Blog: Stereogum

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 [...]