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Bells Of, Young McDonald and the 5 Season Farmers CD album

Lawrence McDonald and Tom Allnutt on Lawrence's Quindoqua Farm.

Lawrence McDonald and Tom Allnutt recording the album at Lawrence's house.

CD gatefold painting by Peter Quinn.

Back cover painting by Peter Quinn.

Cover painting by Peter Quinn.

Painting by Peter Quinn originally intended for the CD package, but not used.

Bells Of
Young McDonald
& the 5 Season Farmers
CD

DESCRIPTION

Former semi-pro skateboarder and current organic farmer/ceramacist/guitarist/singer/composer, Lawrence McDonald, releases his fifth album under the moniker Bells Of. The band started off with members of Dischord bands Faith and Rites of Spring, but Lawrence has always remained the one constant member. The band has evolved into something not at all hardcore, but something like song-based free jazz indie-pop. Lightning-quick guitar work, unusual melodies and spoken/sung scratchy vocal delivery comes together as experimental-improv pop music.

LINER NOTES

PLAYERS

Lawrence McDonald, vocals, guitar, bass, et cetera

Tom Allnutt, drums, drum programming

PRODUCED AND RECORDED BY

Lawrence McDonald,

Tom Allnutt,

at Quindocqua Farms, Marion Station, Maryland, USA

PAINTINGS

Peter Quinn

COVER DESIGN

Mark Robinson, Teen-Beat Graphica

ET CETERA

"Goodbye Peter Quinn" on the back cover is in reference to the death of the artist Peter Quinn who illustrated the covers of all the Bells Of albums up to this point.

LYRICS

DECEPTIVE PARADISE

There is a siren
Sitting down by the lake
Just outside the garden
A secret I've been keeping from Eve

I'm going to pretend
I don't see the ruse
Then again
I know what I've got to do

Sometimes I feel I should just let it all go
Then again
I know
It's nothing six thousand years of men
Haven't had to face before
I'm going to stay strong
When I feel the fall
I'm going to hang on

There is a siren
Sitting on the other side of the lake
Singing her irresistible song
Wickedly tempting and inviting mistakes

Dripping wet outstretched arms
Tempestuously
Offering me seductive fruit
Then again
I know what I've got to do

The grass looks green on the other side
Then again
I know
It's all in my mind
Coming to realize
Peripeteia
Paradise is found deceptively concealed
Quietly masquerading
As an ordinary thing
I stumble upon
At a seemingly uneventful
Time in my life
Goodbye dagger hiding behind an insidious smile
I have fortunately broken away
From your gaze