It’s been a while since we last heard from the intrepid time travellers Dirk Van Distanz and Bert Vertigo but they have returned to Folk Radio UK for a very special Progcast featuring Trembling Bells.
Tracklisting:
“Prisencolinensinainciusol” by Adriano Celentano
“Oh, Where is Saint George?” by Trembling Bells
“I Is Somone Else” TBs
“Bells of Burford” TBs
“Killing Time in London Fields” TBs
“Tween the Womb & The Tomb” TBs
“Yamina” by Nass El Ghiwane
“Pantherman” by Pantherman
“Box of Rain” by Grateful Dead
Trembling Bells are a psych folk phenomenon. The Glasgow based quintet have released five albums since 2008, all to unanimous critical acclaim. Their debut album “Carbeth” received album of the month nominations in Uncut, Observer and Rolling Stone magazines and the group have earned praise from artists as diverse as Paul Weller, Stewart Lee and Joe Boyd.
They have been the backing band of choice for some of the most influential and innovative musicians of the last 50 years. Some of these include Incredible String Band, Kaleidoscope and Bonnie “Prince” Billy, with whom the band recorded the 2012 collaborative album “The Marble Downs”.
2015 has been a particularly bumper year, with a slew of summer festivals under their belts in support of their fifth album, “The Sovereign Self”, including a stellar performance at Glastonbury which gained them “recommended album of the week” by Alexis Petridis in the Guardian. “The Sovereign Self” shows the band at their most adventurous and dynamic, fusing dark psychedelic expansiveness with some joyous folk salutations. Read the Folk Radio UK review album review here.
Trembling Bells are:
Lavinia Blackwall- vocals, organ, guitar
Michael Hastings- guitar, vocals
Alasdair C Mitchell- guitar, vocals
Alex Neilson- drums, vocals
Simon Shaw- bass, vocals
The Sovereign Self is out now via Tin Angel.
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Tour Dates
25 July- Edinburgh, Sneaky Pete’s
26 July- Hebden Bridge, Trades Club
27 July- Brighton, The Greys (with Elle Osborn)
28 July- Ramsgate, Music Hall (with Elle Osborn) tbc
29 July- London, 229 Venue
30 July- Port Elliot festival, Cornwall
31 July- Tretheene, Treen, End of the Earth Festival
1 August- Exeter, Phoenix
2 August- Bath, The Bell
3 August- Coventry, Tin Music & Arts
5 August- Birmingham, Kitchen Garden Cafe
6 August- Oxford, The Cellar (with Jackie Oates)
7 August- Supernormal Festival, Oxfordshire
9 August- Leeds, Hyde Park Picture House (with Alasdair Roberts & Horseloom)
10 August- Leicester, The Musician (with Alasdair Roberts)
11 August- York, The Basement (with Alasdair Roberts & Horseloom)
12 August- Preston, Continental (with Alasdair Roberts & Horseloom)
13 August- Newcastle, Cumberland Arms (with Mike Heron & Horseloom)
14 August- Glasgow, Glad Cafe (with Alasdair Roberts & Horseloom)
22 August- Bert Jansch festival, The Bell, Ticehurst, Sussex
23 August- Doune the Rabbit Hole Festival, Scotland
