Sleigh Bells: Treats | Cd review

(Columbia)It says a lot for the breadth of music in 2010 that Alexis Krauss – who, alongside Derek Miller, makes up Brooklyn-based Sleigh Bells – refers to their debut album as "pop". On first listen, the deceptively titled Treats is anything but, with cacophonous, heavily distorted guitar riffs shredding through beats that explode and crackle as if purposefully mixed too high. Among the maelstrom, however, is Krauss's sweetly cooing voice, and it's her presence that counteracts the noise, g...

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