This next one is for a woman I haven’t seen in over 10 years named Jody. We traded a few messages on Facebook, and she asked me for some recommendations. So here we are. My abiding memory of Jody is that she used to ride around campus in the coolest Range Rover. In spite of that she was still nice to me. In fact, once I sat in that Range Rover, parked, dark outside, a spring in the air, and we…
…listened to Slowdive. I was doing the squee thing before I even knew there was such a word. That music went straight to my melancholic soul. Jody kept laughing so naturally and delightfully, like she always did, just enjoying the sight of me being so blown away.
Well, Jody, for you it seems appropriate to share a couple of clear, peeling bells, which aren’t shoegaze, but which do follow up that shimmering Slowdive aesthetic rather nicely. The first is the Australian band Howling Bells, including a track off their brand new album released this month. The second is a Russian singer/New York resident named Olga Bell, who has a recent EP that’s extraordinarily hard to find but equally as rewarding. Oh, and as a bonus track, I have to include some rare Slowdive as well.
Howling Bells: Into The Chaos
Howling Bells: Setting Sun
Hi Mr. Catbirdman! Loved the Howling Bells video. Thanks for posting such a multi-layered, vastly informative music gallery. Fascinating, and WAY sneaky, catish. You are quite the Enlightener. The emotive force of music never ceases to amaze me. Slowdive definitely did that for me years back, I look forward to more of this!!! Thank you so much for sharing all of this…I feel like I could spend years here.
You know who I was thinking about recently that gave me the chills when I listened to her Sinead O’Connor. And I am a knock out huge fan of Stevie Nicks and Kate Bush….a little of my pedigree, if you will.