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When did I first know I was in love? Let me start with when I first heard Sleigh Bells. Backtrack to the spring of 2010 when I attended a Yeasayer concert. Remember when you opened for that tour? I had read a little about you and Derek, but had never actually listened to the few tracks floating around the Internet at the time. I distinctly remember sitting on a barstool alone when the lights dimmed and you came running out. The following 30 minutes or so was a blur. Heavy guitars, pulsing beats and shrieks made me shudder and smile at the same time. Treats was a powerhouse and nearly blew out the speakers of my car when I played it loud enough to feel the rumble of shaking metal on rubber. My ')%&,#-"50&#/+>*)!(#"%#!'(#,!((*+%8#-'((0;#)%&#H# '()&S>)%8(&#)%&#$,!S65.6(&#-'(!'(*#H#-),#)0"%(# or with passengers. It was comforting. Whether I was angry, bored or sad, when I put on the album, 0+7(#-),#75%9#H#)&"*(&#!'(#>)%&9#?!#6)*!+(,#+!#-),#.K# 8"S!"#.5,+<#6+<@9#M0),!+%8#E?hM#L)<'+%(,i#%(/(*#0(7!# a person standing still.
V*".#!'(#$*,!#,(<"%&,#"7#K"5#F5.6+%8#"%#!')!#>(&# in slow-motion, wearing the red robe, the red lipstick )%&#()**+%8,;#!'(#*+2(;#!'(#J!(67"*&#:+/(,S(,45(# >0)%@#,.+0(;#H#@%(-#!')!#.K#)&"*)!+"%;#%)K;#.K#0"/(# ')&#8"%(#7*".#)#>)%&#!"#)#,6(<+$<#6(*,"%9#M(K"%&# the hot jean cut-offs and the badass studded leather jacket, was a more immediate connection. Your ,(&5<!+/(#(K(,#)%&#%"%<')0)%!#&(.()%"*#-'+0(# singing lines of assurance and support made me feel ,+00K#7"*#)00#!'(#!+.(,#+%#.K#0+7(#H#&+&%I!#$8'!#!"#.)@(#)# comeback. I felt myself in the meaning of that song. ?,#H#).#0+,!(%+%8#!"#EC*5,'i#"77#"7#!'(#%(-#)0>5.;#H# +.)8+%(#.K,(07#"6(%+%8#.K#<0",(&#(K(,#!"#$%&#K"5# there, singing “I got a crush on, I got a crush on, I got a crush on you,” at the foot of my bed. Our stares meet and we are alone, intimate and ready… #H#')/(#%"#+%,+8'!#+%!"#K"5*#6(*,"%)0+!K;#@%"-0(&8(#"7# your interests or the history of your life, but none of !')!#.)!!(*,9#H!#-),%I!#0"/(#)!#$*,!#,+8'!9#=')!#<0+<'q# *(.)+%,#!'(#60"!#"7#X+7(!+.(#."/+(,#)%&#7)+*K!)0(,# )%&#+,#%"!'+%8#+%#<".6)*+,"%#!"#!'(#,!*(%8!'#"7#0"/(# )!#$*,!#0+,!(%9#M(0+(/(#.(#?0(N+,;#!'+,#<*5,'#-+00#>(# *)!!0+%8#+%,+&(#"7#.(;#,')@+%8#-+!'#(/(*K#>),,S>()!# )%&#85+!)*#<*5%<'#5%!+0#H#<)%#%"#0"%8(*#.)@(#)#$,!# and thrust it into the air. ANONYMOUS
:'(%#H#$*,!#'()*&#!'(#G(+8%#"7#=(**"*#,+%80(;# “Comeback Kid,” I was taken aback. Clean production, layers of guitars and synths, the airy chorus, all these things confused me. It was so different from Treats, yet the more I listened to the song, the more my confusion turned to intrigue. From there I couldn’t go a day without listening to it )!#0(),!#"%<(9#H#,<"5*(&#!'(#H%!(*%(!#7"*#+%!(*/+(-,;# press pictures and any article shedding light on this new chapter of Sleigh Bells. Then I saw the music /+&("9
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