An Irish band that formed in the late 90s and earned a Mercury Prize nomination for their 2006 album 'Music in Mouth'.
If you want to hear what they do, 'Alphabet Soup' and 'Eve, The Apple Of My Eye' are good places to start. They frame that indie rock sound with some folk in it.
They've been making music in Dublin since 1998, originally called Juniper before taking the name Bell X1 from an experimental aircraft. Their song 'Alphabet Soup' shows that mix of indie rock with folk and electronic touches they've worked with for years. They got a Mercury Prize nomination for 'Music in Mouth' in 2006, which brought more attention to songs like 'Eve, The Apple Of My Eye'.
They started with their first album 'Neither the Moon Nor the Sun' in 2003. After the Mercury nomination for 'Music in Mouth,' they kept releasing albums through the 2010s, including 'Bloodless Coup' and 'Arms.' They've maintained a steady presence in Irish music without becoming a huge international act.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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