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School Of Seven Bells

Ghostory

Shrinking from a trio to a duo since their last album hasn't affected School of Seven Bells' core sound of dreamy electronica. Though the loss of singer Claudia Deheza strips their music of one enchanting element – the harmonies she produced with twin sister Alejandra – the remaining twosome (Alejandra and guitarist Benjamin Curtis) have actually become more ambitious. Ghostory's nine ethereal songs swirl around a central narrative: they tell the story of "a young girl named Lafaye and the ghosts that surround her life". This may evoke a groan – a concept album! – but it works better than you might expect. Alejandra's vocals emanate from the centre of an electronic mist, obscuring many of the lyrics, which is fine: her delicate exhalations tell the story on the hypnotic looped rhythms of Low Times, while she sounds intriguingly lost – submerged, even – amid the bass-heavy wooziness of Love Play. Her "devoured me, devoured me" is enunciated clearly enough, though, on the hands-in-the-air rush of The Night, which says something about the album's overall atmosphere of heady sensuality. Ghostly, though? No: very much alive.

Tracklist

• 1 - The Night
  2 - Love Play
  3 - Lafaye
  4 - Low Times
  5 - Reappear
  6 - Show Me Love
  7 - Scavenger
  8 - White Wind
  9 - When You Sing