Bells (The Band)

bells is an instrumental indie-post rock band that has shared the stage with a variety of notable acts such as the xx, mewithoutyou, caspian, rjd2, washed out, sea wolf, and august burns red. their music has also been featured on tv networks such as mtv and abc family, as well as product ads for htc, thinkgeek, lytro illum, and more. bells started with two friends, sean hennessey and jon hershey, who have been producing and performing music together since 2006. while initially still members of other bands august burns red and this or the apocalypse, it was impossible for the two to chase bells in any serious capacity until 2011. in 2011, bells wrote and recorded their version of “pangaea” for the deluxe edition of august burns red’s album “leveler” which broke into the top 10 rankings of billboard's top 200. in the months following the release of leveler, bells started writing and recording their first album at hennessey's studio in lancaster, pennsylvania. at this time, jon and sean a