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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!
Posted 1 year ago by renegade_X    [ Reply ]
 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...
Posted 1 year ago by mattenuttall    [ Reply ]
Between Howling Bells, Broken Bells, School of Seven Bells, and Jason Isbell I can't keep some of these artists straight.
Posted 2 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
Good Tune! I never heard of them before. Thanx RP!
Posted 3 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of a song from the band other lives.
Posted 4 years ago by wolverine    [ Reply ]
 (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 ?
Posted 5 years ago by B_Drexler    [ Reply ]
7.25 on the Musadise Scale.
Posted 5 years ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
 (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?
Posted 6 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
Has a lot of Lana DelRay,  who I only saw/heard one, on SNL, fooling with her hair alot.
Posted 6 years ago by LizK    [ Reply ]
 (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
Posted 6 years ago by jambo    [ Reply ]
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....
Posted 6 years ago by WannabeBanned    [ Reply ]
absolutely hearing the grant lee buffalo influence....;) haunting tune!
Posted 8 years ago by colin.quirke783    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

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

 
thanks for the link, good stuff
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
 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.
Posted 8 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
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. 
Posted 8 years ago by Lynn63    [ Reply ]
what an odd album cover 
it looks like a photogragh and then it doesn't 
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
Il grande Blek
Il Grande Blek
Tommix & Txas
All  childhood heroes on air
Favorite newscast network
Broadcasting fictitious news.
Posted 9 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
 KaraokeVox wrote:
sounds lazy
 
That's a bit rich coming from someone with Karaoke in their name.
Posted 9 years ago by enkay    [ Reply ]
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 :-)
Posted 9 years ago by emmashug    [ Reply ]
 my first thought, not saying it's bad though

aristoteles wrote:
Grant Lee Buffalo? oops, sorry,...

 


Posted 10 years ago by carlos65    [ Reply ]
sounds lazy
Posted 10 years ago by KaraokeVox    [ Reply ]
 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. 
Posted 10 years ago by Jamus    [ Reply ]
Another incessant beat resembling my least fav band  on paradice -please move away
Posted 10 years ago by veloman    [ Reply ]

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

 

Good ear Bill.  


Posted 10 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
I like them, not to dark, tuned right.
Posted 11 years ago by ShloEmi    [ Reply ]
Grant Lee Buffalo? oops, sorry,...
Posted 11 years ago by aristoteles    [ Reply ]
 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?!"
Posted 11 years ago by slate_dk    [ Reply ]
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.
Posted 11 years ago by plaid    [ Reply ]
totally dig this tune.
Posted 11 years ago by mostling    [ Reply ]
Great voice & guitar.mediocre lyrics
Posted 11 years ago by Marwood203    [ Reply ]
 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...
Posted 11 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
 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".
Posted 11 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
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.
Posted 12 years ago by creekgirl    [ Reply ]
I thought this sounded like Other Lives. Anyone else hear it?
Posted 12 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
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
Posted 12 years ago by mostling    [ Reply ]
I thought it was The Cranberries
Posted 12 years ago by jmsmy    [ Reply ]
 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. 
Posted 12 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
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}

 


Posted 12 years ago by gigikent    [ Reply ]

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


Posted 12 years ago by jen3005545    [ Reply ]
Anyone hearing Poe?
Posted 12 years ago by minimole    [ Reply ]
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.
Posted 12 years ago by S-curvy    [ Reply ]
like this...feels a bit like mamas & papas
Posted 12 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
love the angelic-tragic voice with very power-laden but depressing unterlying sound-carpet
Posted 12 years ago by mr_d    [ Reply ]
 tpa29970 wrote:
I like this song because it sounds like howling bells in the woods.
 
Well, obviously. 

(?) 
Posted 13 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 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.

Posted 13 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Maybe it's because it's an imported CD.

 sirdroseph wrote:


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


Posted 13 years ago by mauguima    [ Reply ]
Boring
Posted 13 years ago by BBOGDA    [ Reply ]
 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?
Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Holy cow! The cd on Amazon is $23.95. Like this song but not $23.95 worth {#Rolleyes}
Posted 13 years ago by Bluesgrrl    [ Reply ]
 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

Posted 13 years ago by Raechel    [ Reply ]
nicely done!

Posted 13 years ago by k_trout    [ Reply ]
Nice example of how less can be more
Posted 13 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
ilikeit
 
metoo

Posted 13 years ago by Jeff09    [ Reply ]
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 .
Posted 13 years ago by Rooney    [ Reply ]
This is kinda weird.

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

I kid you not.
Posted 14 years ago by lewie221    [ Reply ]
Like this song — please upload "The Night is Young" from this album too!
Posted 14 years ago by rpfan101    [ Reply ]
Love the way the guitar mirrors her voice
Posted 14 years ago by drews    [ Reply ]
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}
Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
 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 :)
Posted 14 years ago by raerae333    [ Reply ]
7<8 woot woot!
Posted 14 years ago by soulcollision    [ Reply ]
I like this song because it sounds like howling bells in the woods.
Posted 14 years ago by tpa29970    [ Reply ]
ilikeit
Posted 14 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Hooray!!  It's must be true, Bill is a mind reader — just yesterday I was longing to hear this song.....
Posted 14 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]
Bachka wrote:
Though reminds of Grand Lee Buffalo. As one has written before :)
 
I was thinking this exactly during the first 30 seconds.
Posted 14 years ago by mtmedlin    [ Reply ]
pardon my off-topic... but this is fun... not just this one... 
Posted 14 years ago by ddbz    [ Reply ]
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.
Posted 14 years ago by ddbz    [ Reply ]
duh... clicked the amazon button.  2006.  prefer Mazzy Star for mopey stuff like this.
Posted 14 years ago by slimvincent    [ Reply ]
when was this released?

Posted 14 years ago by slimvincent    [ Reply ]
 PFM wrote:
A quick glance at the playlist and I thought the artist/album were titled Howling Balls...
 
{#Roflol}


Posted 14 years ago by ambrebalte    [ Reply ]
A quick glance at the playlist and I thought the artist/album were titled Howling Balls...
Posted 15 years ago by PFM    [ Reply ]
Good song, sounds like MWP from The Church on guitar....
Posted 15 years ago by robspeds    [ Reply ]
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

Posted 15 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
Nice album cover :)

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

Posted 15 years ago by Bachka    [ Reply ]
I like more every time i hear it
Posted 15 years ago by camatcba    [ Reply ]
Strikes a chord with me this morning.
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
"someday soon ..." this song will end {#Pray}
Posted 15 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
Sounds exactly like a Grant Lee Phillips song but not as good...
Posted 15 years ago by alagarts    [ Reply ]
Its like a very long intro,,,never really takes off,a #6
Posted 15 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]
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.
Posted 15 years ago by jone_ston    [ Reply ]
RadioDoc wrote:
Sounds like the truck idling outside my window...

funnneeeee

Posted 15 years ago by cathenley    [ Reply ]
Mazzy Star?
Posted 15 years ago by Johng    [ Reply ]
Belly?
Posted 15 years ago by Johng    [ Reply ]
Sounds like the truck idling outside my window...
Posted 15 years ago by RadioDoc    [ Reply ]
The base and drums elevate this song above most others.

Posted 15 years ago by camatcba    [ Reply ]
It's a little "emo" but I like it. =) Very pretty.
Posted 16 years ago by Kittee    [ Reply ]
captivated  -   6.
Posted 16 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
Love this song, love her voice on this
Posted 16 years ago by kellis    [ Reply ]
 Excelsior wrote:

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

 

!!!!!!!!
Posted 16 years ago by renegade_X    [ Reply ]
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.

Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
the very beginning fade in of this song reminds me of the cure's "a night like this"
Posted 16 years ago by moznoster    [ Reply ]
I have always loved this song. The guitars are great and her voice is soooooooo sexy.
Posted 16 years ago by renegade_X    [ Reply ]
It could be the fine Gentleman Jack, but this song is grabbin' me.
Posted 16 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by Arcee    [ Reply ]
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?
Posted 16 years ago by macadavy    [ Reply ]
Is that Jonathon Swift climbing the tree? Looking for lilleputs?
Posted 16 years ago by superfido    [ Reply ]
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.
Posted 16 years ago by newwavegurly    [ Reply ]
Good ol' shoegaze. :)
Posted 16 years ago by Mindscrape    [ Reply ]
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.
Posted 17 years ago by pregister    [ Reply ]
1wolfy wrote:
Mammas and Papas style vocals
Now that you mention it, yes... It keeps growing on me. 7 -> 8
Posted 17 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
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.
Posted 17 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Mammas and Papas style vocals
Posted 17 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
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.
Posted 17 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
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.
Posted 17 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
sirrus wrote:
Snow Patrol 2?
... Snow Patrol XXXVII
Posted 17 years ago by themotion    [ Reply ]
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
Posted 17 years ago by DoctorHooey    [ Reply ]
Snow Patrol 2?
Posted 17 years ago by sirrus    [ Reply ]
The more I listen to it the more I like it.....
Posted 17 years ago by 25demayo    [ Reply ]
Why isn't this on iTunes yet, damnit?!
Posted 17 years ago by AphidA    [ Reply ]
Man, will this song ever START?!
Posted 17 years ago by jablan    [ Reply ]
jdorn1 wrote:
ominous bass line gets a 7.5 all by itself...
Ominous?? Your kidding, right? I thought it more anonymous....
Posted 17 years ago by felix_the_man    [ Reply ]
horstman wrote:
Get the whole album for $1.86 at allofmp3.com. Screw the RIAA.
And Howling Bells, while you're at it.
Posted 17 years ago by mattt    [ Reply ]
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.
Posted 17 years ago by pannaramma    [ Reply ]
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.
Posted 17 years ago by gabbadar    [ Reply ]
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.
Posted 17 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
Ooooh! So deliciously shoegazerish like some old school Jesus & Mary Chain and Mazzy Star...
Posted 17 years ago by krispixie    [ Reply ]
xkolibuul wrote:
Pretentious bit of morose fluff. Is this really the best they can do?
ha ha!!! this dirge is getting too much airtime
Posted 17 years ago by electronicshaman    [ Reply ]
jdorn1 wrote:
ominous bass line gets a 7.5 all by itself...
I bet it's fun to play as well.
Posted 17 years ago by kazuma    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
No shadow of the people & ladder on the cover image. Neat.
Posted 17 years ago by infinity    [ Reply ]
SPACEDOG wrote:
7 to an 8
same here 7 -> 8 I have a slight suspicion that I might get disappointed listening to anything more....
Posted 17 years ago by fissmoll    [ Reply ]