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| Artist: Sleigh Bells |
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Product Summary
Format: CD
Manufacturer: MOM & Pop Music Co/red
Buy.com Sku: 228203327
UPC: 858275005028
UPC 14: 00858275005028
Release Date: 2/21/2012
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Song Listing
Disc 1
Song Title
Sample
1. Demons ~ Sleigh Bells
2. Road to Hell ~ Sleigh Bells
3. True Shred Guitar ~ Sleigh Bells
4. Born to Lose ~ Sleigh Bells
5. Comeback Kid ~ Sleigh Bells
6. Crush ~ Sleigh Bells
7. End of the Line ~ Sleigh Bells
8. You Lost Me ~ Sleigh Bells
9. Never Say Die ~ Sleigh Bells
10. Leader of the Pack ~ Sleigh Bells
11. D.O.a. ~ Sleigh Bells
Album Notes and Credits
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Audio Mixer: Shane Stoneback. |
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Recording information: SMT Studios, NYC (06/25/2011-10/31/2011). |
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Photographer: Joe Garrad. |
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"Push it push it push it!" Alexis Krauss shouts at the beginning of Reign of Terror, and that's exactly what she and Derek Miller do on their follow-up to Treats. Despite its in-the-red volume, Sleigh Bells' debut was a fragile, almost alchemical blend of wispy melodies and crushingly heavy beats and riffs. How could they top an album that was already turned up to 11? By turning things up to 12: on Reign of Terror, the duo brings the nods to metal that added a headbanging thrust to Treats and to center stage. From the album's name down to song titles like "D.O.A." and "Never Say Die," Krauss and Miller allude to metal's flirtations with death, which makes a strange kind of sense: Treats was a blend of sounds that shouldn't have worked but did, and changing that formula is riskier still. With Miller playing a shred and squeal-friendly Jackson USA Soloist and a slicker production, Reign of Terror makes Sleigh Bells' debut sound downright quaint by comparison. The duo's alchemy resurfaces on the songs that sound the most like Treats" on "Crush," Krauss sounds like a revolutionary cheerleader toying with a captive enemy when she sings "I've gotta crush you now"; "End of the Line" echoes the Treats' hit "Rill Rill"'s breathy pop poses; "Leader of the Pack" boasts a tooth-rottingly sweet melody; and "Comeback Kid" balances the album's heaviness with humor and finesse. The band goes deeper into metal territory with the aptly fiery "Demons," which sounds extra-vengeful with strutting fretwork and rapid-fire kickdrums. ~ Heather Phares |
Producer: Derek Miller |
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Engineer: Shane Stoneback |
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Technical Info
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Release Date : 02/14/2012 |
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Original Release Date : 2012 |
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Catalog ID : 85827500502 |
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Label : Columbia (USA) |
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Number of Discs : 1 |
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Studio/Live : Studio |
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Mono/Stereo : Stereo |
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SPAR Code : n/a |
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UPC : 00858275005028 |
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone (p.60)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "They bring a proudly aggressive sass to all the heavily treated guitars -- now that they've proven they can get away with such a massive sound, they're out to see what tricks they can do with it."
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "They bring a proudly aggressive sass to all the heavily treated guitars -- now that they've proven they can get away with such a massive sound, they're out to see what tricks they can do with it."
Entertainment Weekly (p.79)
- "[I]t's Alexis Krauss' woozy vocals that are truly sublime; she sounds like a real teen dream: ethereally beautiful and totally bored." -- Grade: B
- "[I]t's Alexis Krauss' woozy vocals that are truly sublime; she sounds like a real teen dream: ethereally beautiful and totally bored." -- Grade: B
Billboard (p.32)
- "[T]he hammering 'Born to Lose' and the disarmingly pretty 'End of the Line' are especially fine."
- "[T]he hammering 'Born to Lose' and the disarmingly pretty 'End of the Line' are especially fine."
Uncut (magazine)
(p.98)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "[R]olling out lovestruck teen pop -- one song's called 'Leader Of The Pack' -- on a blanket of Eddie Van Halen shredding."
(p.98)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "[R]olling out lovestruck teen pop -- one song's called 'Leader Of The Pack' -- on a blanket of Eddie Van Halen shredding."
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