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Feb 27, 2012Ghostory is as lushly layered as ever, with spectral textures and propulsive dance rhythms, both programmed and played, equally affecting.
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Mar 1, 2012Ghostory is at its best a very pleasurable realization of niche.
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Feb 27, 2012Without the harmonies and counterpoint of sister Claudia to lend interest and texture, Alajandra is left to rely on the instrumental background for support, and frankly there just isn't much going on to help her out.
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UncutFeb 22, 2012Ghostory is supposedly a concept-album song-portrait, but [the album] feels as evanescent as expensive perfume. [Mar 2012, p.98]
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MojoMar 22, 2012Ultimately, it's the combined sound of - there's no getting away from the word - ethereal vocals and cavernous, sometimes even martial dance rock that appeals rather than the detail. [Apr 2012, p.86]
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Q MagazineFeb 21, 2012Entrancing. [Mar 2012, p.102]
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Feb 29, 2012What used to feel like surfing amid the cumulonimbus suddenly feels like snorkling in soup.
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Feb 24, 2012Ghostory, rather than resting on the laurels of the band's successful sound up to this point, adds a harder edge to the rhythm and consciously moves on a step.
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Under The RadarMar 21, 2012A very pretty album [but] it's difficult not to see it as a mere specter of School of Seven Bells' potential. [Mar 2012, p.86]
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Feb 23, 2012The remaining twosome (Alejandra and guitarist Benjamin Curtis) have actually become more ambitious.
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Feb 22, 2012A most wonderful storm of a record indeed.
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Feb 28, 2012It's an uninspired ending to what is generally a sharp, full-bodied collection of tracks from what is now an equally sharp, full-bodied duo.
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Mar 30, 2012Maybe if we had more records that shot to the moon this high for beauty and romance, we'd have a more beautiful world.
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Feb 21, 2012Fantastically glossy and mystical.
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Alternative PressFeb 22, 2012The fantastic Ghostory actually sounds more realized than their previous two full-lengths. [Mar 2012, p.98]
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Mar 9, 2012Ghostory is well on par with the strident ephemera to which followers of this project have become accustomed.
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Feb 27, 2012Happily SVllB still sound fantastic.
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Feb 27, 2012Dream pop, goth, shoegaze--call it what you want, but what School of Seven Bells have ended up with is a genuinely gorgeous record by any standard.
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MagnetMar 20, 2012A stellar first attempt at a concept album... [a] ghoulish delight. [No. 85, p.59]
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Mar 7, 2012The album is so cleanly produced that it sounds like they can't afford a flaw. And ironically, it's this seeming aversion to being perceived as imperfect that holds them back.
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Feb 28, 2012Trimming back their signature embellishments leaves an album that strangely is more focused sonically, but somehow aimless in intention.
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Feb 21, 2012A staggeringly beautiful success.
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Feb 27, 2012Ghostory's an altogether lush affair with plenty for both fans and newcomers to sift through.
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Feb 28, 2012With Ghostory, School of Seven Bells recovers with a newfound voice, still evokes everything they once were as dream pop dealers, but it's still extremely visible that they have more room to grow.
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Apr 4, 2012Most of the songs are littered with cosmic debris, but fortunately it's all relegated to the background so as not to interfere with the percolating pace.
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Feb 21, 2012Sounds hollow and uninspired.
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Feb 27, 2012At its best on the quasi-techno anthem "Low Times", it's claustrophobically compelling, if too formulaic to be truly super-natural.
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Apr 16, 2012Fun, if a little two-dimensional.
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Feb 24, 2012Ghostory is as potent and decadent as School Of Seven Bells have ever been.
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