‘Come North With Me Baby, Wow ‘
Umbrella/Remote Control

Stuff ‘psychedelic’ or any of those stupid tags some hold onto to hide their lack of vision; on this Belles are nothing more or less than a beautifully intertwining pop band of style and substance. A just-restrained-enough mariachi brass band pops its head around the corner at times underscoring counterpoint vocals - between those added elements what was already great becomes glorious. This album, which seems an inordinately long time in coming, should be the making of them.

‘Come to the Village’
This band makes me angry. Every release proves their quality. Every song builds on what has gone previously. The conversation of Judson’s and Roberts’ guitars has become ever more articulate. On this, the insistence of that interplay makes for something that surely can’t be ignored by the wider world for much longer, surely. The echoed vocals are both seductive but perhaps suggesting said village may be the one from The Prisoner. Bedeviled by the ‘psychedelic’ pigeonhole, they’re much more than that. Drum Media (Sydney) 
Single Reviews with Ross Clelland
3rd August 2010