A Thread For School of Seven Bells Love!

"Kiss Them For Me" is like whirling shoegaze Blondie. I love it!

got it WCC, thanks!

They really are determined to turn into the 00s Cocteau Twins, but without any of the bad yuppie coffee bar bits. This is just utterly blissful.

It is just the guitars and vocals from Cocteau Twins rolled over the top of Ibiza era New Order. Which has my teenage self just completely weeping with happiness.

I'm gonna put this on my headphones and go up Pedn-Men-Du and watch the storms roll in.

Argh you guys, I want to listen to this too!

check your fb roz!

thanks so much, lex!

Can I get a copy of this somehow? My store on RSD only got like two copies, and they were gone when I walked in the door. Email is phil (dot) p (dot) dennison at gmail.

Just as FYI, it is available electronically on iTunes in the US (which is where I got mine)

this version is a borefest. i'm not convinced by the vocals, way too robotic for me. she's doing a textbook reading of the main melody and belting out her lines like an automaton, not even a single vocal inflection of note.

oh, she's echoed to death during the harmonies for no apparent reason, gimme a break

lex, you are awesome, thanks!

I was going to buy a second copy 'cos the store I went to on RSD had like five left, but they were one-per-customer. I knew somebody here would want one.

Note to haters: please see thread title. Take your irrational and trivial hating elsewhere, pls. This thread is for love only. Kthxbye.

I got the RSD single but haven't listened yet. Does it come w a download?

Listened to the files lex forwarded to me and this is terrific! I could definitely listen to "When She Was Me" for hours.

Next time RSD rolls around, I kinda want them to cover Book Of Love.

I don't want to discourage any band from releasing fun, one-off singles... but this one isn't super great. The b-side is kind of cool, but I'm starting to think the loss of Claudia was a crippling blow.

Agreed that KTFM isn't the best thing, and pales in comparison to how utterly fantastic Ghostory is. I'll admit to totally hating it when it first emanated from the office stereo across the room, but I like it better listening on headphones for sure.

Regardless my love for them has fully blossomed with Ghostory - such a wonderfully listenable album from start to finish. I really don't think there's a dud track on the whole record. Plus the Cocteaus comparison is totally spot on - they have nailed those perfect harmonies. It's all sort of a late-80's/early-90's shoegazer melange, isn't it? Which is basically aural crack rock for me.

finally got a chance to listen to this on proper speakers and agree with the general sentiment - the cover is cute but "when she was me" is pure gorgeousness.

They just keep getting better and better imo. Ghostory is ROTY for me at this point.

What I like most about this band is that every album has at least two astonishing, career-justifying moments for me ("Iamundernodisguise", "White Elephant Coat", "Dust Devil", "Camarilla", "Low Times", "When You Sing").

But what about "Heart Is Strange"!

"Heart Is Strange" is a great song but there are at least three others on that album I like more (the two I mentioned plus "Windstorm")

ha i agree but with different songs

iamundernodisguise / prince of peace / heart is strange / ilu / low times / white wind

Siouxsie fans can be pretty protective even in 2012, judging by some of the iTunes comments.

And how many of them own Through The Looking Glass?

Also difficult to even imagine the song without the Schooly D beat hammering away..

When that and "Pearl" by Chapterhouse were released within months of each other there was plenty of 'wait hold on' moments going around, I recall. Perfect goth/gaze/hiphop crossover (key early moments being A R Kane via M/A/R/R/S and the MBV instrumental sampling "Security of the First World").

Hooray, they'll be playing a few blocks from me in October. Makes up for having to miss them for Pulp last month!

Now HERE'S a cover version I didn't expect.

http://soundcloud.com/vagrantrecords/sviib-howtolove

It's such a dreamy cover! Wasn't expecting it either, but it's just lovely. And the Radiohead cover is gorgeous too.

"how to love" is gorgeous shoegazeness

the MBV instrumental sampling "Security of the First World"

oooooaaaaaahhhhhaaaaoooooooohhhhaaaaahhhwannakissyouinparis

well i thought the lil wayne cover was just a nice curio when i first heard it but inexplicably it's totally kicked in to the point of obsession this week

Thanks for reminding me of that. Haunting.

yeah I love that cover. Played it a lot during the Olympics, went really well with montages of heartbroken athletes.

See I just want you to know / That you deserve the best / You’re beautiful / You’re beautiful... yeah.

And I want you to know, you’re far from the usual / Far from the usual

New tour EP has a cover of the Silver Apples "Lovefingers" that's pretty excellent

SVIIB cover >>>>>>>>>>>> Weezy original, which is just him sliming all over an acoustic guitar.

that's what makes it doubly remarkable. the original is so bad! how did they find something amazing in it! worthwhile alt covers of rap songs are rare enough, but a brilliant alt cover of a dreadful song by a rapper?

The album (& "How To Love") have been really growing on me as the weather's turned. With their string of excellent covers, I reckon they could do a great version of All Saints' "Pure Shores", heh.

Was that an epic troll?

still need to listen to their latest album - I'm srs behind the times.

"Put Your Sad Down" from their tour ep is great. Wish it went on for 12 more minutes.

worthwhile alt covers of rap songs are rare enough

Are there any others?

'ecstasy' by jj is sorta a lil wayne cover too, isn't it? if so, that.

these are the only other two i can think of

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7YxrYKQBP8

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

The tour EP has been "polished up" for release as the Put Your Sad Down EP, due November 13.

01. Put Your Sad Down
02. Secret Days
03. Faded Heart
04. Lovefingers
05. Painting A Memory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq2nDRAGfeE#!

psyched for this

Haven't listened to it yet but the EP is up for streaming. :D

http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/av/2012/11/album-stream-school-of-seven-bells---put-your-sad.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlaaIIEj2Wk

Neat use of the Animoog app. But Alejandra could definitely use a monitor - painfully flat in places.

Singing sounds absolutely fine to me.

I'm 10 minutes into the first song of the new EP and this is already better than Ghostory so far.