Bell XI is an indie rock group which formed in 1999 in County Kildare, Irel… Read Full Bio ↴Bell XI is an indie rock group which formed in 1999 in County Kildare, Ireland. The band consists of Paul Noonan (vocals, drums, guitar), David Geraghty (guitar, keyboards, vocals) and Dominic Philips (bass, vocals). Brian Crosby (guitar, vocals) left in 2008. All four are former members of Juniper. The band has released seven studio albums: "Neither Am I" (2000), "Music in Mouth" (2003), "Flock" (2005), "Blue Lights on the Runway" (2009), "Bloodless Coup" (2011), "Chop Chop" (2013) and "Arms" (2016). They have also released two live albums: "Tour de Flock" (2007) and "Field Recordings" (2012). The former also includes a DVD of one of their live concerts.
1991 - 2000
Brian, Paul, Dom and Damien Rice form Juniper, having met in school. They go to college, play some weddings, 21st's and Bar Mitzvahs... and for a while have a Sunday night residency in the Kildrought Lounge and Bar, Celbridge. They meet Dave, who weans them off the Neil Diamond and Roxette covers. Band move into house in country, release EP, Manna, and two singles in Ireland. Damien leaves band, the others read about Chuck Yeager and his Right Stuff. They call the new band Bell X1. Bell X1 support Elliott Smith and Bon Jovi in the same 1 week period, leading to severe identity crisis, making small music with big hair. They make their first album, Neither Am I, in the summer/autumn of 1999 with Nick Seymour of Crowded House and release it in Ireland a year later, after much touring and a couple of old singles.
2001
Band take some time to indulge musical differences. Paul records and tours as drummer with Tipperary siren Gemma Hayes, Brian's away with Offaly hearthrob Mundy, and Dave and Dom join Richie Mullen of Lino Richie Carpets, Finglas, in touring cabaret show. Bell X1 regroup in late summer and write songs for what would become Music in Mouth in a house by the sea in Wexford.
2002
Second album recording starts in Ridge Farm studios in Surrey, with producer Jamie Cullum. After 4 weeks they move to the Fallout Shelter, London. The studio has no teapot!! Some moaning. The band take turns to make dinner. Some of it is shit. The world Cup happens. Mixing finishes in July and everyone goes away for a while. Come back and mix it all again. Borrow a friend's house in Kilkenny, record some more songs, play hurling, are laughed at by locals. Music in Mouth finally finished in December, a few days after the birth of Jamie's daughter Ellie, who was both conceived and born during the making of the record.
2003, 2004
The album Music in Mouth is released on July 21st 2003, to tremendous applause, and the band play with all sorts to try to flog it. Tom McRae, Keane, Starsailor, Aqualung and Snow Patrol show them the highways and byways of the UK and continental Europe. Songs from the record appear in many TV series, from Teachers to The OC, and at home the album goes double platinum, with four top 40 singles. In July 2004, the band gather in yet another house in Wexford to write a new record.
2005
Flock is recorded in Dublin and mixed in London, with Roger Becherian producing and Phil Hayes knob twiddling. A shrine to Daniel O' Donnell (Irish singing deity, ref Cliff Richard without ever having had a brush with cool) is created in the green room, Dave creates Pistachio Nut Shell Installation and mustaches are grown. The band take a break from recording and sell out a mini tour in the USA, where they record a live session for Nic Harcourt’s essential show on KCRW in L.A.
Flock is released in Ireland and hits the heights of #1 in the album charts. The band leaves Island Records and sets up its own record label called BellyUp records. A live album called Tour De Flock is released - it is a 2-disc compilation featuring 16 tracks from their sold-out gig at The Point Theatre, Dublin on December 1, 2006.
In 2008, Flock is released in the USA and the band appears on the St. Patrick's Day edition of the Late Show with David Letterman.
On 2nd October, Brian Crosby quits saying "It's been an extraordinary privilege to be in a band with your mates for more than 15 years. I'm really grateful for everything I got to do with Bell X1, for all the adventures we had and for the great support of our fans. It's been particularly wonderful to have connected with so many people and to have got to meet people all over the world doing what I love. I look forward to continue making those connections. At the same time I'll be applauding the boys continued success."
As well as promoting Flock in the USA, the band gets busy recording a new album Blue Lights On The Runway. It finally sees the light of day in 2009, with lead single The Great Defector becoming their biggest hit to date (no. 3 in the Irish charts).
2011
The band will release its newest album Bloodless Coup in stores and online on April 1 in Ireland, April 4 in the UK, April 8 in Germany and Benelux, April 12 in the USA and Canada, and April 26 in France. The album's lead single is “Velcro,” which the band performed on The Rachael Ray Show on St. Patrick's Day.
1991 - 2000
Brian, Paul, Dom and Damien Rice form Juniper, having met in school. They go to college, play some weddings, 21st's and Bar Mitzvahs... and for a while have a Sunday night residency in the Kildrought Lounge and Bar, Celbridge. They meet Dave, who weans them off the Neil Diamond and Roxette covers. Band move into house in country, release EP, Manna, and two singles in Ireland. Damien leaves band, the others read about Chuck Yeager and his Right Stuff. They call the new band Bell X1. Bell X1 support Elliott Smith and Bon Jovi in the same 1 week period, leading to severe identity crisis, making small music with big hair. They make their first album, Neither Am I, in the summer/autumn of 1999 with Nick Seymour of Crowded House and release it in Ireland a year later, after much touring and a couple of old singles.
2001
Band take some time to indulge musical differences. Paul records and tours as drummer with Tipperary siren Gemma Hayes, Brian's away with Offaly hearthrob Mundy, and Dave and Dom join Richie Mullen of Lino Richie Carpets, Finglas, in touring cabaret show. Bell X1 regroup in late summer and write songs for what would become Music in Mouth in a house by the sea in Wexford.
2002
Second album recording starts in Ridge Farm studios in Surrey, with producer Jamie Cullum. After 4 weeks they move to the Fallout Shelter, London. The studio has no teapot!! Some moaning. The band take turns to make dinner. Some of it is shit. The world Cup happens. Mixing finishes in July and everyone goes away for a while. Come back and mix it all again. Borrow a friend's house in Kilkenny, record some more songs, play hurling, are laughed at by locals. Music in Mouth finally finished in December, a few days after the birth of Jamie's daughter Ellie, who was both conceived and born during the making of the record.
2003, 2004
The album Music in Mouth is released on July 21st 2003, to tremendous applause, and the band play with all sorts to try to flog it. Tom McRae, Keane, Starsailor, Aqualung and Snow Patrol show them the highways and byways of the UK and continental Europe. Songs from the record appear in many TV series, from Teachers to The OC, and at home the album goes double platinum, with four top 40 singles. In July 2004, the band gather in yet another house in Wexford to write a new record.
2005
Flock is recorded in Dublin and mixed in London, with Roger Becherian producing and Phil Hayes knob twiddling. A shrine to Daniel O' Donnell (Irish singing deity, ref Cliff Richard without ever having had a brush with cool) is created in the green room, Dave creates Pistachio Nut Shell Installation and mustaches are grown. The band take a break from recording and sell out a mini tour in the USA, where they record a live session for Nic Harcourt’s essential show on KCRW in L.A.
Flock is released in Ireland and hits the heights of #1 in the album charts. The band leaves Island Records and sets up its own record label called BellyUp records. A live album called Tour De Flock is released - it is a 2-disc compilation featuring 16 tracks from their sold-out gig at The Point Theatre, Dublin on December 1, 2006.
In 2008, Flock is released in the USA and the band appears on the St. Patrick's Day edition of the Late Show with David Letterman.
On 2nd October, Brian Crosby quits saying "It's been an extraordinary privilege to be in a band with your mates for more than 15 years. I'm really grateful for everything I got to do with Bell X1, for all the adventures we had and for the great support of our fans. It's been particularly wonderful to have connected with so many people and to have got to meet people all over the world doing what I love. I look forward to continue making those connections. At the same time I'll be applauding the boys continued success."
As well as promoting Flock in the USA, the band gets busy recording a new album Blue Lights On The Runway. It finally sees the light of day in 2009, with lead single The Great Defector becoming their biggest hit to date (no. 3 in the Irish charts).
2011
The band will release its newest album Bloodless Coup in stores and online on April 1 in Ireland, April 4 in the UK, April 8 in Germany and Benelux, April 12 in the USA and Canada, and April 26 in France. The album's lead single is “Velcro,” which the band performed on The Rachael Ray Show on St. Patrick's Day.
The upswing
Bell X1 Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Bell X1:
4 Minute Mile I'll never run a four minute mile And that's OK, most…
74 Swans You counted 74 swans on the canal You counted 74 swans…
A Better Band Is this room getting smaller, Or is it just me? I pace…
A Thousand Little Downers The radio says We gotta pay up by tonight The radio says …
Alphabet Soup I should have known By the arc of the empty wine…
Amelia I'd say life's a different story when you're facing certain…
Amsterdam Says Cars by the water, water that makes this place stand…
Bad Skin Day When I wake in the morning Of a bad skin day And…
Beautiful Madness Give me an opinion 'Cos I don't have one I'll agree with…
Bladhm Nuair a bhuail tú ar thaobh liom, chaill mé mo…
Blow Ins I should know my time and place I'm Tuesdays child without…
Blue Rinse Baby In the womb Back in playschool In the yard Where…
Bound For Boston Hill Out into pitch black Where the moon lay upon its back Driv…
Breastfed You're so pretty and I'm so lame You're ever changing, I…
Built to Last What's sure to get you by Is to avoid the common…
Careful What You Wish For It's coming faster now And I never thought I'd be here Runni…
Daybreak I went 'round to stand in your hall To watch you…
Deep I don't wanna shake you off I love the way we…
Diorama Turn down the bed sheets In the spare room For your younge…
Drive-By Summer It's a drive-by summer at the end of March Sees more…
Enjoy The Silence Words like violence Break the silence Come crashing in In…
Eve the Apple O My Eye You left it, I sent it I want it back You left…
Eve The Apple Of My Eye You left it, I sent it I want it back You left…
Eve The Apple Of My Eye-album version You left it, I sent it I want it back You left…
Eve, the Apple of My Eye You left it, I sent it I want it back You left…
Face How I know Go bow end send mend bend pretend Shut your…
Feint Praise I heap on feint praise That's never getting stronger No ma…
Flame When your hand brushed against mine I thought I'd collapse I…
Godsong Everybody finished their honey tipped cigar Our after dinn…
Haloumi This place is magnificent All the world a moth flapping A…
He Said She Said On the telephone On the message board On the toilet wall Tel…
Heartlands See the sun rise over her skin Don't change it See the…
Hey Anna Lena Hey Anna Lena Let's get married Let's get outta this place J…
How Your Heart Is Wired My tongue is scailing the North face of your neck And…
I Will Follow You I will follow you I will follow you Put all my money…
I'll See Your Heart & I'll R.. What's with the angel and what's with the devil They keep…
In Every Sunflower My book has more bookmarks than pages Cause it take me…
Just Like Mr Benn Put your sweet fingers A little closer to the keyboard It's …
Lamposts I've got your blood Under my fingernails And it feels like I…
Light Catches Your Face The dog-eared Disprin, in your handbag A gathering of crumbs…
Like I Love You Just somethin' about you The way I'm lookin' at…
Like I Love You / Slow Just somethin' about you Way I'm lookin at you whatever keep…
Little Sister There's another kind of red under the bed We've all been…
Man On Mir She's like a stellar She's got a fella She knows Italian too…
Monkey 61 They had the righteous stuff They were really quite daring…
Motorcades You say I get a little nasty You say I'm just…
Music For Mopeds Can't deny this feels good Sugar fountain to the sky…
My First Born For A Song Somewhere in this sea of Club Milks Tea and ashtrays There i…
My Firstborn For A Song Somewhere in this sea of Club Milks Tea and ashtrays There…
Natalie Natalie always seem to notice These traces of our lives befo…
Next To You It was part of our experiment Went you said go and…
Nightwatchmen To the girl among nightwatchmen My other, my joy With your…
Offshore You haven't changed at all Not much does in a…
One Stringed Harp A safe pair of hands A reason to stand Some guns to…
Pinball Machine Tear that trickles from your eye to your ear Like a…
Reacharound Cute whores on every corner Puttin' out, they're puttin' out…
Rocky He said 'I wanna shine in the eye of Orion But…
Safer Than Love You wanna snap every thread That's unravelling If you're …
See Your Heart What's with the angel and what's with the devil They keep…
She's a Mystery to Me - Live at Today FM Darkness falls and she will take me by the hand Take…
Slowset So I asked her to dance She said she wasn't…
Snakes & Snakes I need some crayon light I need some coloring in I need…
Snakes And Snakes I need some crayon light I need some coloring in I need…
Starlings Over Brighton Pier Starlings over Brighton pier What do they know, what do the…
Still Selling Shoes We are at a crossroads Trees bow to the winds…
Sugar High Let's build up tall into the sky We can sit on…
Ten Paces There goes the sheriff with his crooked star This is the…
The Curtains Are Twitchin' The curtains are twitchin, this house is getting bored The …
The End Is Nigh Some friends come in and out of view Last time I…
The Great Defector I am the defector And you?re the farmer?s daughter You been …
The Money He's for the sailboat He's for the sea He's for…
The Ribs of a Broken Umbrella She was only just a girl in a picture But he…
The Trailing Skirts Of God I'm seven years old, and my bow-tie's askew Gonna get some b…
Tongue This one's for you This one's for me This one's for you This…
Tounge This one's for you This one's for me This one's for you T…
Trampoline She had mixed me With someone she once seen Projected on her…
Velcro There's not a lot that you can do in this…
Volcano Don't hold yourself like that You'll hurt your knees I kisse…
West Of Her Spine She asked me to work on that knot Now I've been…
White Water Song I'll finish this jigsaw I'll find the pieces behind the couc…
Whitewater Song I'll finish this jigsaw I'll find the pieces behind the cou…
Woman Like A Man I need a piss, wanna hate Look it up, girl…
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brianpoetart
"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"
Who knew it?
I've watched your ageless wonder walk right by my mind's eye ... Been missing this effervescent thing a fair while, a long, long time
No more violent s-miles
And you touch the sun which twists its reimbursed surface and turns to speak - kiss my bleeding knees, please
And he's been standing at your restless grave again, touching that instru-mental taste
With you mother's favourite cheek-brushed rebellious red rose kissing his nose n out the other side. Man-ic minds
Some might say, no doubt my burgeoning realisation will reawaken itself from beneath these sad, shallow alabaster skies - guided n guised by no more lies
This ain't no kinda victory march, baby, 'cos winning ain't been so easy anymore - forgive me, please ... Ship to shore ...
Standing here as your favourite branched olive-tree ... Lent over backwards n thanklessly out towards - still singin' n singein' n all in one go
Til forever placed tantalisingly out of ethereal reach
Breach that thirsty surface, please? Til I feel my knees bleed, take make-believe s-e-e-d
Safest to say that I am not prepared to meet my maker today ...
Even if you're already there with the shape of sycamore leaves put upon, leaving me all of the way alone
My summer sun, soon as the moon comes right back around. A finger-print in impalpable history and all of it is seen to be ours
Rhythm n Blues ... Who knew ... Not to refuse this dogged intrusion of yours
His courage won't save him, but his trickery will ... She won't, though
Beating up on the piano - put upon him - to play himself in again. This living, seething, musically-coordinated vent-riloquist with fists for fingers
Gentle breeze ... She still whispers ... midst these anti-war feelings of hers and never his. An open-ended book of solid intrusion, refuses to ever go away. Take insurmountable heed, please ... paying his maker a-dime-a-dozen too much to ever broach the angered surface of his shy sugarcoated white lies.
Oh, my ... oh, mind.
SMELLTHEBULL
A masterpiece! Song-writing, arranging, production, musicianship, everything. Well done lads!
Jacob Chattman
Been a fan of you guys for years and this song reminds me why, thank you so much for your art.
Helen Mapleston
I love ❤️ this song . On repeat 🔁. One of my all time favourite 🤩
kek
I love this song. Flew to Orlando last week and only listened to this song on repeat <3
Ghazala
Found out about it on spotify's peaceful indie ambient playlist. Pure bliss ♥
Amanda Kiely
Great song it sounds great live too from the very multi talented bunch that are Bell X1 .Amanda x
Jeff Stacho
I cannot thank you enough! This song makes me feel things that's unspeakable.
Do I Know You
I first heard this while in the midst of a fever. I had soothing visions of the universe ending in a ball of light while it played.
Maximus Aurelius
lol
Wose bahboy
Once again Bell X1 has me enjoying there new music, cannot wait for the new album in October.