New Noise From "Sleigh Bells"

Quite literally the duo known as "Sleigh Bells" make noise for a living.

However, that 'noise' producer Derek Miller and singer Alexis Krauss create is organized, crunked, and turned up to 11.

This Brooklyn band is ready to break despite being relatively unknown. (Though you may remember I did a post on them when they 'released' their first single last year.)

Here they are again with more bone crunching noise on the track Tell 'Em...and it's beautiful.

Oddly Addictive - "Sleigh Bells"

There is an exhausting amount of show reviews still trickling out of indie blogs everywhere from this years CMJ Music Marathon in New York City.

One of the acts getting rave reviews is the Brooklyn electronic duo Sleigh Bells
(Even the site everyone loves to hate, Pitchfork, had great things to say rating their song "Crown on the Ground" a 9.)

So what? Well give it a listen. The song sounds like they hired a 3 year old to sit behind the mixer. Each note crunches and grinds at an intolerable volume. It's annoying and you'll wan't to turn it off after 30 seconds. The only thing is you're hearing is fine and so is your volume. The songs are intentionally like this...it's their gimmick...and it's working.

The big bang comes 10 minutes later...when you say, "Wait a minute...let me play that again, I kind of liked it." You actually begin to miss all the noise. That is why, "Crown on the Ground" as well as the other tracks Sleigh Bells have released on their MySpace page are oddly addictive!


Sleigh Bells - "Crown on the Ground" (demo)