Los Angeles Loves... School of Seven Bells
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Thursday, December 13, 2007
Los Angeles Loves... School of Seven Bells


We couldn't help but squirm in our seats last night watching Björk at the Nokia. Because as much as we love and adore Ms. Guðmundsdóttir we've never been too keen in watching big artists in big fancy theaters. So as soon as she ended the night with her encore "Declare Independence", we quickly wiped away our tears and then sped off to The Airliner for the L.A. "indie club" debut of School of Seven Bells (they opened for Prefuse 73 at the Troubadour last weekend).

Leave it to DJ Nobody to invite one of the few NY bands that have piqued our interest in the last year. Those few bands, incidentally, are primarily made up of former members of one of our favorite NY bands of all time, On!Air!Library!, who disbanded in 2005. SSB also features Benjamin Curtis (formerly of Secret Machines) and James Elliot (Ateleia) who provide all the ambient waves of electronic bliss you could possibly want. And with the ethereal voices of supertwins Alejandra and Claudia Deheza, the result is truly a visceral and often surreal experience. And the Low End Theory crowd ate it up with one hooded gentleman letting out a holler "Why you so fly?!" at the end of the show. Or, in other words, Los Angeles loves you, School of Seven Bells.

School of Seven Bells heads back to the undeserving city of NY and has some dates with Blonde Redhead in the northeast. The new EP "Face to Face On High Places" is out now on Table of Elements.

Pictures from last night's show are here.

School of Seven Bells - "Limb By Limb" (MP3) Limited time download
Prefuse 73 - "Class of 73 Bells (feat. School of Seven Bells)" (MP3) Limited time download


School of Seven Bells - Live at Low End Theory



Prefuse 73 - "The Class of 73 Bells" (feat. School of Seven Bells)
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