Less Bells is the stage name of Julie Carpenter, a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist from Joshua Tree, California.
Prior to starting the Less Bells project, Carpenter worked with (performed, recorded, and/or composed) with The Autumns, Eels, Kenneth James Gibson, and The Brian Jonestown Massacre.[1][2][3] Carpenter signed with Kranky in 2018 and released Solifuge, an album of electroacoustic music evoking the landscape of the Joshua Tree area.[4][5] In an interview with RTE, Carpenter described her music as "Electro Orchestral soundtracks for alternate universe Jodorowsky films about heroic but doomed women".[6] A sophomore follow-up for Kranky, Mourning Jewelry, arrived in August 2020.[7]
Discography
- Solifuge (Kranky, 2018)
- Mourning Jewelry (Kranky, 2020)
- The Drowned Ground (Meadows Heavy Recorders, 2023)
References
- ↑ . Discogs, Nov 17, 2021.
- ↑ Solifuge review, Exclaim!
- ↑ Less Bells (ambient orchestrator Julie Carpenter) signs with Kranky, announces new album Solifuge. Tiny Mix Tapes, July 18, 2018.
- ↑ Solifuge review, Pop Matters
- ↑ Solifuge review, Echoes and Dust
- ↑ Behind the Music: Julie Carpenter, Less Bells. RTE, August 27, 2020.
- ↑ Mourning Jewelry review, Pop Matters
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