Sleigh Bells: Treats

^ oh man, i love that jam so much. used to be on MTV all the time in, like, 98

dude you should check out this remix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUKCQfLY7nQ

looooool

I think they're alright. Novelty wears off after repeated exposure. Marnie/Deerhoof/Ponytail comparisons are otm, plus I guess they seem to me like the next step in indie interpolations of modern R+B, following from the Dirty Projectors, The XX, Hot Chip, Discovery etc.

"the ting tings it's ok to like" still the most otm statement about this band

so what puts them in the "ok to like" category & the Ting Tings in the "not ok to like" category

not nme hype band

maybe because this doesn't sound like the ting tings

(and i like that one ting tings song)

i'm always interested in looking at the factors that lead to the acceptance or rejection of a band by a given group

ksh.xls

ting tings vocals, for one, are way more obnoxious (ke$ha-like, almost)

feelin' like ".xls" is another ILX meme I'm unaware of. care to explain?

so so so so so so so true about vocals xp

ksh.xls is a spreadsheet containing choice quotes and statistics iirc

Bummer that we don't get a 'proper' version of Ring Ring on the album.

I'm with plax on them not being the antithesis of chillwave or all about the 'in yr face'ness of it all. Beach Girls and Ring Ring etc. have a pretty summertime chill vibe in the vocals. I forget who described it as like...bike riding music, but that seems pretty apt to my ears.

(I mean, not A/B Machines or Treats clearly but some of their stuff has a pretty chill vibe to it.)

*Tell 'Em not Treats.

i feel like the spiritual forefathers of sleigh bells are marnie stern & ponytail, and also like... run dmc & salt n pepa

― J0rdan S., Sunday, May 2, 2010 4:16 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

this is otm. i like how juicy and ripe this band is. it's almost to an absurd extent, like how far they go for your satisfaction and enjoyment.

Just saw them open for Yeasayer.

YOWZA. Basically. Louder than on record...new tracks possibly that have massive guitar lines and Alexis just sort of screaming (daintily) into the microphone. She's pure energy, running and shaking and getting in yr face as an audience but kind of coquettish too. By the time their set was over I had sweat through my shirt.

sorry i missed it!

she sounds insufferable

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrjueHZpmWQ

They're pretty unbearable to me, imo.

they just sound really shticky to me. unlike Jesus + Mary Chain, or even Raveonettes, their combo sounds totally unnecessary. i'd love to hear Sleigh Bells minus distortion.

eh i think that the fact that the distortion is like lossy low kbps instead of overdriven amps is kinda novel enough to be worth a mention.

Just listening to the P4K best new track now, it is going to sound dated in about 6 months. That doesn't mean they won't make a fun summer album though.

eh i think that the fact that the distortion is like lossy low kbps instead of overdriven amps is kinda novel enough to be worth a mention.

― plax (ico

I see no reason a band simulating what my laptop speakers sound like to be worthy of this much praise.

eh i think that the fact that the distortion is like lossy low kbps instead of overdriven amps is kinda novel enough to be worth a mention.

― plax (ico), Monday, May 3, 2010 11:12 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Just listening to the P4K best new track now, it is going to sound dated in about 6 months. That doesn't mean they won't make a fun summer album though.

― skip, Wednesday, May 5, 2010 7:18 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark

Wavves 2010?

rign ring

bananphone

Did this ever even leak? It's out tomorrow.

Maybe not.

Twitter agrees: it's out tomorrow, and it hasn't leaked yet. Awesome.

i am looking forward to illegally downloading and listening to this album tomorrow morning

http://images.philsfiles.info/napster-lars.jpg

;-)

P.S.: Best New Music, 9.2

That's my guess.

Oh man I just heard that youtube of "ring ring".. I don't get what all the fuss is about. What garbage.

van smackdown

If nothing else, pretty impressive that a heavily hyped band can avoid the leak this long. Is it only out digitally tomorrow? That may explain why.

Insound & Amazon have the CD listed for June 22

Pitchfork news update from April 28 says "comes out May 11 via Mom + Pop and M.I.A.'s N.E.E.T. imprint"

The song kicks off Treats, Sleigh Bells' debut LP, which comes out May 11 via Mom + Pop and M.I.A.'s N.E.E.T. imprint.

http://pitchfork.com/news/38634-new-sleigh-bells-tell-em/

Alright y'all, I think jon may be right:

http://twitter.com/MomAndPopMusic/statuses/13742434860

No wonder it never leaked. If you scroll down on the main page of that Twitter account, it says it's out on iTunes tomorrow.

ugh fuck waiting until june

yah wont even be cool by then i mean

The 'Clean' version is on itunes for 6 bucks. but from what i can hear nothing is censored so maybe it was all clean anyway. good stuff thus far, although none of the new stuff beats the original six demos.

P.S.: Best New Music, 9.2

― ksh, Monday, May 10, 2010 9:25 PM (1 hour ago)

That's my guess.

― ksh, Monday, May 10, 2010 9:25 PM (1 hour ago)

I like this game. Best New Music 8.5 -- I'll be damned if they rate it higher than The National, their fav. indie pet band of the last 3 years or so.