Human Bell @ Crooked Beat Thursday

Lungfish has had a lot of bassists–three, last time I counted. While I wouldn't count Nathan Bell as my favorite (I'm a Sean Meadows man) but he did play on both Necrophones and The Unanimous Hour, so....respect.

As it turns out, his new band, Human Bell–a duo with Arbouretum's David Heumann–has a self-titled album that just came out on Chicago's Thrill Jockey records. What's more, they'll play a free in-store at D.C.'s Crooked Beat on Thursday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. Human Bell isn't bombastic, but it does rely on the same cyclical picking and deep vibes of both Bell and Heumann's former groups. Here's the MySpace if you want to check some sounds; the Thrill Jockey page for the album also includes streams of the tracks.