Trembling Bells

Review for Lavinia Blackwall’s latest: “There is not a single weak song here”

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The album’s Rocket Cottage-style artwork stakes a kinship with the inward-turned folk of the 1970s, when the first flush of Fairport, Steeleye Span and Pentangle … There is more than a hint of Sandy Denny — whose songs Blackwall has performed memorably…

Financial Times

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Trembling Bells’ wonderful “Christ’s entry into Govan” 

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Trembling Bells’ song  ‘Christ’s Entry Into Govan” has been called a “Leige & Leif slice of freak folk, that has this startlingly brilliant arrangement, full of intricate guitars and lovely harmonies, (and) so packed full of ideas and melody that its staggering.” (Backseat Mafia review). The Hobbledehoy could not agree more.

Since this 2018 release, the band has sadly broken up, with chief songwriter Alex Neilson and lead singer Lavinia Blackwall now producing well-recieved solo records.