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Howling Bells


High point to the week: M and I went to the Point yesterday and bumped into a number of friendly faces, all eagerly awaiting the Howling Bells on what was apparently the last night of their current tour. Well worth the wait!

Two support bands this time, unfortunately not Indigo Moss! The first band, of whom we only saw the last song, were local band Spencer Mcgarry Season, who appeared to have a good reception. They have a myspace. Next up, The Alones, who were ok but in M's eyes 'an ok Fuzz club band', again their songs didn't seem to have much variety. Not for the last time, the better support band were on first?!

Not long to wait until the Howling Bells came on, by which time the Point was pretty much full. An excellent reception from the crowd, and the band themselves seem to have improved their stage presence since October 2006 - but I suppose a bigger & better venue adds a little something anyway! The set list was basically everything off their current selftitled album, plus a b-side or 2, finishing off with current single Low Happening. Unfortunately, there wasn't an encore, but that's my only moan! Looking forward to the next tour already!



As an aside, Howling Bells' previous support band Indigo Moss release their debut album on Monday 9th April.

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