Bellstop – Trouble

A friend of mine and fellow Mountain Biker posted an incredible video on Facebook. The link featured a 10 yr old boy riding a bike, and quite simply, he is a phenomenon.  He glides down the hillside with grace and skill far beyond his years, attacking almost vertical moss covered cliffs and lengthy jumps with root ridden landings.  Skills I still strive to attain even now.  The video  introducing ‘Seth Sherlock’ is well edited and the sound track really resonates with the whole production .  Bellstop’s ‘Trouble’ serves as a perfect ensemble piece as you gaze through the 3 mins and 58 second window of life from this possible next ‘Brandon Semenuk‘.

“R.I.P Frank Sidebottom”

‘Trouble’ begins with an infectious Rock/Blues  “hammer off hammer on” guitar riff, followed by a simple bass drum, snare drum rhythm and a spirited couple paint vivid descriptions of inner yearnings with their voices……..”FUCK YEAH FOLK ROCK!”

The bridge is a haunting ghost like shriek that would quite frankly sound strange in another scenario but it blends seamlessly with this chorus.  Making ‘Trouble’ a repeat play for me over the last couple of weeks.  You can watch the music video posted below, and that only serves to reinforce the underlying dark tone of this material.  It seems to depict the kidnapping of a young child in the woods….Seth Sherlock had better watch out!  A host of heavily made up characters emerge, bizarrely, led by what appears to be the wife of Frank Sidebottom. They then surround the poor lad, force him to the flaw, reproach him and finally… Gorge on cake?  I presume the cake is a metaphor for the eating of his flesh, but who knows what goes on in the artistic minds of Reykjavik based Icelandic  folk rock singers and their collaborators.

Bellstop – ‘Trouble’

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Follow this link below for the Seth Sherlock post on Pink Bike:

What were you doing at 10

Frank Sidebottom & one half of The Smiths

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