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School of Seven Bells is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Blonde Redhead, Tripping Daisy, Secret Machines, The Sight Below and Kraftwerk. Those roots explain a lot about how School of Seven Bells arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as I Break Horses, Tamaryn, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Young Galaxy and Lower Dens, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Surfer Blood, The Away Days and Silversun Pickups, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around School of Seven Bells, reaching back through Blonde Redhead and forward to Surfer Blood. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
School of Seven Bells was an American indie rock band from New York City, formed in 2007. It originally consisted of Alejandra Deheza, her sister Claudia Deheza and Benjamin Curtis. Claudia left the group in 2010, and Curtis died of lymphoma in 2013. Using demos of songs Curtis had written prior to and during his illness, the band's fourth and final album, SVIIB, was completed posthumously and released in February 2016.
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School of Seven Bells connections
School of Seven Bells grew out of Blonde Redhead, Tripping Daisy, Secret Machines and The Sight Below, shares an orbit with I Break Horses, Tamaryn, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart and Young Galaxy, went on to shape Surfer Blood, The Away Days and Silversun Pickups. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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