Video: Live at Lime with School of Seven Bells - "White Elephant Coat"

No one likes those a-holes who claim they were into bands waaaay before they became popular, so excuse us for sounding like one for this post. Way back in 2008, we fell hard for School of Seven Bells and their Ghostly International debut Alpinisms . So hard , in fact, we invited the band into the studio between their CMJ gigs to record some stripped-down versions of our favorite songs. Fast forward a few years and the band has signed to venerable indie label Vagrant, are appearing on Jimmy Fallon, and have stopped returning our calls. We [...]

Thanks to the fine work of The Yellow Stereo , I've been listening to School of Seven Bells' new album Disconnect from Desire all morning. The album is available (to stream) for the price of an e-mail address here , and it's really a lovely, dreamy sort of electro-pop, in the spirit of bands like M83, that just shines out with large, nuanced textures... Here's how the folks at Ghostly International describe the band's genesis: Like many bands before them, School of Seven [...]

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Last month during Austin's June-concertapalooza, School of Seven Bells hit up the Mohawk with Black Moth Super Rainbow. While we went to just about every GREAT concert last month ( Passion Pit , Animal Collective , Little Joy , CLUES , The Golden Filter/VEGA , Santigold , Grizzly Bear , St. Vincent , The Great Nostalgic & The Authors ), this was one we unfortunately missed! The band recently signed with Vagrant Records and will be re-releasing their 2008 debut, Alpinisms this upcoming Tuesday. [...]

Formed of ex-Secret Machines guitarist Benjamin Curtis and twin sisters Alejandra and Claudia Deheza, School Of Seven Bells have been building anticipation for their debut album since first emerging in early 2007. Named after a mythological Andean pickpocket academy , the Brooklyn trio create out-there songs, led beautifully by the Deheza sisters blood-harmony, crossing ethereal folk with prog-pop and electronics. Their sound is hard to pin down and crosses many periods of time, resulting in something akin to medieval folk ballads remixed by Kevin Shields (I said it was hard to pin down). 'Alpinisms' grows in briliance [...]