"Absolutely awesome"

BellX1 emerge from studio hibernation on September 26 when they swing by the Temple Bar Music Centre.

Fans will be able to get a sneak preview of their second album which has been pieced together in Sussex's Ridge Farm Studios and assorted Wexford, Kilkenny, London and Dublin abodes. Production assistance has been rendered by ex-Crowded House man Nick Seymour who enthuses, "The songs sound absolutely awesome."

Signed last December to Island Records, the quartet had been planning to make "a simple, live and ropy sounding record that embraced the likes of Talking Heads, Television and Blondie. That didn't really happen, as there was inevitable over-excitement and now the record features vibraphone, glockenspiel, harmonium, banjo and much choral singing."

The as-yet-untitled collection is due in early 2003.