Sleigh Bells

Dirty-ass noise rock that sounds like the Bowser boss music from Super Mario 64?
Let me go change into another pair of pants.

Alexis Krauss and Derek Miller are Sleigh Bells, a Brooklyn duo forged in the oddest of circumstances. Supposedly, the story is that these two met while Miller was waiting on Krauss and her mother in some random diner. Somehow the topic came up that he was interested in a female vocalist for a project, and Krauss' mother volunteered her. Go figure... anyway, they must've got along pretty well considering their rising success and quality of music. They released a demo in 2009 to critical acclaim, and their first album, Treats, was just released Tuesday. I would recommend going straight for the album, since it contains the demo songs but they've been retooled (in my opinion for the better).

Krauss treads a nice line between Zooey Deschanel and Alice Glass, with great energy on stage but less OUT OF HER FUCKING MIND than Glass. And get this: previous to the project, she was a 5th grade school teacher. Needless to say I think I've found my new hipster lover.

Not gonna post some download links cause you should probably go pay for it (and if you don't want to you should know where to find it) but here's a couple YouTube videos of them.

"Treats" live, a track on the new album.


"Crown On The Ground", from the demo.


"Rill Rill", off the new album.