Sleigh Bells: Treats

I think keeping the songs short really works in their favor; they're all just long enough to get the idea across, and then they end before they start dragging

This is very true, plus the album itself is like the perfect length for this sort of thing. I think "Rachel" is really the only mis-step.

oh but I love "Rachel", it's the song on the album where the vocals sound the most like Lush

Maybe I need to give it a few more gos, considering how long it took for some of the other songs on here to really catch me.

so glad someone for the top 77 song thread and nakhchivan for suggesting these guys/this album to me.

this is exactly what I was looking for. something noisy, rhythmic, and with pop sensibility. and it's a short listen to boot so no getting burnt out.

idk im pretty burnt out on it

Took forever for me to get past the sound of it (or, more accurately, the purposely poor recording of it). But once I did, I really got into it. Still haven't overplayed it or anything, so it'll probably stay fresh for a while.

entirely expected myself to burn out on this stupid album but half a year later i still think it's beautiful.

lol @ having that entire massive noisy/rhythmic recommendations thread, then for the #1 satisfying answer to be sleigh bells

i don't tend to burn out easy as I go through 10 new albums a week these days, so at most I get 2-3 listens in of any one thing in a week

lol @ilxor well it was mostly cuz I actually thought nakh's answer was a joke answer cuz it was lowercase, and not the name of a group (it is a pretty ridic name)

xpost by 'new' i mean 'new to me'

no worries, i think it's good stuff!

Took forever for me to get past the sound of it (or, more accurately, the purposely poor recording of it). But once I did, I really got into it. Still haven't overplayed it or anything, so it'll probably stay fresh for a while.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, January 27, 2011 4:01 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

i was on the cusp of having burned out on treats a while back, so i deliberately shelved it for several months in order to preserve the last drops of freshness. listened to several tracks this afternoon after saying on the 2010 tracks poll thread that i wasn't so into it anymore and was surprised to find that i still loved almost everything about them. it's like candy: easy to get sick of, but amazing if you haven't had any in a while.

they done a pop video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP_ChuxYg8o

thx for the youtube, everywhere else is featuring the unavailable-in-the-UK MTV one.

I saw them last week and had a huge amount of fun, unsurprisingly their thing works well when delivered exuberantly and at an unspeakably high volume (sure it's a bit of theatrics as much as anything, but four Marshall stacks is still pretty O_O ).

I was vehemently anti-"SLAY" bells, and still am in regards to their hit singles . And I won't start this off by the "shock-twist" that, surprise, now I'm a fan! I'm not. But A/B machines probably was one of my most listened to tracks last week... I cannot deny they have an ear for (slightly trashy) upfront melody.

p.s. that video is absolutely horrible

p.p.s like tennis, they are another band that infuriates me w/ it's "boy meets girl in unusual way" story. gimme a break.

p.p.p.s of that kit kat bar

every individual part of that video is so potentially cool and then none of them have anything to do with each other and just fall into a jumbled pile of arch badass signifiers. still <3 these guys tho.

so in other words it's a typical music video

Hate this band, hate this video

so in other words it's a typical music video

i'm a utopianist

solitary car travels thru desert while actor plays with wind. i'm not even sure how many music videos i've seen that in and think it deserves its own thread.

I mean these guys are so much about image sometimes that it makes me want to choke myself. They have always seemed to me like the type of band a bad comic book writer would come up with.

lol what

Like, "Oh right, perfect here: pretty girl who sings nice but wears LEATHER JACKETS AND SHIT matches up with totally sensitiveemobro who can play guitar REALL LOUD YO. They totally should be playing in the scene where Terry fights those bad guys in Batman Beyond. INFINITY GUITARS WHOA_OH_OH"

Wait was Batman Beyond even a comic book?

so this is basically about "why don't you ever buy that Heavy Metal Shop hoodie, dude?" with the answer being "idk, but I still love you lots SLC" with a secondary theme of "hey, Alexis is looking super hot here." in other words, a very good music video.

d of d maybe you should just work on listening to music and not worrying what ppl are wearing?

You're totally on-point, just cracking wise. Musically, I just can't seem to get incredibly excited about these guys ever-- I like "Rill Rill" well enough but compared to how others hold it, I just find it unremarkable. I dunno, it seems like the sort of thing I'm totally surprised to see popular but at the same time not at all.

Generally, I take a "glad people can still make money off of music, at least" stance with these kind of artists when I'm not drinking (I am), so I guess you could assume that's my true "heart of hearts" take.

first time i heard rill rill it was a total O_o moment. i couldn't figure out why a segment of a summer relaxation album you can buy at bed, bath & beyond and set on infinite loop was being heralded as one of the greatest songs of the year. the song needs some kind of arc, *something* to make things interesting and the last 45seconds as worthwhile listening as the first 45. it's just the same thing, monotonous after the initial appeal has waned.

d of d maybe you should just work on listening to music and not worrying what ppl are wearing?

idk abt any1 else but this seems like a p joyless thing to say to me. abt as conservative as saying we all start buying sheet music instead of dling singles.

xpost you can buy Maggot Brain at Bed, Bath and Beyond?

i was gonna say!

idk abt any1 else but this seems like a p joyless thing to say to me. abt as conservative as saying we all start buying sheet music instead of dling singles.

― plax (ico), Friday, January 28, 2011 4:19 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark

well i think ppl find remarkably joyless ways to dismiss music on non-musical bases so

abt as conservative as saying we all start buying sheet music instead of dling singles.

― plax (ico), Friday, January 28, 2011 1:19 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark

no really, writing music/people off cuz they're dressed wrong = the apex of pinched, joyless conservatism, no way around that

lot of joylessness going around

fair cop, haven't had any coffee yet

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^^^ SLAY FUKKIN BELLS!

idk i just this its a small step from this to dismissing everything that isnt "the music" and then its like well why do bands bother dressing certain ways and developing an artwork aesthetic etc. etc. etc.? i mean ppl talk about how a song finally clicked when they saw the music video so theres always more involved than just to the sound of the music itself and to say otherwise strikes me as a kind of pop greenbergianism

yah that's fair and it's something i could deal w/coming from you (bcuz i know you know what youre talking about) but in general if ppl want to go there i'm going to tell them to step their game up yknow?

like, if the post i was responding to was coherent i would not have said that

lol hi-5

:)

in general if ppl want to go there i'm going to tell them to step their game up yknow?

yeah this. "lol u think ur so cool, u wear a leather jacket rock n roll lol," is such a cheap dismissal. not saying that style is irrelevant, or that we should hear the pure music in isolation or w/e.

stepping it up to heaven in 2011

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mZ4x5p0sAZc/S9_wDfihBiI/AAAAAAAAErc/R_-Keabg0lw/s1600/meist2.jpg

we did a remix of this, pretty well-received, many hearts on hypem, plenty blog interest etc. have a listen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THS46-kU6FI

320 here http://soundcloud.com/clubclique/sleigh-bells-rill-rill-clique-newtrends-remix

Almost can't believe I bought tickets for them considering I ragged on them so much a year ago - but they definitely grew on me. I've been trying to figure out what steps in evolution were necessary, but really it just came to that one day I found myself liking them way, way more than I used to.

Anyway, saw them last night here in Denver. They definitely know how to give a fucking performance. YouTube videos seem to give off a bit of sloppiness - it didn't even seem remotely apparent here, the songs were so perfect at times I was wondering if the guitar was just sampled as well. I'm not VERY familiar with Treats, but I'm pretty sure they played a newer song... that was just OK. It was faster than anything I've heard from them, but really lacked in a clear melody - the type that defines so much of their other work.

Me and and Alexis made eye-contact so many times I'm kinda confused as to why I'm on ilxor right now and not sleeping in her tour bus. It sorta helps that I was the tallest person in a roomful of excessively exuberant 16 year olds.

If anybody else sees them, could you tell note what they were wearing? The same plaid jacket Derek is seen in in a hell of a lot of promo pictures he wore here. Alexis had on a Sleigh Bells jersey - which also retailed at the front - and made me realize was one of the most ingenious marketing "strategies" I've ever seen. Girls gobbled that shit up, it seemed like everyone had one by show's end.