Treats
The New York duo's debut full-length is a wildly fun noise-pop thrill-ride, delivering on the promise of last year's widely circulated demos.
Treats, the full-length debut of Brooklyn duo Sleigh Bells, was birthed into a post-audiophile world. The group’s guitarist-songwriter-producer Derek Miller could’ve reacted to this fact by crafting a meticulous, highly orchestrated LP along the lines of acclaimed efforts by his borough-mates Grizzly Bear or Dirty…
Sleigh Bells have created a delicious summer album, shimmying though the worlds of pop, electro, and hip-hop like sugar-buzzed kids in a candy store.
Upon impact Sleigh Bells’ sound is jaw-droppingly fresh. Yet these noise-poppers are the culmination of whatever continuum encompasses Go!
If it’s Sleigh Bells’s hooks versus your ear drums, I have a feeling the latter’s going to give out first.
Filled with bells, beats and cacophony, this Brooklyn-based band also, thankfully, know when to tone it down, says <strong>Michael Cragg</strong>