Reign of Terror

AlbumFeb 21 / 201211 songs, 36m 29s
Noise Pop
Popular
8.2 / 10

Sleigh Bells' brash, hyperactive sophomore album is plenty loud. This time around, though, the duo emphasize the delicate elements of their sound in service of dynamic and ecstatic pop tunes.

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Like The Jesus And Mary Chain before it, Sleigh Bells arrived with 2010’s Treats riding a one-trick pony—a pony the size of a tank. The band’s pairing of tinnitus guitars and sugared vocals was an effective team-up, and fresh and credible enough to win its hip jock jams—singer Alexis Krauss wears a Chicago Bulls…

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The shrieking, granular distortion that earmarked Sleigh Bells’ 2010 debut Treats was a novelty of such alarm that even…

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8.0 / 10

"Push it! Push it! Push it! True shred guitar!" Sleigh Bells' Alexis Krauss screams in the first track of Reign of Terror, splaying the album's M.O. clear and (oh-so-staggeringly) loud.

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Reign of Terror is ultra-stylish fight music.

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Brooklyn duo Sleigh Bells trade on the adrenalising appeal of pure noise, but <strong>Michael Hann </strong>finds their sonic attack rather powerless

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Sleigh Bells - Reign of Terror review: As sweet as saccharine.

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