Sleigh Bells

While Asphalt Meadows is by no means perfect, it serves as proof that Death Cab for Cutie is here to stay.

In the darkness of the unlit venue, Sleigh Bells took the stage bathed in the outcries of their fans.

Laden with experimental electronic sounds cut through by angry guitars, Texis is Sleigh Bells’ true comeback.

But oddly, given the band’s reliance on heavy bass and a machine-gun drumline, there was no drummer or bassist to be found onstage, the two critical parts instead left on the shoulders of a backing track.

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