A Thread For School of Seven Bells Love!

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

!

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

;_;

Track nine on this stream is a collaboration with Kaskade

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/kaskade-experiments-with-classical-on-atmosphere-album-premiere-20130906

Is it just me that fears the worst every time they see this thread has been bumped?

i'm with turrican ..

):

what

Is it just me that fears the worst every time they see this thread has been bumped?

Genuine stomach collapse at seeing this thread reappear after Lou Reed news.

ya wtf ppl why are you bumping this

gonna go there & suggest bumping it with an unannotated frowny emoticon is not cool

schlump otm

I'm going to take the relative silence as a good thing. Like Elvis said I don't need extra shit after today here.

A good sign! Posted just now on FB:

Enjoying an awesome T-DAY feast with Alley, my brother & my closest friends in my hospital room. Wish you all were here. There's nothing I'm more thankful for! BENJAMIN

Rest in Peace, Ben.

http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2013/12/benjamin_curtis_rip.php

rip

oh god.

this thread popping up again.

this time its the one we were dreading ..

rest in peace ben.

Fuck. NO. Has this been reported anywhere else?

Don't even know what to say.

Well, maybe this, but no more.