
Given the pseudo krautrock guitar work he displayed in his former band, The Secret Machines , it wouldn't be unreasonable to anticipate Benjamin Curtis channeling the sonic mojo of Michael Rother in his new three-piece, School of Seven Bells , but as the first bars of the opening track "Iamundernodisguise" introduces Alpinisms with the combined chant of two vocalists who unfortunately sing in the same ethereal tone as the saccharine pop outfit The Corrs, hopeful expectations are soon annihilated in the first few seconds. Thankfully, when Curtis' guitars blast into the song a tasteful [...]