Apple Crack
Never Had The Heart
End Of The Line
Hand Me Down
Police Car
Cellophane, Jam or The Line
Make Your Bed
Repeat To Fade
Seachange
Trinity Thugs
Piece Of Me
Rubber Necking
Hard To Love You
Our first proper long player.
It's a limited release.
You might find it in some record shops but if not, you know how to use the internet. .. Just search for Babel 'Crooked Timber' and I'm sure someone will try to sell it to you..
iTunes will happily sell it to you too but y'know.... real things are nice.
Or come and see us and pick one up there.
Some early scores in from the judges..
"(An) outstanding full-length debut by the Bristol six-piece. Babel write some terrific tunes with unexpected twists.. ( **** )"
(Mojo Magazine)
"..a remarkable second album. ( **** )"
(Uncut Magazine)
"an album of inventive, touching and triumphant pop songs.. a true success."
(Clash Magazine)
"Batten down the hatches everybody, folk has grown muscles. Babel have an assuredness that's just cocky enough to be attention grabbing and just handclappy enough to make your guts go gooey."
(NME)
"..Crooked Timber is as good a debut as you're likely to hear. ( **** )"
(Rock 'n' Reel Magazine)
".. Babel sing their own unique & uplifting tune. ( *** )"
(Q Magazine)
"a blessed relief... with a strong potential to be a repeated favourite as autumn comes around."
(CMU Daily)
"A fine debut."
(The Epoch Times)
"Quietly ace."
(Rock Sound magazine)
"Oddness, wrapped in the cushioning miasma that is the acoustic guitar. Drama for the beardy brigade"
(Artrocker Magazine)
"an assured and compelling debut."
(Bristol Evening Post)
We are Babel.
Babel like "Bay-bull". Not "bar-bell" or "babble".
Born in Bristol in the UK, Babel started out all kind of small, folky & a bit shy but then fell in dirty love with pounding tamborines and volume knobs.
Songs led to concerts, concerts led to the recording two self-financed EPs, 'The Golden Acre EP' & 'The Arc EP'. Both were sold from tables in tiny venues. Some of which reached places far beyond our own postcode.
In 2007, People Tree Records of London, UK released the majority of our two EPs to the world on one reasonably priced compact disc & weighty slab of vinyl. The CDs have long gone but there's still some vinyl around if you look hard enough. Or iTunes of course..
Hey! How are you? Thought I'd stop by and say hi ! How's things? This is my new profile. so don't to forget to delete the other one if you have it in your friends!
Hope things are good with you. We’re playing "Apple Crack" and plugging your upcoming Thekla gig on BBC Radio Bristol Introducing this Saturday morning between 1-4am (repeated on Sunday 1-4am). Hear it “live” or online on the i-Player anytime in the 7 days after broadcast, there’s a link on our myspace profile.
Happy Dynamic Living!
Richard Pitt & Gary Smith BBC Radio Bristol Introducing
Hi ! babel (new album - now!) !! Just popping by to have a browse at your page! Lovin' it! Hope everythings good with you. Figured it was time to start speakin to my friends Please take the time to listen to my re=recording of 'Hey' up on my myspace now if you havn't already! Any feedback would be appreiciated =)
Hey Rick Loving the album! So many great tracks, but 'Apple Crack' ,'piece of me' and 'police car' are the favourites so far. Will definitely catch you guys at Belladrum.
great windmill gig and loving the album too, good cycle-biking music. have a lovely one playing with emily and the red clay halo, looks like an unmissable gig(i'll be missing it) see you at glasterrs. sedgemore splash forever!
We don't have a proper CD but I could burn you one and scribble on it with my crappy handwriting if that would suffice?? Would be keen to swap though, really like what i've heard on yer myspace.
You sound great, you come from the Motherland, and you have string players... It couldn't really get any better! Looking forward to your next trip up the M5.
