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| 1. Windstorm |
| 2. Heart Is Strange |
| 3. Dust Devil |
| 4. I L U |
| 5. Babelonia |
| 6. Joviann |
| 7. Camarilla |
| 8. Dial |
| 9. Bye Bye Bye |
| 10. The Wait |
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It was an album almost four years in the making, but considering the trio's–Secret Machines' Benjamin Curtis with On!Air!Library!'s Alejandra and Claudia Deheza–disparate, almost haphazard collaborations, the end result, arguably, should never have been as ornate and intriguing as it turned out to be.
With the band now considerably more settled, the release of Disconnect from Desire is confirmation that SVIIB's meticulous balance between the spiritual and choral has reached a confident, polished plateau.
There's still the mesmerism of Alejandra's voice, interlaced with heavy, honeyed harmonies and bold, complex chord structures. At times, though, her waif-like wail can't mask the needless propensity for throwaway 80s synths on tracks like the meaningless Camarila.
Coupled with a noticeably approachable mainstream sheen, and the occasional expansive thundering of Curtis's Secret Machines days (minus the candy kitsch vocals, of course), Disconnect... heaves with all the mysticism of its predecessor but finds a heightened reliance on clean transitions between beguiling, dreamy pop and flowing shoegaze.
From its ethereal opener to the dirty electro skirmishing of The Wait, it's also an album confident in its contrasts as tracks flawlessly ease and shift between clinical pop purity and desolate, sighing dynamics. Deheza continually lends the album a wide-eyed finesse, her lavish voice gloriously curling around opaque melodies on the forlorn, M83-esque ILU and the sweet vocal play of Windstorm.
Capable of evoking the unearthly divinity of previous tour mates Blonde Redhead, and summoning all-consuming soundscapes to add some mettle to said splendour, this offers further evidence that SVIIB's ability to create lucid, breathless music of inexorable beauty was glorious the first time round. But here they go further. Now it seems innate.
--Reef YounisFind more music at the BBC This link will take you off Amazon in a new window
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Throughout Disconnect From Desire, both of the Deheza Sisters are in fine voice, whilst Benjamin Curtis' sonic soundscapes are moulded fully to the vocals establishing a rounded, but concise sound that has little in common with the sub-prog bombast of his previous band, Secret Machines. In some ways School of Seven Bells reflects his musical vision more accurately than other previous musical projects, and as such is probably the reason his band are so seductive.
The special edition is basically a black printed box, some exclusive "tarot" cards[ in other words lyric sheets!], and a cd in a card sleeve. Whilst it is very appealing, i would have preferred another disc with audio or visual content.
It could be that School of Seven Bells willingness to take minor musical risks makes them so irresistable, but anyone who enjoyed their debut album will find much to charm them on this fine second outing.
That did the trick & this CD was ordered.
1st impressions???????
Truly awesome stuff.
Beautiful ethereal vocals, shimmering electronics & a thudding rhythm track.
Gorgeous.
All the detail has been given by the previous reviewers, so all there is to add is this is just a stunning piece of work.
At this (or any price) this CD is a must have.
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