Mushroom Music Publishing

"In the real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the morning". (F Scott Fitzgerald)

It's three in the morning. It's the hour you can't hail a cab. It's the hour bars close and send you tumbling into the half-light. It's the hour you lie awake, willing you racing mind towards dawn. It's the hour you call an old lover. It's the hour you switch to hard liquor. It's the hour you listen to Howling Bells.

The Howling Bells possess a sound reminiscent of another town, another time. They'll take you to a place far eerier than Twin Peaks. They'll spirit you to the abandoned Old West, to a town shrouded in snowfall, illuminated by campfire. In this town the beguiling melodies of this four-piece will reel and roll about your head like desire and anticipation - the twin themes of their forthcoming debut album.

Recorded with renowned Coldplay producer, Ken Nelson, the Howling Bells' as yet unnamed debut long-player is an intoxicating collection. These are 12 songs that will ring in your ears long past listening. The hushed tom-tom of Glenn Moule's drums will pound at your brain. The exquisite tension and trauma of Joel Stein's guitar will drive you to distraction. The bass lines of Brendan Picchio prove ever-taunting. Then there's the mesmeric voice. Silky and sulky, vocalist Juanita Stein is prone to fits of sudden calm, creeping rage and perfect pop. And the buzzsaw melancholy of first single "Velvet Girl"is it's first introduction to you. It's the hour of Howling Bells. Don't try to sleep.