Bells & Proclamations by Big Block 454
Big Block 454 are Mark Joell, Colin Robinson and Alex Stone.
This album features the voice of Sean Corlett (track 1); the trombone of Tim Bradshaw (track 7) and the vocals of Nastassja Joell (tracks 8 and 12).
"Best albums of 2011 so far - Number 8, Bells & Proclamations" - Mark Whitby of Dandelion Radio, April 2011.
"Them Lancashire eccentrics and Gnostic visionaries unleash another winding LP on a musical community who sadly should be taking a lot more notice. Bells and Proclamations is full of byways spattered with obtuse references, underground lore and Eno-esque pop." - Richard Foster of Incendiary Magazine
"the material really creeps under the skin of the listener and stays there. The music is also well crafted and intelligently made. This band knows their craft and really maximise their skills. It is a strange album which leans both on the good melody and on all out avant-garde’ism. But it has found the perfect balance between those two worlds. I am really both intrigued and impressed by this album" - Torodd Fuglesteg of Prog Archives
Tracklist
| 1. | Pyjamageddon | 4:16 |
| 2. | Blind Jack of Knaresborough | 4:22 |
| 3. | Yockenthwaite | 4:00 |
| 4. | Metal Trees | 4:52 |
| 5. | The Cloud Of Unknowing | 6:57 |
| 6. | Blind Jack's Unicycle | 0:59 |
| 7. | The Modern Architrave | 5:44 |
| 8. | Kirton In The Rain | 3:55 |
| 9. | Long Shore Drift | 3:34 |
| 10. | Rubber Road | 3:17 |
| 11. | Crossing the Bay | 3:37 |
| 12. | The Sun Unconquered | 3:35 |
Credits
All songs written by Joell / Robinson / Stone
License
All rights reserved.Tags
Since the late 80s, Big Block 454 has been making exploratory, highly individual music that encompasses rock, funk, electronica, folk music, Dadaist collage and much more besides.
Each band member is a multi-instrumentalist, but Big Block 454’s approach also encompasses the creation of sound on instruments they don’t know how to play, and those that hadn’t been invented before the band made them.