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| BABEL (ALBUM: CROOKED TIMBER) |
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| We are sorry but BABEL
is not due to perform for a while. |
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That’s ‘Bay-bull’. Not ‘bar-bell’ or ‘babble’.
Born in Bristol, Babel started out all folksy and a bit shy but then fell in dirty love with pounding tambourines, unsettling strings and volume knobs.
In 2007, People Tree Records of London released their debut mini album Pearl Street Raga, which received a lot of critical acclaim and as a result support slots with Fionn Regan and Amy Winehouse followed. 2008 saw Babel take the rain on face-to-face at the Glastonbury and Green Man festivals and come out unscathed and unelectrocuted. February 2009, saw the release of the brand new album Crooked Timber, also on People Tree Records.
“a remarkable second album” ****UNCUT
“inventive, touching and triumphant pop songs... a true success” Clash
“outstanding... terrific tunes with unexpected twists” ****MOJO
www.myspace.com/babelbristol
www.babelmusic.co.uk
www.myspace.com/peopletreerecords
Babel - 'Crooked Timber' (People Tree Records)
Apple Crack
Never Had The Heart
End Of The Line
Hand Me Down
Police Car
Cellophane, Jam or The Line
Make Your Bed
Repeat To Fade
Seachange
Trinity Thugs
Piece Of Me
Rubber Necking
Hard To Love You
Our first proper long player.
It's a limited release.
You might find it in some record shops but if not, you know how to use the internet. .. Just search for Babel 'Crooked Timber' and I'm sure someone will try to sell it to you..
iTunes will happily sell it to you too but y'know.... real things are nice.
Or come and see us and pick one up there.
Some early scores in from the judges..
"(An) outstanding full-length debut by the Bristol six-piece. Babel write some terrific tunes with unexpected twists.. ( **** )"
(Mojo Magazine)
"..a remarkable second album. ( **** )"
(Uncut Magazine)
"an album of inventive, touching and triumphant pop songs.. a true success."
(Clash Magazine)
"Batten down the hatches everybody, folk has grown muscles. Babel have an assuredness that's just cocky enough to be attention grabbing and just handclappy enough to make your guts go gooey."
(NME)
"..Crooked Timber is as good a debut as you're likely to hear. ( **** )"
(Rock 'n' Reel Magazine)
".. Babel sing their own unique & uplifting tune. ( *** )"
(Q Magazine)
"a blessed relief... with a strong potential to be a repeated favourite as autumn comes around."
(CMU Daily)
"A fine debut."
(The Epoch Times)
"Quietly ace."
(Rock Sound magazine)
"Oddness, wrapped in the cushioning miasma that is the acoustic guitar. Drama for the beardy brigade"
(Artrocker Magazine)
"an assured and compelling debut."
(Bristol Evening Post)
We are Babel.
Babel like "Bay-bull". Not "bar-bell" or "babble".
Born in Bristol in the UK, Babel started out all kind of small, folky & a bit shy but then fell in dirty love with pounding tamborines and volume knobs.
Songs led to concerts, concerts led to the recording two self-financed EPs, 'The Golden Acre EP' & 'The Arc EP'. Both were sold from tables in tiny venues. Some of which reached places far beyond our own postcode.
In 2007, People Tree Records of London, UK released the majority of our two EPs to the world on one reasonably priced compact disc & weighty slab of vinyl. The CDs have long gone but there's still some vinyl around if you look hard enough. Or iTunes of course.. |
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