Make Some Quiet is The Bell’s debut and I just can’t help but make some noise about it. Bad pun? Maybe. Good music? Definitely.  

Dylan Magierek the CEO of their recording label, Badman Recording Company says “The Bell harkens back to a time when you were first discovering bands that acted like the ideal soundtrack to your post-teenage life. We think of Echo & the Bunnymen, House of Love, and The Cure… on our trips down good memory lane.”  

While those aren’t necessarily the bands that I’ve spent my post-teenage years listening to I can however see certain similarities between The Bell and The Cure. A more modern counterpart in my eyes would be Interpol or even She Wants Revenge. What these bands share is that emotional lead vocalist, who is not quite monotone and hits you right in the gut.  

“I Am History” is the first single off the album and it’s one of my favorite. It’s a good introduction and it hooks you for the rest of the album. “I was old when I came to life/ But far to too young not to realize/ What life wouldn’t hold for me/ All because of biography/ Suddenly I realize I am the one no one can see/ Suddenly when no one knows I will go down in history.” I just love those lines and this is definitely a song that gets suck in the head.  

“On and On” is another favorite. While the song is about selling out (“Sell out no time to think/ Stuck in a pastel colored dream/ Your boss is the marketing team.”) it’s the chorus that of this one that gets me every time. “On and on it breaks my heart/ The way that you sound/ On and on it breaks my heart/ The way you run around/ Wasting away on the radio waves/ No one knows just way you say.”  

“Target Group” opens with “You stop it/ You said it/ We carried on, did as good as we could/ We took it higher than most people would/ You better lie when you give us the news/ Instead of changing the rules.” And you’re pretty much just pulled in from there.  

“Celebrate the Good Times” is one that I think everyone can relate to. I love the chorus, another one that I just can’t seem to get enough of. “To celebrate the good times/ And keep them for tomorrow/ Very fast/ They have past/ Cause we know/ They won’t last.”  

“Never Had to Pay Before” is a bit softer than the others and it’s a nice contrast to the rest of the album. “If I had a choice I’d choose to make you mine/ But there’s no way for me to do/ If it’s up to me I’ll try to make it fine/ But I don’t know how to get through/ Never been afraid before/ Never had to pay before/ In my life.”  

The Bell’s Make Some Quiet is catchy. This is an album that you’ll play and it won’t come out of your player again until you’ve listened to it a few times. There are a few tracks that are stronger than others, but over all this is a solid debut from a band that you will be hearing more about.