Sleigh Bells

A huge hit at CMJ festival (which is basically a showcase fest for bloggers and journos), Sleigh Bells emerged, along with Phantogram as the outstanding name on the tip of everyone’s lips. And so when you find that out and then you play ‘Crown On The Ground‘, you’re bound to be a little perplexed…

One jolt to the volume knob, one squirm and one covering of the ear and you’re not on the same level as Sleigh Bells. They make the complete antithesis of what their name suggests – gentle Christmas music this is not. What’s delivered is no-fi pop, dance, what have you. And whilst everyone defended the pointless PENS for delivering scrappy pop that was “kind of catchy“, Sleigh Bells stick in your head all day, all week even. It’s like what Justice achieved with ‘Cross’ but taking it to a whole new level. Holy shit it will split opinion, don’t think otherwise. But Sleigh Bells will annoy and be adored by a whole host of people. And don’t think they don’t know that’s the point.

mp3 – Crown On the Ground
mp3 – A/B Machines

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