:: Belles Will Ring - The Toff In Town, Melbourne - July 2007

By: Carmine Pascuzzi

The 5-piece band from the Blue Mountains in New South Wales has quickly made an impression with its well liked debut album “Mood Patterns”. The band has endeared itself to making many fans through its website and Myspace. Such was the interest that an excellent crowd came to see them at Melbourne's The Toff In Town.

With somewhat of a psychedelic nature, through their love of old classics, Belles Will Ring produced an interesting live set, starting a little nervously with some moderate downtempo tunes before settling into a purposeful rhythm and striding along with confidence. They have written some seriously good songs like “Park Benches”, “Mad Love”, and “The Coldest Heart” and these were performed well. The wailing guitars and female percussionist blend exceedingly well.

The band is very meticulous in their psych pop stylings and they can only grow in lyrical maturity and onstage performances. This was a good introduction for me to see a developing band get better as the show progressed. We can only look ahead positively for their future output.