As with so many UK bands, Bell X1 – who hail from Ireland – haven’t managed to properly release an album here in the States yet…but they did, at least, score inclusion on the 4th volume of The O.C. Mix, which came out in mid-2005. (Their song, if it rings any bells, is “Eve, the Apple of My Eye.”) It’s a shame no-one’s latched on to their disc, Flock, for domestic release; you’d think the buzz of its premiering atop the Irish album charts would be enough to raise eyebrows over here…
…but, then, that’s what you’d get for thinking. Also, it could have something to do with the fact that, when the band came to the States to play the release party for the “O.C.” disc, they met members of the cast…and had absolutely no idea who they were. Oops. There’s a nice faux pas for you.
Fortunately, you can at least check out their previous album, Music in Mouth, via iTunes, where you can download it for a pittance – the current defintion of “a pittance,” by the way, is $9.99 – and find out what other songs surround the aforementioned “Eve.”
Check out their MySpace page here, where you can hear four of their songs, or investigate their official site here.
