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Hailing from southern California, Becky Otárola (née Hostetler) created bellhoss in 2017 after relocating to Denver, Colorado. She began as a solo artist and eventually grew to collaborate with other people, bands, producers, and more. With a sound reminiscent of Waxahatchee, ALVVAYS, and Soccer Mommy, bellhoss sits in a purgatory between folk and DIY punk, writing songs for herself and for people who keep secrets.
bellhoss has shared the stage with the likes of Black Belt Eagle Scout, Ratboys, Post Animal, Girlpool, Stef Chura, Molly Burch, Esmé Patterson, Kiltro, Strange Ranger, Adam Faucett, Angelo de Augustine, Many Rooms, and more. Despite the relative newness of the project, Hostetler has already managed to tour extensively around the western US, from Phoenix to LA to Honolulu.
The geraniums EP, bellhoss' highly anticipated debut release, came out in the summer of 2019. It was immediately preceded by a music video for the EP’s single (geraniums #2) which was filmed in local bar, Ft. Greene, and included a dance number and more flamingos than anyone thought possible. Both projects are a testament to the community Hostetler has cultivated over the past several years, as well as the team she assembled throughout the creation of this release. The EP itself was recorded and mixed by Malena Roberts, who also played bass and sang backup vocals. Payden Widner mastered the EP while playing guitar with the group.
“From the vocal-harmonic Irish folk feel of “Geraniums #1” to the bare intimacy of “Heart Apart,” Geraniums offers a soundtrack to both the golden hour sheen of June afternoons and the somber summer nights which follow. But the bread and butter of the record is Hostetler’s direct, unpolished “everyman” vocal. It’s raw, driving beauty allows Geraniums to flourish.” — Kevin Johnston, Bandwagon Magazine
Throughout the chaos COVID-19 created in 2020, Hostetler stayed busy and creative. She collaborated on a short film with Shelby Rahe to the sound of songs written during the stay-at-home orders throughout the pandemic, called Hiding, released in July 2021, which went on to win Best Music Video at Santorini Film Festival in 2023. Additionally, bellhoss is working with producer Joe Reinhart, owner of Headroom Studios and guitarist for Hop Along, on an EP to be released in 2024. The first single from the EP was released with a music video July 28 and is called "Better Now".
Currently, the live bellhoss lineup features Neil McCormick on bass, Michael Everett on drums, Nirantha Balagopal on lead guitar and Sarah Ault on backing vocals.
bellhoss specializes in puppy birthday parties (alongside run-of-the-mill sad dog birthday clowns) and government acronyms. Say hello at [email protected].
bellhoss has shared the stage with the likes of Black Belt Eagle Scout, Ratboys, Post Animal, Girlpool, Stef Chura, Molly Burch, Esmé Patterson, Kiltro, Strange Ranger, Adam Faucett, Angelo de Augustine, Many Rooms, and more. Despite the relative newness of the project, Hostetler has already managed to tour extensively around the western US, from Phoenix to LA to Honolulu.
The geraniums EP, bellhoss' highly anticipated debut release, came out in the summer of 2019. It was immediately preceded by a music video for the EP’s single (geraniums #2) which was filmed in local bar, Ft. Greene, and included a dance number and more flamingos than anyone thought possible. Both projects are a testament to the community Hostetler has cultivated over the past several years, as well as the team she assembled throughout the creation of this release. The EP itself was recorded and mixed by Malena Roberts, who also played bass and sang backup vocals. Payden Widner mastered the EP while playing guitar with the group.
“From the vocal-harmonic Irish folk feel of “Geraniums #1” to the bare intimacy of “Heart Apart,” Geraniums offers a soundtrack to both the golden hour sheen of June afternoons and the somber summer nights which follow. But the bread and butter of the record is Hostetler’s direct, unpolished “everyman” vocal. It’s raw, driving beauty allows Geraniums to flourish.” — Kevin Johnston, Bandwagon Magazine
Throughout the chaos COVID-19 created in 2020, Hostetler stayed busy and creative. She collaborated on a short film with Shelby Rahe to the sound of songs written during the stay-at-home orders throughout the pandemic, called Hiding, released in July 2021, which went on to win Best Music Video at Santorini Film Festival in 2023. Additionally, bellhoss is working with producer Joe Reinhart, owner of Headroom Studios and guitarist for Hop Along, on an EP to be released in 2024. The first single from the EP was released with a music video July 28 and is called "Better Now".
Currently, the live bellhoss lineup features Neil McCormick on bass, Michael Everett on drums, Nirantha Balagopal on lead guitar and Sarah Ault on backing vocals.
bellhoss specializes in puppy birthday parties (alongside run-of-the-mill sad dog birthday clowns) and government acronyms. Say hello at [email protected].
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About "I Love You":
"Such languid tones, chord heavy and sweet as a nut in terms of the way the riffs have been assembled like a lost Sparklehorse tune. Of course it would all fall down if the singing wasn’t a foil to all that feedback and in that department we are more than treated to angelic turns. ‘I Love You’ is simple but it has the depth to dial into our 90’s leaning desires to a degree that closing ones eyes and letting it wash all over you would seem the only outcome that makes sense."
-MP3 Hugger
"It’s got this fuzzy cavernous vibe to it, and the movement is just slow enough to let the melody sink into you."
-Austin Town Hall
"Such languid tones, chord heavy and sweet as a nut in terms of the way the riffs have been assembled like a lost Sparklehorse tune. Of course it would all fall down if the singing wasn’t a foil to all that feedback and in that department we are more than treated to angelic turns. ‘I Love You’ is simple but it has the depth to dial into our 90’s leaning desires to a degree that closing ones eyes and letting it wash all over you would seem the only outcome that makes sense."
-MP3 Hugger
"It’s got this fuzzy cavernous vibe to it, and the movement is just slow enough to let the melody sink into you."
-Austin Town Hall
About the 'Geraniums #2' music video:
"This brilliantly crafted video gives a taste of bellhoss’s musical poeticism and artistry in digging through the cringey, dark, and all too true themes of feeling different and feeling like you don’t see yourself in something."
-bolderbeat
"This brilliantly crafted video gives a taste of bellhoss’s musical poeticism and artistry in digging through the cringey, dark, and all too true themes of feeling different and feeling like you don’t see yourself in something."
-bolderbeat
About the 'Geraniums' EP:
"Geraniums offers a soundtrack to both the golden hour sheen of June afternoons and the somber summer nights which follow."
-Bandwagon Magazine
"Geraniums offers a soundtrack to both the golden hour sheen of June afternoons and the somber summer nights which follow."
-Bandwagon Magazine