Alpinisms
- School of Seven Bells
- Band Name: School of Seven Bells
- Record Label: Ghostly International
- Release Date: Oct 28, 2008
- Summary: The debut album for the band led by ex-Secret Machines member Benjamin Curtis.
- Record Label: Ghostly International
- Genre(s): Rock, Pop
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 14 out of 23
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Mixed: 8 out of 23
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Negative: 1 out of 23
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90In Alpinisms, School of Seven Bells have themselves one of the year's most intoxicating debuts.
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60In their attempt to induce dreams, though, too much of Alpinisms is a laptop-gazing wash out, neglecting the intensity required for this kind of thing, and "Prince Of Peace" inhabits a disturbing world where Enya might front an electronically-enhanced baggy band.
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With a clearer eye to the cultures whose stereotypes they're furthering, the Bells could have made a provocative connection between the European forms they're comfortable with and any number of traditional Middle Eastern and Indian instruments and forms they're interested in but not serious about.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 4
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Mixed: 0 out of 4
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Negative: 0 out of 4
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ScottT10Great album!!!
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BrendanS.10
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seanm.9
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