Debut Album 'Alpinisms' Out Now
To coincide with the start of their first ever UK tour, Brooklyn dream pop trio School Of Seven Bells have confirmed details of more headline shows in May. Their enchanting debut album ‘Alpinisms’ is also out now on Full Time Hobby.
The new headline May dates follow on from previously announced support shows with White Lies and include a show at London’s ULU. School of Seven Bells are also set to support Bat For Lashes in April.
School Of Seven Bells is the collective work of Benjamin Curtis, ex-guitarist from the Secret Machines and identical twin sisters Alejandra and Claudia Deheza, previously of ambient post-rockers On! Air! Library! and occasional collaborators with Prefuse 73. The band themselves are named after the mythical South American pickpocket academy, the School Of Seven Bells which may or may not have existed in the 1980s, according to a late night documentary Alejandra once caught on US television. The tracks on ‘Alpinisms’ are written as secret missives between the School’s imaginary seven members and introduce us into the dizzyingly inclusive fantasy world of Benjamin, Claudia and Alejandra.
The eleven songs on ‘Alpinisms’ reflect this passion for purity and the pursuit of enlightenment, each building up to an ecstatic crescendo. ‘Alpinisms’ is an electronically enhanced pop record of dizzying highs and claustrophobic lows, whose painstaking conception shows in its detail-laden crevices. Throughout, the whole heavenly affair is tethered to the ground with a glitchy, tribal thwomp.
With influences spread as far and wide as My Bloody Valentine, 80’s electro-pop one hit wonder Debbie Deb (who is having a bit of a revival recently after being remixed by cult DJ and producer Duke Dumont) to obscure prog rockers Gentle Giant and Colombia’s number one diva Toto La Momposina, the School Of Seven Bells’ sound is as schizophrenic as it is blissful. While the three band members remain abstract and experimental in their approach to writing, the result is always glorious ethereal pop music of epic proportions.
The new headline May dates follow on from previously announced support shows with White Lies and include a show at London’s ULU. School of Seven Bells are also set to support Bat For Lashes in April.
Here are those new May dates:
Tues 12th Norwich Arts Centre
01603 660352 / www.norwichartscentre.co.uk
Wed 13th Sheffield Harley (Drowned in Sound show)
0114 2752288 / www.wegottickets.com
Thurs 14th London ULU / www.livenation.co.uk
Fri 15th Birmingham Rainbow
0871 230 0010 /www.seetickets.com
01603 660352 / www.norwichartscentre.co.uk
Wed 13th Sheffield Harley (Drowned in Sound show)
0114 2752288 / www.wegottickets.com
Thurs 14th London ULU / www.livenation.co.uk
Fri 15th Birmingham Rainbow
0871 230 0010 /www.seetickets.com
And here are details of all SVIIB’s live dates leading up to the May headline shows:
Debut UK headline tour:
February
23rd Dublin Whelens
24th Glasgow Captain's Rest
25th Leeds Cockpit
26th London Cargo – sold out
27th Manchester Night & Day
28th Bristol Start The Bus
1st Mar Brighton Audio
Debut UK headline tour:
February
23rd Dublin Whelens
24th Glasgow Captain's Rest
25th Leeds Cockpit
26th London Cargo – sold out
27th Manchester Night & Day
28th Bristol Start The Bus
1st Mar Brighton Audio
Supporting Bat For Lashes:
April
7th Manchester The Ritz
8th Glasgow Queen Margaret Union
9th Newcastle Stage 2, Northumbria University
11th Leeds Metropolitan University
12th Birmingham Town Hall
13th Oxford The Regal
15th Bristol Anson Rooms
16th Brighton Corn Exchange
17th London Shepherds Bush Empire, London
White Lies support dates:
May
3rd Leeds Metropolitan University (upgraded)
4th Glasgow, Barrowlands (upgraded)
5th Manchester, Academy (upgraded)
7th London, Heaven - sold out
8th London, Heaven - sold out
April
7th Manchester The Ritz
8th Glasgow Queen Margaret Union
9th Newcastle Stage 2, Northumbria University
11th Leeds Metropolitan University
12th Birmingham Town Hall
13th Oxford The Regal
15th Bristol Anson Rooms
16th Brighton Corn Exchange
17th London Shepherds Bush Empire, London
White Lies support dates:
May
3rd Leeds Metropolitan University (upgraded)
4th Glasgow, Barrowlands (upgraded)
5th Manchester, Academy (upgraded)
7th London, Heaven - sold out
8th London, Heaven - sold out
School Of Seven Bells is the collective work of Benjamin Curtis, ex-guitarist from the Secret Machines and identical twin sisters Alejandra and Claudia Deheza, previously of ambient post-rockers On! Air! Library! and occasional collaborators with Prefuse 73. The band themselves are named after the mythical South American pickpocket academy, the School Of Seven Bells which may or may not have existed in the 1980s, according to a late night documentary Alejandra once caught on US television. The tracks on ‘Alpinisms’ are written as secret missives between the School’s imaginary seven members and introduce us into the dizzyingly inclusive fantasy world of Benjamin, Claudia and Alejandra.
The eleven songs on ‘Alpinisms’ reflect this passion for purity and the pursuit of enlightenment, each building up to an ecstatic crescendo. ‘Alpinisms’ is an electronically enhanced pop record of dizzying highs and claustrophobic lows, whose painstaking conception shows in its detail-laden crevices. Throughout, the whole heavenly affair is tethered to the ground with a glitchy, tribal thwomp.
With influences spread as far and wide as My Bloody Valentine, 80’s electro-pop one hit wonder Debbie Deb (who is having a bit of a revival recently after being remixed by cult DJ and producer Duke Dumont) to obscure prog rockers Gentle Giant and Colombia’s number one diva Toto La Momposina, the School Of Seven Bells’ sound is as schizophrenic as it is blissful. While the three band members remain abstract and experimental in their approach to writing, the result is always glorious ethereal pop music of epic proportions.
“Perfect autumnal dream-pop” The Guardian
“Ethereal electronic loveliness” NME
“Brooding yet beautiful electronica” Dazed & Confused
“Heavenly dream-pop” Sunday Times
School of Seven Bells on MySpace Music
“Ethereal electronic loveliness” NME
“Brooding yet beautiful electronica” Dazed & Confused
“Heavenly dream-pop” Sunday Times
School of Seven Bells on MySpace Music
