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9.0
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BBC
For a band that once threatened to run out of ideas, Ghostory is a staggeringly beautiful success
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9.0
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Drowned In Sound
Everything School of Seven Bells' swooping/swirling debut promised, and all the things the follow-up wasn’t to be
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8.0
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State
Ghostory deserves, and indeed demands, your full attention
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8.0
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8.0 |
Q
Every beat, every chime has been placed with precision that is more than just dream-logic. Print edition only
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8.0
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The Guardian
The remaining twosome have actually become more ambitious
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8.0
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The Fly
Whether or not it facilitates the success they want, ‘Ghostory’ is as potent and decadent as School Of Seven Bells have ever been
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8.0
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musicOMH
The wistful, sighing harmonies are still present at times, but there is an urgency to the music that wasn't apparent before
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8.0
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The Observer
Pastel-coloured vocals are layered over dance beats and huge, sweeping washes of ambient electronic
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8.0
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Consequence Of Sound
If you dig it, you’ll want Ghostory to swallow you into a dimension where there’s no pain and nothing hurts
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8.0
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Bowlegs
They have produced their most consolidated and substantial work to date. This album could well turn out to be a surprise treasure of the year
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8.0
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The Digital Fix
A must if your late 80s and early 90s were about the 4AD noiseniks rather than the Factory baggy boys
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8.0
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Loud And Quiet
Grander in scale than their previous efforts, with each track of this nine-song collection produced with a glacial sheen
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7.6
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The AU Review
A very atmospheric type of sound, that is strangely calming despite its upbeat nature
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7.5
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The 405
A member down, the record has far more of an identity than the previous two, and finds School of Seven Bells coming to terms with their signature sound
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7.4
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Beats Per Minute
The undertone feels triumphant as if they’ve regained their spirit as a group, or now rather a duo
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7.0
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DIY
'Ghostory' is fantastically glossy and mystical. This could be their most commercial record yet
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6.9
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Pitchfork
Whereas the sound they courted on Alpinisms intended to recreate the overwhelming physical bliss of shoegaze, Ghostory takes after a fundamental meditative tranquility
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6.8
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Paste Magazine
Generally a sharp, full-bodied collection of tracks from what is now an equally sharp, full-bodied duo
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6.5
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6.5 |
Prefix
The 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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6.0
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Tiny Mix Tapes
Ghostory is well on par with the strident ephemera to which followers of this project have become accustomed
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6.0
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God Is In The TV
A good album, but not a great one
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6.0
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The Quietus
In stripping back they expose their flaws
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6.0
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Under The Radar
Ultimately a very pretty album, it's difficult not to view Ghostory as a mere specter of School of Seven Bells' potential
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6.0
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Rave Magazine
A relatively streamlined alt-pop LP, Ghostory sounds very much like a SVIIB record despite being more reliant on conventional beats
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6.0
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Uncut
Their most polished confection yet. Print edition only
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6.0
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Independent on Sunday
Glassy-eyed goth-pop is the order of the day, thriving off driving bass/drums, amniotic electronics and spectrally forlorn vocals
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6.0
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The Skinny
Ghostory isn’t the sound of a band regaining momentum so much as one still toiling to find it
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6.0
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Mojo
Lie back and have your temples massaged by the underworld. Print edition only
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6.0
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Evening Standard
They've claimed there's a concept behind Ghostory but with barely audible lyrics it's the melodies that elevate these nine songs
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5.0
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Blurt
Most 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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4.0
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PopMatters
Without 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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4.0
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NME
None of it even scratches the arse of 'euphoric' - once their forte
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