Audio By Carbonatix
Legend has it that the School of Seven Bells was a legendary
South American pickpocket academy.
Whether that’s a myth or not, it’s also the name of a young,
mystical-sounding Brooklyn-based band. Formed by graduates of The
Secret Machines (guitarist and Dallas native Ben Curtis) and
On! Air! Library! (twin-sister vocalists Claudia and
Alejandra Deheza), the band casts an alluring spell on its
recently released debut full-length, Alpinisms,
weaving together a hypnotic blend of shoegazing rock, dreamy
electro-pop and trance-dance hymns. At its lightest, the band sounds
like Enya with an edge, as the Deheza sisters’ airy vocals float
over gently pulsating beats. But when everything coalesces (on songs
like the majestic album closer, “My Cabal,” and the Middle
Eastern-accented “Wired for Light”), the exotic music transports
listeners to an otherworldly plane that swirls with ethereal grooves.
It will be interesting to see how the trio recreates its lushly
atmospheric sound live, with Curtis handling guitar and drum samples,
while Alejandra Deheza plays keyboards, and sister Claudia is on
guitar.
Co-headlining this bill is neo psych-rock outfit Black Moth Super
Rainbow. Local satanic disco duo Darktown Strutters
opens.
