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Bell X1 On World Cafe

XPN
Published January 31, 2014 at 11:22 AM MST
Bell X1.
Rich Gilligan
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Bell X1.

For its sixth album, last summer's Chop Chop, Bell X1 simplified its recording process and ended up with some of its strongest songs. The Dublin band formed out of another group led by Damien Rice, but when Rice went solo, Paul Noonan took over songwriting duties and Bell X1 was born — named after the first airplane, Bell X-1, to break the sound barrier. Hear a full live set from the band on World Cafe.

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