School of Seven Bells album entitled "Ghostory" is coming out on February 28th which is just next week and in all the excitement they have made their entire album available as a stream. How freakin' awesome is that?
Album Review
Ghostory is an album full of eerie indie rock alternative sounds encompassing the very essence of what creativity stands for. Alejandra Deheza brings a very interesting sound to the table with her soft angelic intonations. Benjamin Curtis, the other half of SVIIB is responsible for the masterful production quality and guitar. Recently, the band underwent a few changes and downsized to two members from the previous three. This is what really impresses me. A team of two have created a beautiful album full of edgy guitar riffs, deep lyrics, and a very distinct sound that is so seldom occurring in a lot of music nowadays. The duo is taking the music industry by storm and proving that again, indie/altern. rock sounds can mix and mesh very nicely with the odd electro synth melody which is shown strongly in Lafaye and Reappear. Later on, White Wind really emphasizes the more upbeat synth melodies and shows the mixing between the electronic aspect of the song with the more alternative sounds.
An album, partly based on the idea that everyone comes with their baggage, hence "Ghost" in "Ghostory". Everyone has their story and each person lives their lives differently experiencing different things in different ways. That is what makes us unique in a sense, is that we all have a very different story to tell, but as that story moves forward, it can often lead us to some tough and dreary times throughout our lives. This is where the touch on death and partly where their eerie sound probably derives from. SVIIB, in my opinion, seemed to have touched upon a very tough subject with this album and I think that is where a lot of the emotive responses are elicited throughout their tracks. Death is a hard topic to talk about, but SVIIB does just that quite endearingly and it intrigues me. Awesome chilled out, thought-provoking album with some really fitting synth waves and angelic vocals to really hit it home. Great listen.
So in part with The Hype Machine, here's Ghostory by School of Seven Bells.
Check out previous posts on SVIIB if you would like more info. on them:
1) School of Seven Bells - Lafaye (Scissor Sisters Remix)
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