[NEW MUSIC]: School of Seven Bells' "Babelonia"
School of Seven Bells take their magic seriously. Symbols, myths, mantras—in the hands of sisters/vocalistsAlejandra and Claudia Deheza and guitarist/producer Benjamin Curtis (formerly of On!Air and Secret Machines, respectively), these mystical practices become achingly human, methods of making sense of an emotionally complex world. School of Seven Bells’ sophomore album Disconnect from Desire—the follow-up to the Brooklyn trio’s breakthrough Ghostly debut Alpinisms—takes its title from one of Brian Eno’s oblique stratagems; its’ cryptic album image is a “sigil,” a mystical figure containing the energy and intent of the album entire. The real magic of Disconnect from Desire, though, lives in its music: ten tracks of soaring, visionary dream-pop from a band working at the height of its powers. Disconnect from Desire arrives July 13th on Vagrant / Ghostly International.
Here's a preview of Disconnect from Desire, a song called “Babelonia”, which lays the protagonist’s wounded psyche atop a deep, baggy beat and overlapping, Stereolab-esque vocal tricks.
DOWNLOAD: School of Seven Bells, "Babelonia"
