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- Date Released: March 3, 2009
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Rock, Alternative
- Label: Yep Roc Records / Redeye
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We Say...
Heartache and sincerity come easily to the Irish band Bell X1. Their latest album is full of ragged, searching rock anthems that alternate between the stadium grandeur of U2 and Coldplay to the understated street poetry of Springsteen. The perfect combination of elegance and timidity.
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They Say...
Established fans of this scrappy Irish quartet may be startled by the band's slight turn toward electronica on its fourth studio album, but there's no need to fear: the focus is still on bittersweet melody and whimsical lyrics. Lines like "Bring your canary, bring your flame" and "I'd say life's a different story when you're facing certain death" and entire songs like the snotty, raunchy "One Stringed Harp" offer an interesting counterbalance to what are often delicately beautiful arrangements and tunes; on "The Great Defector" a slightly off-kilter verse slides into a startlingly simple and lovely hook in the chorus, all the while flirting with a ska beat. (It also features the couplet "You're the chocolate at the end of my cornetto/I love the way your underwire bra sets off that X-ray machine.") "Blow Ins" is subtly lounge-flavored until the gentle vocals come in and change the whole mood; "Breastfed," oddly enough, is written in 7/4. If you're looking for more cowbell, then try the relatively rockish "A Better Band," and if you're looking for less melody, try the weirdly tuneless "How Your Heart Is Wired." Blue Lights on the Runway is one of those rare albums that you can pretend to like for its alt-credibility while secretly just enjoying it for the hooks.
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The Ribs of a Broken Umbrella |
5:25 |
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| 02. | |
How Your Heart is Wired |
6:13 |
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| 03. | |
The Great Defector |
4:40 |
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| 04. | |
Blow Ins |
4:35 |
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| 05. | |
Amelia |
6:57 |
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| 06. | |
A Better Band |
6:32 |
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| 07. | |
Breastfed |
4:11 |
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| 08. | |
Light Catches Your Face |
5:41 |
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| 09. | |
One Stringed Harp |
5:10 |
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| 10. | |
The Curtains are Twitchin' |
5:08 |
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10 Total Tracks, 54:32 Total Length
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