Saved By The Bell

SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS RELEASE "MY CABAL" SINGLE ON GHOSTLY INTERNATIONAL / RELEASE "MY CABAL" VIDEO / TOUR US WITH BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW

Brooklyn trio School of Seven Bells (first featured last August on the Devil's blog, Bank Holiday Buffet) is coming off successful UK tours with Bat for Lashes and White Lies and a nomination for MOJO Breakthrough Act 2009. Now, 'My Cabal', the third single from their Ghostly International debut 'Alpinisms', is here, released on May 19th, 2009.

'My Cabal' has at its core a rather telling bit of wordplay. The word "cabal"-usually pronounced "kuh-BALL," meaning a secret, conspiratorial clique not unlike School of Seven Bells themselves-is here pronounced "cable," like the electronic connector. Appropriately, the song "My Cabal" reflects that strange conflation of technology and the supernatural, spinning a drum-machine throb, a few chiming guitars, and a My Bloody Valentine-style atmospheric "whoosh" into a sophisticated dream-pop anthem.

The 'My Cabal' single also includes the melancholy instrumental 'My Camarilla', a halftime remix of 'Alpinisms' 'Chain' by UK ambient legends Seefeel, and a blown-out re-imagining of 'Face to Face on High Places' by Jesu's Justin Broadrick.

The David Mullett-directed video for 'My Cabal' matches the song's woozy lilt with a new take on the usual band-performance video. In the clip, School of Seven Bells play in an equipment-stuffed soundstage as a single camera captures the action through a fisheye lens. The video's gorgeously saturated colors and disorienting, constantly-shifting camera angle create the sense of watching the band while sitting in a tiny, smoothly calibrated rollercoaster.

School of Seven Bells also recently contributed a brand-new track to Brand Neu!, a tribute to seminal '70s Krautrockers Neu!, out May 11th on Feraltone Records.

Go Try

MP3 - School of Seven Bells - Face to Face on High Places (Jesu Remix)

Go Visit

School of Seven Bells - Myspace // Website
Label - Ghostly International

Go View

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My Cabal