Album Review: Les Bellas – Belladelic
Hailing from Perpignan, Les Bellas were formed in 2003 out of the ashes of various other garage rock bands such as Les Gardiens Du Canigou and Les Beach Bitches. In 2005 they released two singles ‘Electrified’ and ‘Hey, I’m Going Down’ which were soon followed by the offer of a single album deal with a famous West Coast garage punk label. Sadly the deal disintegrated before the album saw the light of day and soon after Les Bellas called it a day and went on to other projects.
Three years on Les Bellas are still doing other things but the unreleased album has been picked up and jointly released by Parisian labels Sdz and Les Disques Steak, and that is something of a result because the album is stunning. Les Bellas are essentially a garage rock band and their music has a distinctly authentic 60s garage feel to it with its echoey vocals and fuzz tone distortion effects but the story doesn’t end there. The influences here are far reaching, ‘Ego Psycho’ despite its title is a lovely melancholic ballad while ‘Mistrial Blues’ is a good ‘ol foot tapping hoedown. Meanwhile album opener the ‘Belladelic’ is vocally the most interesting track, featuring the verse in French and chorus in English. For a debut ‘Belladelic’ promises much, it’s just a shame Les Bellas are no longer around to deliver. 4/5
Out on 1st September
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