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[swim]

This forum is dead so here goes nothing:

Bells on Trike

1996 is my favorite year in music and 10" are my favorite length of records (that 20-30 minutes just hits the spot). So their only release is perfect in so many ways for me. If you can find this 500 press in the used bin you’re a lucky son-of-a-bitch and might as well try your hand at the lottery. I’d probably pee pants if I stumbled upon a physical copy of this in the real world. Something that really sticks out to me about this record is that these kids were from Richmond which was kind of unprecedented. The southeast hardcore scene was filled to the brim with melodic hardcore and emo-violence bands. The drummer was in one of those actually, Cornelius on Assorted Porkchop Records –worth checking out if like me you just sweat some southeast hardcore. The vocals are nice and low in the mix and borderline inaudible, just the way I like em. They have a nice loud to soft and back again dynamic about them and some pretty good builds like in Apparatus Must Be Earthed. Not a bad second on this record, an absolute essential.

Bells On Trike - Self-Titled 10'' (1996).zip - Indiemo, Selection

[clutnuckle]

I'll be keeping my eyes on this one.

[Queen Boo]

Thanks for the rec. Downloading now....I have no idea what they sound like so I'm kinda looking forward to being surprised.

[Alfred]

Thanks for the up, I tried to find this a while back with no luck.

[radioburning]

Thanks for trying to keep it alive, swim.
These guys are great. I remember thinking that the album was sort of a hodgepodge of emo styles for a while, but I picked up on a nice flow between things later. Also, good screaming for a mostly singy band (2nd track, specifically).

[zeppy111]

Awesome. I am looking forward to this thread.

That album is really cool.

[Connair]

yeah this is awesome. talk about a thread i want to check daily. but thanks for the post. i'm gonna download and take a listen.

[swim]

Speedwell

OK so I’ve already lied about the post a day but school eats my life and I’m sure you kids understand. I think I should change the name of this thread. I love me some Midwest sounds but I don’t want to be pigeonholed into talking about it exclusively. This band is the kind that I love to death. There’s something that’s kind of romantic of having only released a couple songs to me. Though I’m not completely sure why I’m so fascinated by it. It’s better than a band that has an expansive library but leaves you with a bitter taste in your mouth after falling in love with their debut and being drug around for half a decade by keep on checking up on them in hopes something that will even come close. It’s also nice to have some degree of mystery about it. There are far too many bands that you find out what everyone’s mother’s favorite food is and I don’t know it’s a little sickening. But probably my favorite part is constantly looking for that lost demo tape or that unreleased album that never came out. It just keeps things interesting to me. The A-side is sing-shouty with jangly guitars while the B-side is much mellower. A nice little 7” for sure.

speedwell pacifique.zip

[bob.]

the Bells On Trike album is soooo good....thank you

checking out speedwell today

the b-side is amazing

[Connair]

Originally Posted by bob.

the Bells On Trike album is soooo good....thank you

checking out speedwell today

the b-side is amazing

Agreed. I'm excited to take a listen to this.