{"id":453,"date":"2007-02-23T11:29:31","date_gmt":"2007-02-23T10:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=453"},"modified":"2007-02-23T11:38:14","modified_gmt":"2007-02-23T10:38:14","slug":"howling-bells-low-happening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=453","title":{"rendered":"howling bells &#8211; low happening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>       <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">last years debut by <STRONG>howling bells  <\/STRONG>was easily one of my fave albums, something about the&nbsp;sultry  vocals, low slung guitars, and&nbsp;songs that just rocked&nbsp;that just really  hit home.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">obviously, the record label, <EM>bella union,  <\/EM>have been aware of the buzz builingg about the band, as they now lift one  of the albums highlights and give it the all clear for full disco dancefloor  remix workover action, along with the labels most expensive video according to  the press release.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">remixes are&nbsp;provided the following bunch of  names: <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><STRONG>the presets, dogsend squash, little people,  <\/STRONG>and current punk funk monsters, <STRONG>forward  russia,<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">as is the way, each mix has its own groove.  <STRONG>the presets <\/STRONG>(available only via itunes) do the electro-vs-indie  makeover for people who go to parties held my those fine&nbsp;<EM>modular  people, <\/EM><STRONG>dogsend squash<EM> <\/EM><\/STRONG>is a little more freaky  with its manic distorted synths, and vocal cutups, and <STRONG>little people  <\/STRONG>take the nice-n-mellow electronica route driving the track into areas  that feel at odds with juanitas vocals but somehow works, fans of <STRONG>husky  rescue <\/STRONG>should investigate this. then to finish off  <STRONG>forward russia <\/STRONG>rip up the rule book and just go nuts with their  studio tricks dragging the source components into a dark corner and giving them  a kicking. <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">drums are ruffed up, horror film white  noise effects are spliced up against the vocal lines, and the bass would impress  steve albini for its gutteral lo-fi impact, and thats just the opening minute,  after which things become even weirder. its a wild journey and one that i&#8217;m not  too sure i want to travel again !<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">all in all, this is a great remix package with a  version to suit every mood and all manner of differing dancefloor  flavours.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>release info<\/EM> : out march 5th<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>more detail<\/EM> : <A href=\"http:\/\/www.howlingbells.com\">here<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>record label<\/EM> : <A href=\"http:\/\/www.bellaunion.com\">here<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>last years debut by howling bells was easily one of my fave albums, something about the&nbsp;sultry vocals, low slung guitars, and&nbsp;songs that just rocked&nbsp;that just really hit home. obviously, the record label, bella union, have been aware of the buzz builingg about the band, as they now lift one of the albums highlights and give 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