Reign of Terror

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.

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…

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

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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.

"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.

Reign of Terror is ultra-stylish fight music.

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

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