Radio Wars (2CD)

Favourite Albums of 2009 (77 items)
list by El Paulo

Limited two CD edition pressing of their 2009 sophomore album includes a bonus seven track live CD and beautiful additional artwork. If their debut could easily be the soundtrack for the beautifully haunted world of Twin Peaks, their sophomore effort would be their leap into the blockbuster mainstream. There s a formidable richness here, a glorious depth and maturity and growth which takes the Howling Bells sound into hitherto unexplored terrain, aided, in no small part, by the expertise of producer extraordinaire Dan Grech-Marguerat.