Los Angeles, CA (July 8, 2009) – Vagrant Records is thrilled to announce a new partnership with Brooklyn, NY-based SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS and their label Ghostly International. Vagrant Records/Ghostly International will be re-releasing School of Seven Bells’ 2008 full-length debut album, Alpinisms on July 14.
Benjamin Curtis and sisters Alejandra and Claudia Deheza formed School of Seven Bells just over three years ago after their previous bands (Secret Machines and On!Air!Library!) toured together. The group signed to Ghostly International in early 2008 and released Alpinisms on October 28.
“When the three of us and the Ghostly guys met with Vagrant, we knew it was the right fit for all of us,” explained Curtis. “We feel really lucky that we’ve had the success we’ve had so far with our music, but it seems like there are a lot of people out there who might still have a place for this music in their lives and I hope they get the chance. ”
School of Seven Bells kick off their first North American headlining tour on Friday, September 25 at Johnny Brenda’s in Philadelphia, PA with Magic Wands providing main support on the headlining dates.
“We’re looking forward to finally presenting a SVIIB show in a context that we have more control over,” adds Curtis. “Our songs feel better when they have a little space around each other to breath and having time to transition from one mood into another is really going to set this tour above everything we’ve done before.”
The tour routes the band to Austin, Texas on Friday, October 2 for a performance at the Austin City Limits Festival. School of Seven Bells are set to end the tour with a hometown show at Webster Hall during CMJ Music Marathon on October 23.
Tickets go on sale to the public on Friday, July 10, but a limited number of tickets are still available for fans through an exclusive Ducat King pre-sale.
Pitchfork described Alpinisms as “diaphanous” and Rolling Stone said the trio was “the sum of hip contradictions” and “like an evening mass with the Sixties acid-oscillator duo Silver Apples” while NPR declared Alpinisms to be one of the Top Debut Albums of 2008.
School of Seven Bells on tour:
Aug 07 – Tokyo, Japan @ Summer Sonic Festival
Aug 08 – Mashima, Japan @ Summer Sonic Festival
Aug 14 – New York, NY @ Seaport Music Festival/Pier 17
Aug 28 – Paris, France @ Rock en Seine Festival
Sep 25 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brendas
Sep 26 – Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
Sep 27 – Washington, DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel
Sep 28 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
Sep 29 – Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
Oct 01 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s
Oct 02 – Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits *
Oct 04 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah
Oct 05 – Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
Oct 06 – San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
Oct 08 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
Oct 09 – Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret
Oct 10 – Seattle, WA @ Neumo’s
Oct 13 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
Oct 14 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
Oct 15 – Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace
Oct 16 – Northampton, MA @ Pearl Street Nightclub
Oct 17 – Boston, MA @ Paradise
Oct 23 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall/CMJ Music Marathon
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