A decade is a long time in music… Or so it seems in an age that has become obsessed with quick fixes, micro attention spans and a revolving door of best new band ever shouts from the rooftops. But as the world lurches from one crisis to another and a flailing music industry struggles to find its feet on the slippery ice of technological innovations one thing is becoming as clear as crystal… quality will out!
Steering clear of the fashionable chase after short-lived fashions in music Bell X1 have instead concentrated on developing their own shape, form and flavour of music. Theirs is a coherent patchwork quilt of influences and innovation. They combine richly visual tunes with lyrical vignettes that stitch together modern and traditional phraseology riddled with contemporary references.
Having become favourites in Castlebar over the years and headlining a New Year’s Eve show in the old Royal Theatre, the boys are coming back to Castlebar on Sunday October 25. The band are promoting their latest opus Blue Lights on the Runway, which finds them at their very best once again. Blue Lights on the Runway is the band’s fourth studio album and first to be released on their own Belly Up label and is a fine successor to the likes of Flock, Music in Mouth and Neither am I which came before it.
Bell X1 will play the Royal Theatre on Sunday October 25, tickets are available on www.ticketmaster.ie as well as from the Royal Theatre Box Office on 0818 300 000. Tickets are €37 including booking fee, other service charges may apply. For further information please check the Royal Theatre website on: www.theroyal.ie or www.ticketmaster.ie
