Bells Atlas - The Mystic

Bells Atlas - The MysticVinyl LP pressing. Bells Atlas' latest offering The Mystic digs further into their soulful buoyancy to explore both sound and storytelling. Sandra Lawson Ndu, Douglas Stuart, Geneva Harrison, and Derek Barber stumbled upon a new process for songwriting of which included sampling grainy phone recordings of the band's drummer that elevates Bells Atlas'already unique approach to psychedelic R&B. The spontaneity of the mystic's creative process results in

Vinyl LP pressing. Bells Atlas' latest offering The Mystic digs further into their soulful buoyancy to explore both sound and storytelling.

Sandra Lawson-Ndu, Douglas Stuart, Geneva Harrison, and Derek Barber stumbled upon a new process for songwriting - of which included sampling grainy phone recordings of the band's drummer - that elevates Bells Atlas'already unique approach to psychedelic R&B. 

The spontaneity of the mystic's creative process results in a raw, cosmic sound that is mirrored in it's lyrics. The record is a sci-fi fantasy of two first-generation Nigerian American women coming to terms with a mental health diagnosis, and at the same time, a very universal exploration of how we make sense of reality.

"It's about a truth seeker and a skeptic trying to make sense of what's mystical and what's clinical," Lawson-Ndu says. The listener is made to consider the possibility of magic. Is it possible, for instance, that someone who navigates the world differently may have a deeper understanding of the universe? The Mystic is a spectrum of deep emotionality, impulse, and even humor; a tool to explore the full dimension of our reality.