A Thread For School of Seven Bells Love!

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.

"Put Your Sad Down" has been on repeat the last week; is this the best thing they've ever done?

If it hasn't been pointed out before, School of Seven Bells are big Killing Joke fans. FACT.

http://www.facebook.com/schoolofsevenbells/posts/10151475475961063

Dear Friends,
It feels so surreal to be writing this to you. In fact I still can't wrap my head or my heart around it, but here it goes. A few nights ago Benjamin was admitted to the hospital for symptoms that have been getting worse for a few weeks now. After a dozen tests and scans (which he's endured like a champion) , the doctors say it's T-cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma. It developed pretty aggressively, and the chemotherapy to treat it will be pretty aggressive, but the good news is that it's TREATABLE. These next few months will be tough, but he is the toughest person I know (even while here, he was trying to figure out a way to sample the MRI). I wanted to share this with you all, because you guys are such a huge and important part of our lives. Send all of the light and love that you can his way. Every bit will count towards a strong and fast recovery. I believe that with all of my heart. I will be doing the same. Love, Alley

oh no..

Holy shit :(

I don't ever like to hear the word "aggressively" in relation to cancer, treatable or no.

whoa

Oh lordy.

dang :(

Its not good news, but this is one of the more treatable neoplasms. About 90% complete remission rate. The cyclophosphamide B. will probably get in the R-FC chemo will regrettably ruin the best hairdo in dream pop.

tough news, i hope the outcome is good.

If I had to go through this, my hairdo would be the last thing I'd be worrying about.

http://distilleryimage1.instagram.com/8bd2b646748d11e2bb4e22000aaa0771_7.jpg

"The love you've all shown me this weekend has touched me in a way I've never felt before. It's such a huge feeling that, despite the terrible circumstances, I can't help but feel like the luckiest guy on the planet to be surrounded by such beautiful energy. The cancer has affected my eye in a way that makes it a bit hard for me to read and type at the moment, but I do hope to respond to as many of you as I can as that changes. Please bear with me. Until then, keep your thoughts with me and I'll be keeping mine with you. I'm gonna beat this for you just as much as I am for myself. xB"

Photo via his Instagram, comment from FB.

god that pic is making me happy and breaking my heart at the same time. they're both so beautiful.

fuck, poor dude :(

: (

:(((

GREAT to hear this:

PUT YOUR SAD DOWN - A Benefit for Benjamin Curtis!!
So many amazing music friends have come together to put on this incredible benefit for Benjamin. All of the support for this will be going directly towards Benjamin's ongoing treatment and recovery process for T-Cell lymphoblastic lymphoma. As you guys know, Benjamin has been going through numerous chemo and radiation treatments since January. I'm so happy to say that they have found a bone marrow match for him, and he will be going into the hospital to begin the the transplant process in mid August. Thank you beautiful friends for all of your awesome messages and support. We appreciate it more than we could ever express in one lifetime. I hope to see you on the 22nd. So much love and gratitude, Alley

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Seven fingers crossed.

Entire show from Berlin last year:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfvPu97iYCM

I just don't know what to say:

A message from Benjamin:

To my friends-I've been in touch with a lot of you individually, but it's gotten a little too intense retelling the story over and over, so i've decided to forgo my usual privacy and and just let everybody know what's up.
As most of you know, I've been struggling with an extremely aggressive lymphoma that is now known to be fully resistant to most if not all of the known chemo/treatments on the market, and, as of thursday I've just found out that it has progressed additionally into Leukemia with presumably all of the same resistances. Two cancers for the price of one, i guess. My only chance of cure (or at least a few years of normalcy) is still a bone marrow transplant, and it has been put on hold for the time being. For now my only hope of getting there is getting admitted into some clinical trials of brand new drugs and some damn good luck. Please cross your fingers and toes for me.
In the meantime, please know that life is amazing, and I don't plan on going anywhere anytime soon. You are all beautiful. You are all loved.
-Benjamin