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Howling Bells — In The Woods
Album: Howling Bells
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Released: 2005
Length: 4:18
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With the lights low
I'm falling through the air
No escape from this place
I just need to cry
One more time, coz tears won't hold forever

With the noise gone
I'm chasing lullabies
Always fading
I watch, and it's no surprise
Time is still, and my heart won't hold forever

Still can't see
Even when the lights are high
That's my mind chasing time
To stay alive
These eyes have opened for the first time

And I
I can't run away
From myself
Like yesterday
And I
I'll change my ways
Someday
Someday Soon

All the lights stopped flashing red
This time I can run to the noise instead
These eyes have opened for the first time

And I
I can't run away
From myself
Like yesterday
And I
I'll change my ways
Someday
Someday Soon
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The hollow-body guitar playing in this is hypnotic!
 timmus wrote:
Between Howling Bells, Broken Bells, School of Seven Bells, and Jason Isbell I can't keep some of these artists straight.


You'd think at least one of those names would ring a bell with you...
Between Howling Bells, Broken Bells, School of Seven Bells, and Jason Isbell I can't keep some of these artists straight.
Good Tune! I never heard of them before. Thanx RP!
Reminds me of a song from the band other lives.
 (Banned) wrote:
I actually like this song in the way it sounds as music.  Otherwise, I think it's the biggest load of horse shit I've heard in a long time.  
Bill, why don't you surrender RadioParadise to the nearest Indian you find and when he doesn't want it just admit that you're wrong.
North America was not the paradise you envisioned before the white man came.  Indian tribes were are war killing each other.  Do I need to go on with basic History 101?   Oh yes, that was all a lie.   Give up your possessions if you are sincere in your propaganda....
 
What did Bill say ?
7.25 on the Musadise Scale.
 (Banned) wrote:
I actually like this song in the way it sounds as music.  Otherwise, I think it's the biggest load of horse shit I've heard in a long time.  
Bill, why don't you surrender RadioParadise to the nearest Indian you find and when he doesn't want it just admit that you're wrong.
North America was not the paradise you envisioned before the white man came.  Indian tribes were are war killing each other.  Do I need to go on with basic History 101?   Oh yes, that was all a lie.   Give up your possessions if you are sincere in your propaganda....
 
Hey, have you met DebbieH?
Has a lot of Lana DelRay,  who I only saw/heard one, on SNL, fooling with her hair alot.
 (Banned) wrote:
I actually like this song in the way it sounds as music.  Otherwise, I think it's the biggest load of horse shit I've heard in a long time.  
Bill, why don't you surrender RadioParadise to the nearest Indian you find and when he doesn't want it just admit that you're wrong.
North America was not the paradise you envisioned before the white man came.  Indian tribes were are war killing each other.  Do I need to go on with basic History 101?   Oh yes, that was all a lie.   Give up your possessions if you are sincere in your propaganda....

 
whoa. i think you, like have to go
I actually like this song in the way it sounds as music.  Otherwise, I think it's the biggest load of horse shit I've heard in a long time.  
Bill, why don't you surrender RadioParadise to the nearest Indian you find and when he doesn't want it just admit that you're wrong.
North America was not the paradise you envisioned before the white man came.  Indian tribes were are war killing each other.  Do I need to go on with basic History 101?   Oh yes, that was all a lie.   Give up your possessions if you are sincere in your propaganda....
absolutely hearing the grant lee buffalo influence....;) haunting tune!
 Proclivities wrote:

I believe it's a collage.  It was done by a designer named Mikko Rantanen.

 
thanks for the link, good stuff
 Skydog wrote:
what an odd album cover 
it looks like a photograph and then it doesn't 

 
I believe it's a collage.  It was done by a designer named Mikko Rantanen.
I find it relaxing,  yet a bit sad. It could be due to the mood I am in. The overall tone of this tune reminds me of some of the music from the late 80s, example,  the band the Church. 
what an odd album cover 
it looks like a photogragh and then it doesn't 
Il grande Blek
Il Grande Blek
Tommix & Txas
All  childhood heroes on air
Favorite newscast network
Broadcasting fictitious news.
 KaraokeVox wrote:
sounds lazy
 
That's a bit rich coming from someone with Karaoke in their name.
Thanks for the memory jog - I couldn't think what it reminded me of...Smashing Pumpkins meets The Xx, then....yes! A Fuzzy feeling came over me :-)
 my first thought, not saying it's bad though

aristoteles wrote:

Grant Lee Buffalo? oops, sorry,...

 


sounds lazy
 westslope wrote:

Anybody paying attention to what the DJ is laying out for us?  How the songs share something salient in common? 

 

Good ear Bill.  



 
Indeed, this is their format and they are genius at doing it. 
Another incessant beat resembling my least fav band  on paradice -please move away

Anybody paying attention to what the DJ is laying out for us?  How the songs share something salient in common? 

 

Good ear Bill.  


I like them, not to dark, tuned right.
Grant Lee Buffalo? oops, sorry,...
 S-curvy wrote:
I'm hearing the musical influences of Grant Lee Buffalo's "Mockingbirds," of course this is with a chick singing, not a dude doing a falsetto.

 
I hear that as well, but my first thought was "is this a remake of a Coldplay track?!"
I totally thought this was Great Northern. They sound nearly identical. Not that I'm complaining, we haven't had a new album from Great Northern since 2008.
totally dig this tune.
Great voice & guitar.mediocre lyrics
 creekgirl wrote:
If there's anything I can't stand (besides eurotrash electronic dance music) it's hipster whining passing as "music.
 Where is the musicality in this?  Depressing if this is the state of music today.

 

{#Lol}  I can't really say if this post and this song have any relationship...but I love that comment...
 creekgirl wrote:
If there's anything I can't stand (besides eurotrash electronic dance music) it's hipster whining passing as "music.
 Where is the musicality in this?  Depressing if this is the state of music today.
 
I guess it depends on what your definition of "musicality" is.  It seems that the "the state of music today" is one with a wider variety of musical styles being produced and released than there was forty or fifty years ago; whether it's "good" or not is still in the ears of the listeners.  One relatively obscure, Australian band certainly cannot be the single gauge for determining "the state of music today".
If there's anything I can't stand (besides eurotrash electronic dance music) it's hipster whining passing as "music.
 Where is the musicality in this?  Depressing if this is the state of music today.
I thought this sounded like Other Lives. Anyone else hear it?
I get Earlimart out of these guys. Same kind of guy and girl harmony's. Also The XX.
Check out Earlimart's newest CD System Preferences
I thought it was The Cranberries
 jen3005545 wrote:

I hear Lana Del Rey...not sure if it's the voice or the music.  {#Neutral}

 
Can't be the voice: Lana doesn't have this much talent. 
what came first, Lana or the howling bells?
jen3005545 wrote:

I hear Lana Del Rey...not sure if it's the voice or the music.  {#Neutral}

 


I hear Lana Del Rey...not sure if it's the voice or the music.  {#Neutral}


Anyone hearing Poe?
I'm hearing the musical influences of Grant Lee Buffalo's "Mockingbirds," of course this is with a chick singing, not a dude doing a falsetto.
like this...feels a bit like mamas & papas
love the angelic-tragic voice with very power-laden but depressing unterlying sound-carpet
 tpa29970 wrote:
I like this song because it sounds like howling bells in the woods.
 
Well, obviously

(?) 

 lewie221 wrote:
This is kinda weird.

This song has the same melody as Boney M's "Rivers of Babylon"

I kid you not.
  
I don't hear the same melody - there are (three-or-four-note) phrases in some parts that may sound like that song.  "Rivers Of Babylon" (The Melodians - 1970 - the Boney M version was a cover) has a nursery-rhyme type of melody which can be "heard" in a whole lot of songs - most of which as quite old.  What I find a little weird (in a good way) is that cover art.

Maybe it's because it's an imported CD.

 
sirdroseph wrote:


Wow! How many tracks? Is it a double album or something?
 


Boring
 Bluesgrrl wrote:
Holy cow! The cd on Amazon is $23.95. Like this song but not $23.95 worth {#Rolleyes}
 

Wow! How many tracks? Is it a double album or something?
Holy cow! The cd on Amazon is $23.95. Like this song but not $23.95 worth {#Rolleyes}
 Rooney wrote:
Getting one's head stuck in a vase and then singing about it seems to be the latest rage.
Of course, you can just take a hammer and slam it....oh never mind.  An effin' 1 .
 
although I love this song, I may love your comment even more.  hilarious

nicely done!

Nice example of how less can be more
 thewiseking wrote:
ilikeit
 
metoo

Getting one's head stuck in a vase and then singing about it seems to be the latest rage.
Of course, you can just take a hammer and slam it....oh never mind.  An effin' 1 .
This is kinda weird.

This song has the same melody as Boney M's "Rivers of Babylon"

I kid you not.
Like this song — please upload "The Night is Young" from this album too!
Love the way the guitar mirrors her voice
So, let's put Howling Bells and Broken Bells together and just call them the Effin' Bells.  I prefer wind chimes.

I like this song, though... {#Mrgreen}
 Kittee wrote:
It's a little "emo" but I like it. =) Very pretty.
 

That's exactly it...a little emo fo sho, but I really like it...thx :)
7<8 woot woot!
I like this song because it sounds like howling bells in the woods.
ilikeit
Hooray!!  It's must be true, Bill is a mind reader — just yesterday I was longing to hear this song.....
Bachka wrote:
Though reminds of Grand Lee Buffalo. As one has written before :)
 
I was thinking this exactly during the first 30 seconds.
pardon my off-topic... but this is fun... not just this one... 
Having not been there, I think I love Australia, but this is redone yuck? Still would like to go there or maybe even see them live.
duh... clicked the amazon button.  2006.  prefer Mazzy Star for mopey stuff like this.
when was this released?

 PFM wrote:
A quick glance at the playlist and I thought the artist/album were titled Howling Balls...
 
{#Roflol}


A quick glance at the playlist and I thought the artist/album were titled Howling Balls...
Good song, sounds like MWP from The Church on guitar....
Sounds a lot like The Rosebuds who unfortunately haven't made it to the RP playlist yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjHNGXAmA4k&feature=related

Nice album cover :)

Thoug reminds of Grand Lee Buffalo. As one has written before :)

I like more every time i hear it
Strikes a chord with me this morning.
"someday soon ..." this song will end {#Pray}
Sounds exactly like a Grant Lee Phillips song but not as good...
Its like a very long intro,,,never really takes off,a #6
Bleh :P  There's no harmony in the thing.  All unison, very uninteresting instrumental part.  The melody is nice, but I could really do without all those lazy-sounding slides.
RadioDoc wrote:
Sounds like the truck idling outside my window...

funnneeeee

Mazzy Star?
Belly?
Sounds like the truck idling outside my window...
The base and drums elevate this song above most others.

It's a little "emo" but I like it. =) Very pretty.
captivated  -   6.
Love this song, love her voice on this
 Excelsior wrote:

I don't know... at $1.86, it's a bit overvalued.

 

!!!!!!!!
horstman wrote:
Get the whole album for $1.86 at allofmp3.com. Screw the RIAA.


I don't know... at $1.86, it's a bit overvalued.

the very beginning fade in of this song reminds me of the cure's "a night like this"
I have always loved this song. The guitars are great and her voice is soooooooo sexy.
It could be the fine Gentleman Jack, but this song is grabbin' me.
superfido wrote:
Is that Jonathon Swift climbing the tree? Looking for lilleputs?
Don't be silly! Can't you see they're collecting Owl eggs?
Is that Jonathon Swift climbing the tree? Looking for lilleputs?
The beginning of this intro reminded me quite a bit of Poe's "Hey Pretty." Perhaps an idea for a song segue? EDIT: And apparently I thought it sounded like the beginning of a different Poe song 2 years ago... newwavegurly wrote:
Okay, since everyone else has made mention of other artists in regards to this one... Every time this song comes on, the beginning fakes me out. I always think it's going to be "Wild" by Poe. Some of the orchestration sounds similar as well.
Good ol' shoegaze. :)
Sounds a lot like Joy Zipper, to me. I had to check AMG to see if this was a side-band or something of the Joy Zipper folks. Doesn't appear to be. I like it.
1wolfy wrote:
Mammas and Papas style vocals
Now that you mention it, yes... It keeps growing on me. 7 -> 8
Yes indeed...you are rightsuddenchad wrote:
I know nothing about this and don't recall hearing this before, but I kind of like this. You know all you people who bitch about so-called, "depressing music," some of us actually like stuff that's a bit more thoughtful and introspective. Not everything has to be rocking and upbeat. This is a station for those with "eclectic" musical taste, which means you're going to hear a lot of stuff that you might not own in your collection.
Mammas and Papas style vocals
DoctorHooey wrote:
ahh, the relentless 8th note guitar strum - the trademark of the indie 00's. Bands should be sent informational pamphlets indicating that guitars are capable of other rhythms
Spot on! Really nothing I've heard from this album has moved me past a 6. Pretty bland.
DoctorHooey wrote:
ahh, the relentless 8th note guitar strum - the trademark of the indie 00's. Bands should be sent informational pamphlets indicating that guitars are capable of other rhythms
Too true, the start shows great promise, but the robotic strumming machine gets a bit dull after a couple of minutes. Besides the tune never lets rip. Check out The Pillows for similar guitar sounds combined with some truly amazing powergrooves.
sirrus wrote:
Snow Patrol 2?
... Snow Patrol XXXVII
ahh, the relentless 8th note guitar strum - the trademark of the indie 00's. Bands should be sent informational pamphlets indicating that guitars are capable of other rhythms
Snow Patrol 2?
The more I listen to it the more I like it.....
Why isn't this on iTunes yet, damnit?!
Man, will this song ever START?!
jdorn1 wrote:
ominous bass line gets a 7.5 all by itself...
Ominous?? Your kidding, right? I thought it more anonymous....
horstman wrote:
Get the whole album for $1.86 at allofmp3.com. Screw the RIAA.
And Howling Bells, while you're at it.
I agree with you. I like it. bokey wrote:
This song is standing up well to repeated listening.I recognize it but I'm not tired of it.
Can we get some kind of voting system to rid the boards of spam advertising where we can steal music from? horstman wrote:
Get the whole album for $1.86 at blahblah.com. Screw the RIAA.
timrd wrote:
The more I hear it...the more I love it. Just cannot find it anywhere unless you trust European Ebayers.
Get the whole album for $1.86 at allofmp3.com. Screw the RIAA.
Ooooh! So deliciously shoegazerish like some old school Jesus & Mary Chain and Mazzy Star...
xkolibuul wrote:
Pretentious bit of morose fluff. Is this really the best they can do?
ha ha!!! this dirge is getting too much airtime
jdorn1 wrote:
ominous bass line gets a 7.5 all by itself...
I bet it's fun to play as well.
No shadow of the people & ladder on the cover image. Neat.
SPACEDOG wrote:
7 to an 8
same here 7 -> 8 I have a slight suspicion that I might get disappointed listening to anything more....