The definition that a reviewer on Uncut zine gave about the surprising Norwegian drummer Erland Dahlen - a "one-man band-in-a-box sounds fuller and imaginative than many 'post-rock' quartets" - seems to be confirmed by his second solo output. Named after a set of bells engineered by the legendary instrument-maker Pete Engelhart, that Erland plays in many moments of this album together with traditional and less conventional instruments - including a set of cake moulds and springs built by Hallvard W.Hagen (one leg of Xploding Plastix), a sort of "percussion bass" by Harald Hougaardand and a wind up wood with elastic band built by Kenny Wollesen -, "Blossom Bells" rekindles the flame of the acknowledged oestrus of this musician, who manages to combine a penchant for new sound and a remarkable way of shuffling different styles. The way by which he sprays his drumming sessions by means of krautrock, ambient music, contemporary music, soundtrack-like music and drones into a blend of dark-spotted rock-inspired energy is so catchy that he wouldn't really need a so meticulous focus on sound, which is a detail that doesn't corrupt the genuine hooks and the pizzazz of his meaningful pastiche. Likewise his previous solo album "Rolling Bomber", "Blossom Bells" got exclusively played by Erland, but on this occasion he involved both Johnny Skalleberg, who partially recorded the album at Oslo Klang, as well as his long-lasting mates Xploding Plastix - Jens Petter Nilsen and Hallvard Wennersberg Hagen...besides the borrowing of the above-mentioned bizarre set of percussions, there are some similarities with their sound in tracks like "Pipe" -, who recorded the other half of the album at Coffee Fabric. Masterfully mastered by Helge Sten at Audio Virus Lab, this musical pearl is a must-have.