Zach Williams, the Lone Bellow's lead singer and principal songwriter, can pinpoint just about exactly when the Brooklyn-based group serendipitously willed itself into being. It was around 9 a.m. one morning in 2010, at Dizzy's Diner in Park Slope, Brooklyn, where the Lone Bellow's guitarist and Williams' old friend Brian Elmquist was working a shift. Williams, up to then performing as a solo artist, needed a place to try out some new songs; for a scuffling artist, the diner was as good as any rehearsal space. He asked fellow singer Kanene Pipkin, just returned to New York City from living in Beijing, to meet them at the diner and the trio did more than merely jam. With the beginnings of a repertoire and an already strong communal spirit, that fateful morning they became the Lone Bellow.
As Williams recalls, Three songs in I realized I should quit what I'm doing and just make music with these people. And that's what he did. The trio's self-titled debut disc is exuberant in its playing, welcoming in its attitude. Though the lyrics have a melancholic undercurrent, the tracks are more often rave-ups than ruminations, with swelling three-part harmonies and rousing group-sung choruses, especially on the electric guitar-driven The One You Should've Let Go and Green Eyes and A Heart of Gold, a we-will-survive anthem that could be about a family or a band. Indeed, there is a strong familial feel to the Lone Bellow, a recurring theme of inclusiveness.
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As Williams recalls, Three songs in I realized I should quit what I'm doing and just make music with these people. And that's what he did. The trio's self-titled debut disc is exuberant in its playing, welcoming in its attitude. Though the lyrics have a melancholic undercurrent, the tracks are more often rave-ups than ruminations, with swelling three-part harmonies and rousing group-sung choruses, especially on the electric guitar-driven The One You Should've Let Go and Green Eyes and A Heart of Gold, a we-will-survive anthem that could be about a family or a band. Indeed, there is a strong familial feel to the Lone Bellow, a recurring theme of inclusiveness.
Zach Williams, the Lone Bellow's lead singer and principal songwriter, can pinpoint just about exactly when the Brooklyn-based group serendipitously willed itself into being. It was around 9 a.m. one morning in 2010, at Dizzy's Diner in Park Slope, Brooklyn, where the Lone Bellow's guitarist and Williams' old friend Brian Elmquist was working a shift. Williams, up to then performing as a solo artist, needed a place to try out some new songs; for a scuffling artist, the diner was as good as any rehearsal space. He asked fellow singer Kanene Pipkin, just returned to New York City from living in Beijing, to meet them at the diner and the trio did more than merely jam. With the beginnings of a repertoire and an already strong communal spirit, that fateful morning they became the Lone Bellow.
As Williams recalls, Three songs in I realized I should quit what I'm doing and just make music with these people. And that's what he did. The trio's self-titled debut disc is exuberant in its playing, welcoming in its attitude. Though the lyrics have a melancholic undercurrent, the tracks are more often rave-ups than ruminations, with swelling three-part harmonies and rousing group-sung choruses, especially on the electric guitar-driven The One You Should've Let Go and Green Eyes and A Heart of Gold, a we-will-survive anthem that could be about a family or a band. Indeed, there is a strong familial feel to the Lone Bellow, a recurring theme of inclusiveness.
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As Williams recalls, Three songs in I realized I should quit what I'm doing and just make music with these people. And that's what he did. The trio's self-titled debut disc is exuberant in its playing, welcoming in its attitude. Though the lyrics have a melancholic undercurrent, the tracks are more often rave-ups than ruminations, with swelling three-part harmonies and rousing group-sung choruses, especially on the electric guitar-driven The One You Should've Let Go and Green Eyes and A Heart of Gold, a we-will-survive anthem that could be about a family or a band. Indeed, there is a strong familial feel to the Lone Bellow, a recurring theme of inclusiveness.
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