{{Short description|American instrumentalist and vocalist}} '''Less Bells''' is the stage name of '''Julie Carpenter''', a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist. She moved to Joshua Tree, California from Los Angeles, California.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Less Bells |url=https://lessbells.bandcamp.com/ |access-date=2026-05-06 |website=Less Bells |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kirk |first=Simon |date=2023-06-13 |title=Less Bells Interview: "The desert makes suggestions" |url=https://sun-13.com/2023/06/13/less-bells-interview-the-desert-makes-suggestions/ |access-date=2026-05-06 |website=Sun 13 |language=en-US}}</ref>
Prior to starting the Less Bells project, Carpenter worked with (performed, recorded, and/or composed) with The Autumns, Eels, Kenneth James Gibson, and The Brian Jonestown Massacre.<ref>[https://www.discogs.com/release/8515415-Kenneth-James-Gibson-The-Evening-Falls]. Discogs, Nov 17, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://exclaim.ca/music/article/less_bells-solifuge Solifuge review], Exclaim!</ref><ref>[https://www.tinymixtapes.com/news/less-bells-ambient-orchestrator-julie-carpenter-signs-kranky-announces-new-album-solifuge Less Bells (ambient orchestrator Julie Carpenter) signs with Kranky, announces new album Solifuge]. Tiny Mix Tapes, July 18, 2018.</ref> Carpenter signed with Kranky in 2018 and released ''Solifuge'', an album of electroacoustic music evoking the landscape of the Joshua Tree area.<ref>[https://www.popmatters.com/less-bells-solifuge-review-2599209378.html Solifuge review], Pop Matters</ref><ref>[https://echoesanddust.com/2018/09/less-bells-solifuge/ Solifuge review], Echoes and Dust</ref> In an interview with RTÉ, Carpenter described her music as "Electro Orchestral soundtracks for alternate universe Jodorowsky films about heroic but doomed women".<ref>[https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2020/0827/1161600-behind-the-music-julie-carpenter-less-bells/ Behind the Music: Julie Carpenter, Less Bells]. RTÉ, August 27, 2020.</ref> A sophomore follow-up for Kranky, ''Mourning Jewelry'', arrived in August 2020.<ref>[https://www.popmatters.com/less-bells-mourning-jewelry-review-2646953246.html Mourning Jewelry review], Pop Matters</ref>
==Discography== *''Solifuge'' (Kranky, 2018) *''Mourning Jewelry'' (Kranky, 2020) *''The Drowned Ground'' (Meadows Heavy Recorders, 2023)
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