the course of 2002 in a series of :: locations from Ridge Farm Studios in Surrey and The :: Fallout Shelter in London, to various houses in Dublin, :: Kilkenny and London. 'Music In Mouth' was recorded by :: Jamie Cullum (Tom McRae, Perry Blake). Notable guests on :: the record include Olli Kraus (Beth Orton) on cello and :: Margaret White (Sparklehorse) on vocals and violin. :: While they're not overly keen to blow their own :: collective trumpet it is certainly true that repeated :: playing of `Music In Mouth' reveals its depths. Whether :: that's in the ingenious central idea of opening track :: 'Snakes And Snakes' (there are no ladders), or the :: equally satisfying picture that I'll see 'Your Heart' and :: 'Raise You Mine' conjures; whether it's the way the banjo :: sounds like an eastern instrument in 'Alphabet Soup', the :: simple elegiac qualities and atmosphere of 'Bound For :: Boston Hill', or the neo-folk jug band eroticism and :: exuberance in 'West Of Her Spine', these are songs that :: stick around and make their presence welcome. Put simply, :: 'Music In Mouth' should show the world that Bell X1 are a :: band that have something for everyone. Includes the :: single 'White WaterSong'. :: :: 'And so the Irish invasion picks up pace, as Kildare's :: Bell X1 spring from the traps. More robust than the :: Thrills, closer to the finished article than the :: Basement, Bell X1 have been four years honing their :: sound. This is rock with gusto and drive and confidence :: and intent, Radiohead as Radiohead should sound now. It :: puts down a brave marker' - NME :: :: sinlge last week, album this week enjoy :: __ __________ ________________________ _ _ _ _ __________ \\ \\________//--------\\____________________________ _ _ _ _ ____// .. :: track listing. :: :: 01. snakes and snakes :: 02. alphabet soup :: 03. daybreak :: 04. eve the apple o my eye :: 05. next to you :: 06. west of her spine :: 07. found for boston hill :: 08. tongue :: 09. white water song :: 10. in every sunflower :: 11. ill see your heart and raise you mine :: __ __________ ________________________ _ _ _ _ __________ \\ \\________//--------\\____________________________ _ _ _ _ ____// .. :: Group News :: :: We are currently looking for 35mbit+ sites to affil with. :: Can you help us? :: .. :: (c) smooth steel release - 2002 and beyond. ::......................................................... ...... . . .. :: :: ::..........:: ::.... . .