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School of Seven Bells | Format: Audio CD
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School of Seven Bells (often just SVIIB) is a three-piece band formed by Benjamin Curtis of Secret Machines, together with identical twins Alejandra and Claudia Deheza, formerly of On! Air! Library!. The band is named after the School of the Seven Bells, a mythical South American pickpocket training academy.

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  • Audio CD (10 Nov 2008)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Full Time Hobby
  • ASIN: B001JJY7L4
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 28,829 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Songs from this album are available to purchase as MP3s. Click on "Buy MP3" or view the MP3 Album.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Iamundernodisguise 3:47£0.69
Listen  2. Face To Face On High Places 4:40£0.69
Listen  3. Half Asleep 4:20£0.69
Listen  4. Wired For Light 4:57£0.69
Listen  5. For Kalaja Mari 4:17£0.69
Listen  6. White Elephant Coat 4:17£0.69
Listen  7. Connjur 4:39£0.69
Listen  8. Sempiternal/Amaranth11:26£0.69
Listen  9. Chain 4:22£0.69
Listen10. Prince Of Peace 3:05£0.69
Listen11. My Cabal 5:08£0.69

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BBC Review

Tired of pop rock? Electro just not doing it for you? Then why not resurrect that old genre 'Shoegaze'? It neatly describes ethereal ditties best executed by achingly-cool NYC threesome School Of Seven Bells. The trio left two other bands behind to form SVIIB, but it was SO worth it - in Alpinisms they've created the soundtrack to the Noughties dreamer generation.

Maybe it's the fact that they've already cut their musical teeth - twins Alejandra and Claudia with NYC experimentalists On! Air! Library!, while Benjamin left not just a rock band but his brother behind when he quit Secret Machines. Maybe it's their unconventional methods! with melody second to lyrics, and songs created inside the home studio in which all three live. Whatever it is, it's working.

Already causing a stir in the States, the Alpinisms special edition about to be released in the UK includes two extra tracks - swelling an already sterling cast of eleven. Bizarrely, the opening bars of Iamundernodisguise bring to mind Clannad - before the hypnotic, tripping, pulsating beat and synth chorus kick in! and kick your legs out from under you.

You can't help but wonder if this is what the Mamas & Papas would be churning out now. SVIIB's sound is a cacophony of noise, but it's good, solid, soothing noise. Skipping beats close to hip hop punch a Morse code of bassline through dreamy, soaring vocally harmonies and pillowy, layered synths.

It's far from monotonous, more eclectic - Sempiternal Amaranth could belong to Hot Chip and the brilliant Prince Of Peace to M.I.A., while White Elephant Coat transports you to another level entirely with its White Stripes-esque bass guitar riffs and twitchy cymbals. But they also excel at their own sound - see Wired For Light, Chain and Connjur, which could just be the perfect song.

This is without doubt an album for a post-9/11 world. Yes, it may be dreamy and abstract but the overriding feeling you're left with is one of complete and utter euphoria. Who wouldn't want to feel that in these troubled times? --Sophie Bruce

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
very good 26 May 2009
Format:Audio CD
i baught this CD after watching bat for lashes live at the O2 academy with school of seven bells supporting, and they have certainly changed my opinions on support bands they came on to the stage with agreeably not a lot of stage presence and started playing the first track of this album! Iamundernodisguise and this song completely blew the audience away! the duel vocals thought the majority of this album are purely mesmerising and really very effective.. i don't know what to describe there stile as, genres included, post rock, shoe gazing (most accurate), a few hints of electronica, wkipedia's description of dream pop,, is i guess accurate in a way..
any way check them out on you tube seems the best way to come up with an opinion for your self!
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9 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Stunning Debut 20 Nov 2008
Format:Audio CD
This album has blown me away.
Synthy Shoegaze Pop music that steadily hypnotizes you.
The guy in this band used to be in Secret Machines and the 2 twin girl singers voices sounds amazing together.
i'm pretty much addicted to this album. Can't wait to see them live.
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0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Bit of a Curate's Egg 30 Oct 2010
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Can only describe this as a good, rather than great, album. The definite standout tracks are 'Half Asleep', 'Wired for Light' and 'My Cabal' which are undeniably lovely with the twin singers' voices used to great effect. There's also quite a nice Eastern Wall of Sound feel to other tracks that reminds me a lot of Curve's Doppelganger album. The lyrics are also a bit trite a lot of the time, which is a shame, because it really detracts from the songs. Certainly worth a listen, and good to come back to from time to time, but I can't help feeling they've got the potential to do something much more consistently good than this.
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