I'll stumble across a hidden gem like Our Lady of Bells ... and be completely blown away.
-Rick Pierik (owner, Nine Mile Records)
If this music were a person it would lay stone paths to the garden in its yard on the weekends. It would hang the laundry out to dry barefoot in the front yard. It would roll down grassy hills.
If you're looking to be spellbound...[this] folk-rock quartet can hush a room with their sparse songs built from cascading acoustic and electric guitars, piano, and male and female vocals.
-Ken Maiuri (Pedro the Lion, King Radio, School for the Dead, Mark Mulchahy, the Mammals...)
The entire album is divine, from the quiet harmonies to the plaintive guitar twangs. My heart gets caught in my throat at least once every time; more if I'm really paying attention.
-Kelsey Flynn (DJ, WRSI 93.9FM The River)
If you like nice neat labels for your music, then buy Our Lady of Bells' Forgetting the Way Home and place the CD safely in the indie-folk chamber pop section of your library under the sub-category of "Current Favorites."
-nooneisawake.blogspot.com
Our Lady of Bells is quite masterful at creating a dreamlike ambiance with their music. The group clearly enjoys crafting surreal moods.
Our Lady of Bells makes deep, elegant sounds that stay stuck in your head for days. The band's 2006 full-length debut Forgetting the Way Home captured their high-wire balancing act of ecclecticism and cohesion in a collection of songs that has already made it into many a permanent rotation. 2005-2007 was a whirlwind of great shows, national radio play, raves from bloggers and the mainstream press and an incredible US tour. In the face of all this forward momentum, however, the fickle, wandering ways of life intervened in the summer of '07, splitting the band up geographically and making it very difficult to find the time to record or tour. The band now finds itself on "extended hiatus." Check back here and at www.ourladyofbells.com every once in a while for any breaking news. Spontaneous reunion shows are likely to be likely from time to time.
Buy The Album
Our Lady of Bells' debut full-length album FORGETTING THE WAY HOME is available to you, our friend, for a pittance. A trifle. A mere $12 including shipping. A mere $12 to tell us you love us while simultaneously buying our eternal devotion to you.
It's also available online via iTunes, CD Babyand Amazon.com, but ordering from us directly is the best deal for both of us.
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i wish to be comatose until the ressurection. everytime its 11:11, everytime theres a shooting star, everytime i lose an eyelash, everytime i overcook a goose, i wish for that.
alright! so the little break was fun right? time to start recording more. lucas has too many lyrics memorized, and too many songs learned on various instruments. no excuses, except for explosive gonorrhea, but of course thats always an acceptable excuse.
i'm sad that i wasn't able to be there for the last show. our lady of bells filled a void that definitely needed filling...thank you for sharing your beautiful music with us...
No joke brosephs, im trying ot get plane tickets to Northampton, Massachusetts. if our lady isnt gunna spread their wings to touch me, i'm going to have to go to the heights of a desperate man.
if i show, you'll know, trust me. i'll be the guy throwing starbursts, probably wearing a reflective jumpsuit screaming obscenities.
nothing alittle MAOI inhibitor wont cure. what i strive for in life,is to be in a room looping our lady of bells and sleeping on a mound of prozac. maybe you guys should keep making music huh? then i wouldnt only have to loop this one album, i could loop many, and thus my life would be complete.
