 
"PERFECT MATH" "Communicating real ernotion...Veselka is as devastatingly convincing
as Paul Westerberg was when he uttered the words Sometimes I feel so
unsatisfied...
BELL is fronted by Vanessa Veselka whose raw and intense vocals never let you forget that the world isn't Melrose Place. Perfect Math contains no filler--each of the six tracks stake out their own emotional territory without ever abandoning the record's core energy. The result is an EP that feels like an LP. Check out "Already There, " the first release from the EP, and a nifty seven-incher in it's own right!
"Already There"
Released Nov. 8, the single was added in heavy rotation on Seattle's KCMU with other stations following. Already There/Overwhelming (7") is available through the K catalog and from NAlL distribution. Hear it in blistering Real Audio right now in the Jukebox to the right of this page. A Clear Sense of Beauty is also available through NAIL. "A Clear Sense of Beauty"
Proclaiming bluesy, defiant pop and rocking beyond boundaries into noise, folk and metal, Bell's songs have long moved club audiences with power, surgical accuracy and fearless confrontation of painful realities. Vocalist Vanessa Veselka has shared the stage with talent such as Michelle Shocked, Faith No More and The Ramones. If truth alone liberated. all prisons both personal and punitive would crumble at "A Clear Sense of Beauty." the new CD from Seattle quartet Bell. Proclaiming defiant pop or rock with many flavors," singer songwriter, guitarist Vanessa Veselka's songs have long moved club audiences with power, surgical accuracy, and fearless conformation of painful realities. Those songs are now available on Y Records. As will blues singers and old testament prophets, Bell's music laments life's dilficulty. yet chimes poetic over other, more serene topics. One gripping passage in a song titled "Upon Greater Reflection" demands Veselka's vocals build from a sultry whisper to a throaty howl as the protagonist decides to stop waiting for her life to start. because, for better or worse, life is here. | 
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Baby Machine
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Attempted Pop Song #1
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Loose and Unsubdued
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Antisocial Love Ballad #3
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Seattle's
own BELL present album number 2, Perfect Math, an EP's worth of material
recorded with famed Seattle producer Jack Endino. BELL is punk in the
same manner seminal 70's punk bands Television or The Patti Smith Group
were punk--decidedly D.I.Y and stripped of pretension.
Already
diverse in stylistic output, the band has spent the last year experimenting
and exploring new territory. Aided by new bass player Susan Larsen's
clear, high vocals and Bell stalwarts Damon Romero and Andy Miller,
Veselka has created new music that pushes the boundaries of Bell's sound
while emphasizing the band's core strengths. The current 7-inch, Already
There/Overwhelming serves as a sample of Bell's new material and as
a vinyl precursor to the upcoming March release of the new Bell EP.
