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Bells Atlas EP

by Bells Atlas

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Will Butler
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Will Butler Oakland is about to experience a renaissance of fresh, unpretentious, widely-influenced pop music, and Bells Atlas is going to be right there at the top. Intelligent, sensitive, and sexy, the arrangements and vocals get better with every listen. Favorite track: Incessant Noise.
Andrew Jervis
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Andrew Jervis This is my new favorite Bay Area band. Soulful genre-surfers Bells Atlas draw upon a myriad of influences from indie-pop, to Nigerian Highlife, and Jazz. They belie their collective youth channelling eclectic legends like Don Cherry, Tortoise, and Roy Ayers. Go see 'em live if you can. Favorite track: Lovin You Down.
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Video Star 04:18
"as far as the eye can see I pull emotion every chance I meet at the back door whisper insecurities everybody knows me but they don't what it means ooh ooh don't smile too much don't forget the line that you marked don't rush they ain't got a lot in their lives just push till we're getting caught in the same please please just look where you are don't risk everybody loves when you say progress you afraid of heights so you won't fly this but you'll sweat enough to remain flawless acquired a lot so you really don't fear don't nobody know if you really don't care won't nobody know if you really don't try everybody know but you really don't mind light up for the video star the message clear you' love this so I love this we'll stand up when the voice on the video starts no other sound is like this we're not willing to leave it alone hey oh At the end of the day we are sold ooh ooh now try too much now you've got a place in the line don't rush everybody loves when you say progress everybody loves when you shout progress acquired a lot so you really don't fear don't nobody know if you really don't care won't nobody know if you really don't try everybody know but you really don't mind I heard that the message is forged an everything's off you sold it but who wrote it and I heard from back there's a cynical claim no other game is like this we're not willing to leave it alone hey oh At the end of the day we are sold ooh ooh We saw something special "
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"and true I find it hard to sleep because nothing in life is insusceptible to change I know I know I know I know afraid I'll long for what will pass and find it's empty on the other side and so I hold I hold I hold and if I were to pour the worries that I have out loud I would be drowned by the incessant noise by the incessant noise by the incessant noise and while I feel this rise this fall I'm pulling even more to stay in place I am settled in this way I am settled in this way I am settled in this way if loss were not an obstacle then I would keep us as we are today I am settled in this way I am settled in this way I am settled in this way and if I were to pour the worries that I have out loud I would be drowned by the incessant noise by the incessant noise by the incessant noise"
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her history is telling can't refrain it from talking let it spoil in the spotlight let us take it from view please never bring me back when my body dies don't let me be lonely and when every single thing I do stops making sense take this photograph when the angles right say I love you let me repeat this day let me do it my way and don't say that I've suffered this life no Li Li Li ooh she got this scar from a leap of faith she decided to learn from this mistake making ties to observe the effects of breaking them down ooh she's got a gaze crafted to engage those who knew it well left quietly she accepted your adoration though she would justify boundaries in her heart loving you down loving you down my heartache in telling can't refrain it from wanting let it hide from the spotlight let us push it from truth please never take me to where my body lies don't let me be lonely before every single thing I do stops making sense take this photograph when the angles right say I knew you let me repeat this day let me do it my way and don't say that I've suffered this life no Li Li Li ooh she's got a gaze crafted to engage those who knew it well left quietly she accepted your adoration though she would justify boundaries in her heart loving you down loving you down
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(Look out for full length album coming June 18)

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released April 8, 2013

Bells Atlas:
Derek Barber- Guitar, Piano, Vocals
Geneva Harrison- Drums, Vibraphone, Aux Percussion, Vocals
Sandra Lawson-Ndu- Vocals, Percussion
Doug Stuart- Bass, Vocals

Guests:
Hannah Van Loon- Violin ("Video Star")
Andrew Maguire, Nicolas Bell, Mark Clifford, Aaron Gold- Brazilian Bateria ("Incessant Noise")


"Video Star" and "Incessant Noise"-Produced and Mixed by Bells Atlas and Carlos Arredondo

"Loving You Down"- Produced and Mixed by Bells Atlas and Eli Crews

"Video Star", "Loving You Down" and "Incessant Noise"- Recorded and Mixed at New, Improved Recording, Oakland, CA

All tracks mastered by JJ at Golden Mastering in Ventura, CA


Image taken by Daniela Baldacci
Hippo provided by Lindsay Peanutbutter Jones

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Bells Atlas Oakland, California

Bells Atlas’ latest offering the mystic digs further into their soulful buoyancy to explore both sound and storytelling. The record can be seen as sci-fi fantasy of two first-generation Nigerian American women coming to terms with a mental health diagnosis, and at the same time, a very universal exploration of how we make sense of reality. ... more

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