School of Seven Bells

I slipped these guys surreptitiously into my last post but now it's time to term the limelight upon them. Oo exciting.
I came across them by chance on the wonder that is Last.fm. I was trawling through god knows what and came across them god knows how but the important thing is I did.
School of Seven Bells or SVIIB formed many moons ago in 2007 after meeting at an Interpol gig. (They get massive bonus points for just that fact alone.) The band consists of twin sisters Alejandra and Claudia and Benjamin Curtis. I found lots of reviews and band blurbs describing them as ethereal and dreamy - yup pretty much. Abstract? Not so much. Reading the lyrics they're pretty fluid and usually make sense. According to an interview they did with nrp music, the band write the lyrics first and fit the music afterwards - whacky. To coin an overused but nicely fitting phrase 'they take me to another place'. Ta very much.

I bloody love them. Since I found out about them I had played them on Spotify to destruction and p
purchased their 2008 album Alpinisms (re-released July this year). Personal favourites include 'Iamundernodisguise' , 'White Elephant Coat' and this little beaut:



Go on, have a listen. Or maybe five million like myself.

SouthernHeart~

Listening to: School of Seven Bells - For Kalaja Mari