Blog: play it as it lays

Looking back on 2009, I found it to be the year of lo-fi, feedback scuzzed out pop. Sleigh Bells are the final straw of confirmation, with a different, skewed angle on the lo-fi aesthetic. What I immediately wanted to know about "Crown on the Ground" was: is is it meant to be this distorted? It seems from the myspace that yes, it is, unless this is a terrible, terrible recording. However, they're recording an LP due later this year, and these are self-recorded demos, so the question remains. It seems they might be pushing the [...]

• Sleigh Bells - Crown On The Ground
• Sleigh Bells - Infinity Guitars