Boson based alternative rock quartet Belly decided to reunite for a tour in 2016. They had fun, they wanted more. So why not make a new album? They have launched a crowdfunding campaign on Pledge Music to make it happen.
In late 2015, twenty years after last playing together, we decided it was ‘now or never’ and announced Belly would reunite for a limited tour in 2016. Falling right back into a laughter-fueled groove as we began rehearsing for the tour, we thought, why not make it interesting and try writing a couple of new tunes together? Those of you who saw one (or several) of the reunion-tour shows last year heard two new songs live…. and you were part of some truly amazing evenings that wildly exceeded our expectations. Along with great joy, ridiculous grins, and a few (happy) tears, there was just an incredible energy and excitement in every place, every night we played. A kind of energy and excitement that really had nowhere to go but into making more music together.
And so that’s what we’ve been doing. Since last year’s shows, another nine new songs have sprung forth. “NameTBD” will be Belly’s third record, scheduled for release on April 6, 2018. We’ve recorded most of the ‘basic’ tracks at Stable Sound Studio in Rhode Island with our old friend Paul Q. Kolderie at the board, and now we’re in the process of recording guitars, vocals and various other overdubs. Needless to say, making a record today is very different from the last time Belly recorded together. And so are the mechanisms of sharing music with our friends and the rest of the world.
We’re so very excited about this record, and we’re pleased to partner with Pledge Music as one of the ways to share it and let you all be apart of it. You can advance-order NameTBD on vinyl, CD, or as a digital download, as well as find a variety of “bundles” and exclusive limited-edition goodies. All advance orders through Pledge give you member-only access to updates, peeks into the studio, and a soon to be released digital download of our cover of “Hush-a-Bye Mountain,” which we recorded just for fun while in the studio.
We hope you’ll come along with us as we work on finishing up NameTBD, and we really look forward to sharing these new songs (and plenty of the old ones, too!) with you live in 2018!
NameTBD will be released on April 6, 2018. They will be on tour in the UK in June.
Live dates:- 06/09 Portsmouth @ Wedgwood Rooms
- 06/10 Bristol @ SWX
- 06/11 Cardiff @ Glee Club
- 06/12 Manchester @ Ritz
- 06/13 Leeds @ Beckett
- 06/14 Whitley @ Bay Playhouse
- 06/16 Glasgow @ 02 ABC
- 06/17 Sheffield @ Leadmill
- 06/18 Nottingham @ Rescue Rooms
- 06/19 Brighton @ Concorde
- 06/20 London @ Shepherd’s Bush Empire
