August 22, 2008

New School Of Seven Bells - "Connjur"

thubmnail icon: New School Of Seven Bells - "Connjur"

More goodness from Brooklyn's School Of Seven Bells. "Connjur" is the second listen offered up from the forthcoming their full-length debut Alpinisms. It's cut of the same dream-pop blueprint laid out by the album's fantastic premiere cut "Half Asleep" -- silken vocals from On!Air!Library! twins Alejandra and Claudia Deheza, streaked over grooves and gliding guitars courtesy of ax-man/ex-Secret Machiner Ben Curtis. There's less pitch-shifted evil in the guitar undertones this time, though; "Connjur" takes off and stays clear and storm free. Journos coined motorik for krautrock's pulse recalling Autobahn-styled highway driving, and by that logic we can probably find something fitting SVIIB. Flightorik? No, because that's horrible. But if you come up with a term for a pulse that makes you feel like you're flying in IMAX, I'll use it here.

School Of Seven Bells - "Connjur" (MP3)

Both "Connjur" and "Half Asleep" are featured on SVIIB's debut Alpinisms, which is out 10/28 via Ghostly. The trio have a few fall tourdates without M83:

10/17 - Pontiac, MI @ The Crofoot
10/18 - Kalamazoo, MI @ State Theater

But mostly with M83:
11/11 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
11/12 - Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall
11/13 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat
11/14 - New York City, NY @ Webster Hall
11/15 - Philadelphia, PA @ Starlite
11/16 - Northhampton, MA @ Pearl Street
11/18 - Boston, MA @ Middle East Downstairs
11/19 - Montreal, QC @ Studio
11/20 - Toronto, ON @ Opera House
11/21 - Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
11/22 - Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock
11/25 - Seattle, WA @ Neumo's
11/26 - Vancouver, BC @ Richard's on Richards
11/27 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
11/28 - San Fransisco, CA @ The Fillmore
11/29 - Los Angeles, CA @ Fonda Theatre

Posted at 6:09 PM by amrit in MP3
Tags: School Of Seven Bells