Belly - Bees

180-gram double LP w/ new artwork designed by the band

A brand-new collection of B-sides compiled by the band

Mastered and cut to lacquers at Sam Phillips Recording Studio in Memphis

Includes unique covers of Hendrix, Flying Burrito Brothers, and Harry Nilsson tracks

Rare EP tracks that have never been compiled on full-length vinyl

Numbered edition limited to the number of preorders received

Belly is an alternative rock band formed in Rhode Island in 1991. The original line up was Tanya Donelly on vocals and guitar, Fred Abong on bass, and brothers Tom and Chris Gorman on guitar and drums respectively. All four original members knew each other from high-school. Donelly had previously been a member of two Boston-based indie rock bands, Throwing Muses and The Breeders. The band's debut EP, Slow Dust (1992), made it to No. 1 on the United Kingdom indie chart. Soon after, their single "Feed the Tree" made the Top 40 in the U.K. Singles Chart and their first album, Star (1993), hit No. 2 on the U.K. Albums Chart. In the United States, the album was RIAA certified gold, largely based on the success of "Feed the Tree" on Modern Rock radio stations and MTV, where the video was featured as part of MTV's Buzz Bin videos and Alternative Nation video show for much of 1993.

Belly was nominated for two Grammys in 1994: Best New Artist and Best Alternative Music Performance for Star. The album went on to sell over 800,000 copies in the US alone. In early 1993, they embarked on a ‘joint headliner' tour with Radiohead. Following a short warm up tour of smaller venues in the UK also in early 1993, they embarked upon a larger tour where they were supported by the Cranberries. Just after the release of Star, bassist Fred Abong left and was replaced by Gail Greenwood. Greenwood was originally a guitar player in a Boston-area metal band before being recruited to play bass in Belly. Belly appeared on the April 20, 1995 cover of Rolling Stone magazine. The band also performed "Super Connected" on the Late Show with David Letterman in June that year. It was one of the band's last major U.S television appearances.

In the summer of 1995, Belly was one of the support bands in Europe for R.E.M. on their world tour, then finished out the year extensively touring the US with Catherine Wheel and Jewel as support acts. In 1996, Donelly broke up the band. After the break-up Tanya Donelly started a successful solo career and has since released several solo albums. Greenwood went on to stints playing bass for L7 and for Bif Naked, while playing guitar in her own Rhode Island-based band Benny Sizzler. Tom Gorman played briefly with Buffalo Tom, then on tour in 1999 with Kristin Hersh before joining up with his brother Chris in a commercial photography business based in New York City.

On February 8, 2016, the band launched an official web site announcing a limited summer reunion tour with dates in the U.K., Ireland and the U.S. In advance of the tour, the band performed two warm-up shows in their hometown of Newport, Rhode Island on July 8 and 9, the band's first live appearances since 1995. On October 26, 2017 the band released their cover of "Hushabye Mountain" as an exclusive download on now-defunct Pledgemusic — their first new recording in over 20 years. The rare EP tracks collected on this new Run Out Groove release were chosen and sequenced by the band and are making their debut on full-length vinyl.

Side 1

1. Dancing Gold

2. Star (full band version)

3. Dream On Me

4. Sweet Ride

5. Trust In Me

Side 2

1. Diamond Rib Cage

2. Sexy S

3. Baby’s Arm

4. Broken

5. It’s Not Unusual (Ivo’s Mix)

Side 3

1. Are You Experienced?

2. Spaceman

3. Hot Burrito #1

4. Think About Your Troubles

5. Hushabye Mountain

Side 4

1. Lilith

2. John Dark

3. Judas Mon Coeur (French version)

4. Thief

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