SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS STREAM SVIIB IN ITS ENTIRETY ON NPR FIRST LISTEN

SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS STREAM SVIIB IN ITS ENTIRETY ON NPR FIRST LISTEN

 ALEJANDRA DEHEZA TALKS SVIIB ON NPR WEEKEND EDITION

Produced by Benjamin Curtis & Justin Meldal-Johnsen and Mixed by Tony Hoffer

Photo Credit: Clarke Tolton (left) / Justin Hollar (right)

“Gorgeous, reflective.”-NPR

“Their perfected swan song.”- Pitchfork

“Comforting and luminous.”- Stereogum

“In lullaby-sweet tones (Alley) addresses Benjamin, in the wake of their split: relinquish past hurt and see their relationship as it stands, undiminished, burning bright.” –VICE

(February 18, 2016)- It was in the summer of 2012 that School of Seven Bells’ fourth and final album, SVIIB, was written. “I can easily say that it was one of the most creative and inspired summers of our lives,” Alejandra Deheza recounts. “What followed was the most tragic, soul shaking tidal wave that life could ever deliver, but even that wouldn’t stop the vision for this record being realized.” SVIIB will be released everywhere on February 26, but today fans can stream the record in its entirety via NPR’s First Listen: http://smarturl.it/SVIIBnpr

It was in early 2013 that Benjamin Curtis was diagnosed with a rare form of T-Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma, less than a year later Deheza would be the sole member of the group. Benjamin Curtis passed away on December 29, 2013.

In 2014 Deheza moved to Los Angeles to finish the record with Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Beck, Nine Inch Nails, M83), As soon as Alley was settled in LA it took the two only a month and a half to finish the record. “ This is a love letter from start to finish. It's the story of us starting from that first day we met in 2004, and that's the story of School of Seven Bells,” Alley says, “When I see those roman numerals, I just think of an era”.

Alejandra recently chatted with NPR Weekend Edition host Scott Simon about the making of SVIIB. In case you missed it, listen to the interview here.

SVIIB will be released on February 26, 2016 via Vagrant Records in the US, and Full Time Hobby in Europe, but today fans can pre-order the album on iTunes.

Preorder SVIIB here:

iTunes: http://smarturl.it/SVIIB

Store/Vinyl:http://smarturl.it/SVIIBStore