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More goodness from Brooklyn’s School Of Seven Bells. “Connjur” is the second listen offered up from the forthcoming their full-length debut Alpinisms. It’s cut of the same dream-pop blueprint laid out by the album’s fantastic premiere cut “Half Asleep” — silken vocals from On!Air!Library! twins Alejandra and Claudia Deheza, streaked over grooves and gliding guitars courtesy of ax-man/ex-Secret Machiner Ben Curtis. There’s less pitch-shifted evil in the guitar undertones this time, though; “Connjur” takes off and stays clear and storm free. Journos coined motorik for krautrock’s pulse recalling Autobahn-styled highway driving, and by that logic we can probably find something fitting SVIIB. Flightorik? No, because that’s horrible. But if you come up with a term for a pulse that makes you feel like you’re flying in IMAX, I’ll use it here.

Both “Connjur” and “Half Asleep” are featured on SVIIB’s debut Alpinisms, which is out 10/28 via Ghostly. The trio have a few fall tourdates without M83:

10/17 – Pontiac, MI @ The Crofoot
10/18 – Kalamazoo, MI @ State Theater

But mostly with M83:
11/11 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
11/12 – Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall
11/13 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
11/14 – New York City, NY @ Webster Hall
11/15 – Philadelphia, PA @ Starlite
11/16 – Northhampton, MA @ Pearl Street
11/18 – Boston, MA @ Middle East Downstairs
11/19 – Montreal, QC @ Studio
11/20 – Toronto, ON @ Opera House
11/21 – Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
11/22 – Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock
11/25 – Seattle, WA @ Neumo’s
11/26 – Vancouver, BC @ Richard’s on Richards
11/27 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
11/28 – San Fransisco, CA @ The Fillmore
11/29 – Los Angeles, CA @ Fonda Theatre

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Comments (3)
  1. darryl  |   Posted on Aug 23rd, 2008

    I’m curious about the picture, is the guy using his laser eyes to zap her boobs?

  2. im really liking this song, good shit

  3. great song… found this one per chance through the http://next.yahoo.net/archives/32/easylistener player :) very melodic.

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