School of Seven Bells turn up on our shores this week

School Of Seven Bells is the collective work of Benjamin Curtis, ex-guitarist from the Secret Machines and identical twin sisters Alejandra and Claudia Deheza, previously of ambient post-rockers On! Air! Library! and occasional collaborators with Prefuse 73. The band themselves are named after the mythical South American pickpocket academy, the School Of Seven Bells which may or may not have existed in the 1980s, according to a late night documentary Alejandra once caught on US television.

Rich Thane says they sound like “the Postal Service having sex with Beach House”. We have yet to get reports of what those bands think about it…

See for yourself as the band will be in the UK for two special London dates from tonight, as part of the Sonic Cathedral nights.

School Of Seven Bells UK Dates:
Tue 28 October London Old Blue Last www.soniccathedral.co.uk
Wed 29 October London The Social www.soniccathedral.co.uk
Thurs 30 October London Pure Groove 6pm www.puregroove.co.uk

Look our for a track on this months Mixtape, but in the meantime, you can quench your thirst over at their Myspace page.