#11

Streaming:

http://www.npr.org/2016/11/03/500220409/first-listen-sleigh-bells-jessica-rabbit

#12

Yeah Iā€™m not sure quite how it ended up this way because I thought Reign Of Terror was just okay at the time but Iā€™ve kept going back to it and now itā€™s a solid 5/5 for me. Itā€™s also pretty hard for me to not associate it with some good memories too. Strange how that works. Canā€™t believe it was released over four years ago!

Just had a first listen to the new one and I liked it a fair bit. Definitely all over the place, with a lot of the songs not really sticking together as an album. But I like that itā€™s more varied than their previous stuff and thereā€™s a lot of ideas in there. Too early to say just yet but my gut instinct is that itā€™s not as good as ROT but better than the other two.

#13

Also I think the songwriting in general is better on ROT and dialling back the production of Treats really helped.

#14

Fair enough. I like big catchy hooks, and stuff, and I didnā€™t get caught by as many on ROT as on Treats and Bitter Rivals, but something something subjective something something personal taste.

#15

This thread needs more @TheWza

#16

Hi, @robluvsnic :kissing_heart:

Just when you thought they couldnā€™t get any betterā€¦

It borders on En Vogueā€™s Free Your Mind territory at points.

They do. :hugs:

Iā€™m probably at the point of Sleigh Bells > Trembling Bells these days.

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#17

Mustā€™ve been a couple more people whoā€™ve heard this nowā€¦

Any other observations?

#18

I quite like some tracks (Crucible, Baptism of Fire especially) but not sure how I feel about it overall

#19

I reckon itā€™s a great album, but I think this might be the end of them. They donā€™t seem to have recaptured the listening publicā€™s imagination

#20

was just listening to this at lunch, as it happens. Itā€™s ok, but i agree with the disjointedness of it, in so much as it makes it harder to enjoy/get into. at times itā€™;s really good though.

#21

really love it, prob my second favourite album of the year (after johnny foreigner)

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#22

Iā€™ll have to give the JoFo album a listen then.

#23

Two UK gigs in February

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#24

Playing at Gorilla again yessssss!!!

#25

Alright, I finally listened to Jessica Rabbit and itā€™s brilliant.

Somebody should have said something.

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#26

Curse that stupid Somebody!

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#27

Been loving this record. Surprised to have not seen it in more year-end lists.

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#28
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#29

Iā€™ll listen to it later but Iā€™m into the idea of them releasing shorter albums more often and on their own label. The last album felt more experimental so hopefully this will mean more weird stuff from them

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#30

Brilliant! Listening to this nowā€¦

Ooh, thatā€™s a shivers kind of good start. And then, it just keeps going exactly the same all the way through. Different. No guitars(?), all keyboards and vocals.

Instant replay. This has got top 10 songs of the year written all over it for me. I am officially excited for the mini-album (and about it too).

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