Bellafea - Cavalcade

When translated from Spanish to English, Bellafea means beautiful/ ugly.
Cavalcade is the first full-length from Bellafea, recorded over 2 years in Chapel Hill, NC.

Bellafea teems with the punk spirit of local townies Superchunk, while the trialing dissonance of Polvo shine through in their string parts. There is an earnest aggression in their music, perhaps channeled from their struggles with the vastly conservative Southeastern United States, the patriarchal Bible-belt countryside where they grew up.

Throughout the tracks on Cavalcade, singer/guitarist Heather McEntire’s voice becomes a trumpet, a bereaving moan, a grieving whisper. relentlessly jagged and angular, her guitar experimentation drives into drummer Nathan Buchanan’s revolving time signatures and bassist Eddie Sanchez’s muscular and elastic low-end.

Well-known for their captivating sold-out hometown performances, they have gained the loyalty of local musicians/friends John Darnielle (Mountain Goats), Dave Laney (Milemarker), Ben Davis (Sleepytime Trio, Bats & Mice), Daniel Hart (Polyphonic Spree, St. Vincent, John Vanderslice), Eric Moe (Zegota) who all - along with a choir of friends - lend a hand on their debut full-length.

For fans of: Sonic Youth, The Raincoats, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Sleater Kinny, Sweep The Leg Johnny, Les Savy Fav.

Tracklisting: 01. Depart 02. Bones To Pick 03. Thorn Bird II 04. Walking Distance 05. Telling the Hour 06. Run Rabbit Run 07. Geography 08. Arctic 09. Stranger

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