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School of Seven Bells
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Brooklyn, New York, United States (2007 – present)
School of Seven Bells (often just SVIIB) is a dream pop/shoegazing band which formed in 2007 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. The band consists of identical twin sisters Alejandra Deheza (vocals, bass), Claudia Deheza (vocals, keyboards) and Benjamin Curtis (guitar). The Deheza sisters are former members of On!Air!Library! and Curtis is a former member of Secret Machines and Tripping Daisy. The band is named after the School of the Seven Bells, a mythical South American pickpocket training academy.
Curtis and the Deheza sisters met when both were opening on an Interpol tour. The three decided to end their commitments to their old bands, move in to a shared space, and create a home recording studio together.
Their sound has been described as dreamy and ethereal, and the lyrics as abstract. Singer, Deheza, insists that the lyrics are not. However, that she is a lucid dreamer is fitting of the lofty-sounds they create.
The band has an unorthodox song writing process that begins with lyrics, which are only supplemented by the music. Curtis has said this is the most important part of the band with “everything else accompaniment.” A before-and-after example of this process is hosted by NPR’s program Day to Day (see 3:50s).
In concert, Curtis, who stays mostly on lead guitar can often be seen manipulating various electronic devices in between guitar segments.
A single My Cabal was released in May 2007 on the UK label Sonic Cathedral.
A 12”/digital EP Face to Face on High Places was released in September 2007 on Table of the Elements, in addition to a single from Prefuse 73 called Class of 73 Bells that features the band.
Curtis and the Deheza sisters met when both were opening on an Interpol tour. The three decided to end their commitments to their old bands, move in to a shared space, and create a home recording studio together.
Their sound has been described as dreamy and ethereal, and the lyrics as abstract. Singer, Deheza, insists that the lyrics are not. However, that she is a lucid dreamer is fitting of the lofty-sounds they create.
The band has an unorthodox song writing process that begins with lyrics, which are only supplemented by the music. Curtis has said this is the most important part of the band with “everything else accompaniment.” A before-and-after example of this process is hosted by NPR’s program Day to Day (see 3:50s).
In concert, Curtis, who stays mostly on lead guitar can often be seen manipulating various electronic devices in between guitar segments.
A single My Cabal was released in May 2007 on the UK label Sonic Cathedral.
A 12”/digital EP Face to Face on High Places was released in September 2007 on Table of the Elements, in addition to a single from Prefuse 73 called Class of 73 Bells that features the band.
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Alpinisms
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Face To Face On High Places
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My Cabal
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Half Asleep
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Face To Face On High Places
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Chain
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Wired For Light
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White Elephant Coat
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Prince of Peace
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Shoutbox
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osmark wrote:
wickid stuff! and damn those two girls are attractivelicious!
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deviantpsyche wrote:
just got this Artist's ringtones at www.itsflycell.com. Half Asleep is my favorite! love it.
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Simonious wrote:
I heard Face to Face On High Places in the mall today. Blew me away once I realized what it was.
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distractedk wrote:
Ooh, nice!
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Notabene wrote:
i can, not seem to remember my dre-eams - lately
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1226 wrote:
94,639 listeners. wow
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ilovedagny wrote:
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iamsniffer wrote:
Yes! Last night was euphoric!
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ilovedagny wrote:
saw them last night - amazing
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Andre47 wrote:
soooo good live!
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dogdayafternoon wrote:
A review of SVIIB's Deluxe Edition of Alpinisms has just gone live over at Cougar Microbes, hope you like it: http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/2009/12/school-bells/
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djdvd wrote:
yes, they do!
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pushithead wrote:
they need to come to ireland!
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hanny1987 wrote:
in fact, they are my new favourite band.
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hanny1987 wrote:
Oh hello, I like them.
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modelnvs wrote:
Half Asleep does it for me...
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girlgermsx wrote:
does anyone have an mp3 of "white elephant coat" that they could send me? it would be greatly appreciated! :)
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jarney wrote:
beautiful music from beautiful people
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iliveidieforyou wrote:
amazing music!Prince of Peace love it!
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mad_muffinz wrote:
There are these same pictures uploaded months after the one's I uploaded, and they are... more popular. This is baffling.
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thelucidlynx, subterrestrial, Oldboy23 and 1 other person added School of Seven Bells to their libraries. 8 hours ago
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cosmotropia wrote about School of Seven Bells in Seen live in 2009. yesterday evening
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kwevej wrote about School of Seven Bells in Josef Sedloň - TOP 50 ALBUMS - 2008. Friday evening
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Dezza1 tagged School of Seven Bells with twins, ambient and dream pop. Thursday morning
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chkkk tagged School of Seven Bells with ‘female vocalists’. Wednesday afternoon
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