Into The Chaos

“Into the Chaos” released on limited edition 7” heavyweight coloured vinyl through all good record stores, tour dates announced with Mercury Rev for November 2008

To coincide with the release of “Into the Chaos”, the band take their show onto the road through Europe and the UK in November. And who better to do it with than those maestros of beautiful but ever so slightly unhinged psych-rock Mercury Rev? Indeed, it is a perfect match.

• It’s been a long time between drinks for the Howling Bells. Ever since they released their eponymous debut album in 2006, critics have been left swooning in their wake, with the NME ranking it as one of the top 20 albums of the year, and influential sites like Drowned in Sound and OMH Music ranking it in their top 3. And it’s not hard to see why. From Joel Stein and Brendan Picchio’s two-pronged attack of razor sharp guitar and bass, to Glenn Moule’s vicious drum assault, to Juanita Stein’s barely contained hunger and hysteria, to the band’s darkly romantic sass and strut, they brought a certain danger, knife-edge thrill and a gorgeous, glittering gloom back to good old fashioned rock and roll, and for that we should be eternally grateful.

• To whet fans’ appetites, the band is releasing a scintillating taster, “Into the Chaos”, backed with “The Spirited Ones” through Independiente on November 17. “Into the Chaos” is the first release to be taken from their eagerly awaited second LP due in February, and although it is a limited edition 7” single (only 7000 copies will be made available worldwide) it is anything but low-key in terms of scale and ambition; with a dramatic, filmic wall of dizzying strings and widescreen production that boosts the Bells’ sound to hitherto unexplored heights.

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