>A live performance is something else. Bellowhead's debut last April in Oxford was so triumphant and unbelievable that I've found it impossible to find sufficiently ecstatic words to convey to those who were unfortunate enough not to have been part of the exuberant
explosion in Oxford Town Hall<

Absolutely...I was completely overwhelmed by it, I really hadn't known what to expect! It was brilliant!.

BELLOWhead.... I'm listening to it right now...I find it really uplifting. The whole thing just makes me smile!. among other things.. those Hollywood strings on the beginning of Prickle Eye Bush are fab, and the brass section in the Coconut Dance works really well...I would say it does benefit from being played very LOUD.

>English music is joining the world<

If it reminds me of anything, mood wise certainly, it reminds me of the Brazilian stuff I heard when we started doing Batmacumba at the ICA 7ish years ago (I think it's still running, I don't work there anymore...). We had a Brazilian carnival band in one night...they had the same effect on the hard to impress, arty types as BELLOWhead did on the Oxford audience...:o)