bellflur

Dubbed by LosingToday.com as ?thinking man's indie-rock,? Washington, DC-based Bellflur has sustained itself since its inception in 2001 through multiple members, two releases (including 2006's self-released EP ?Read.Walk.Take.Talk.,? a nomination for a Washington Area Music Association Award for Best Modern Rock Recording in 2006), and ever-present reincarnations of musical taste. While scores of DC-based bands touted to be ?the next big thing? have rapidly sprung up on the horizon -- and...

A band which has drawn a litany of comparisons and classification throughout these reincarnations ? from Can and Radiohead, to Lake Trout and Tortoise, God Speed and Sigur Ros ? no single review or opinion seems to give any indication of a definable or traceable line of Bellflur's genre-specificity. However, Bellflur manages to rest seamlessly in lush space and musical grandeur just as easily as odd-time signatures and bare-boned harmonies and reticence.

Bellflur is currently working on its third release and second full-length album, ?asleep.asleep.? (Bastille Recordings).