John Bellows

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John BellowsJohn Bellows is a singer songwriter and home recorder from small town Kentucky, schooled in Chicago, and now back to the land in rural Washington.Certain Demise, released 02 September 20221. Certain Demise2. Anomaly3. Only the Loneliest4. Evil Eye5. Epilogue6. Fly7. Dreams Drift8. Dying Words9. Lull of Byes10. DirgeCheck out "Fly" music video on Love Lion blog here... www.emilyelhaj.com/lovelionblog/2017/12/29/john-bellows-fly-videoIt’s been almost ten years since John Bellows released Fast Hits, the 2013 LP of frantic bangers that would cap his reign as the tireless titan of Chicago’s bizarro basement scene. To describe his latest collection as Slow Jams might be facile, but surely his move to the remote, luminous outpost of San Juan Island, in Washington’s Puget Sound, caused a relaxation of tempo in John’s soul. The gorgeous video for lead single Fly gives a sense of the mercurial landscape John and his musical/partner Glenn Hendrick call home, and it does not seem like a place for rushing. John has always been a questing, questioning songwriter, but where Fast Hits busied itself with a young man’s demand for answers --Does this rule or does this doesn’t? Why are you stalling? Can you admit that you’re lost?--Certain Demise sits with much more reflective, perhaps unanswerable queries: what kinds of dreams drift past your window? And what fears reside inside your pain? John is a slow chef, and lets tunes and arrangements simmer for years— a couple of songs actually predate his move to the island— but here they sound fully lived-in and perfectly set. Glenn is key: she and John harmonize only as longtime crime-partners can, and Glenn wraps the melodies in blankets of flute and strings that ward off the chill of unknowing (fellow islanders Noah Atchley, Nickie Davis, and Gavin Goodrich also contribute, as well as Chicagoan Sara Condo). None of which is to say that John has necessarily mellowed; his quieter intensities can be just as vehement as his rock messiah freakouts--and there are moments here of Crazy Horse barnstorming. But he does seem looser than ever, at home in the world and his skin and grateful for both, even in the face of (hard-won acceptance of?) the Certain Demise that awaits us all. - Liam Warfield

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