Sleigh Bells returns with their 6th studio album ‘Texis’. “Locust Laced”, the first single from the record is a classic slice of Sleigh Bells’signature controlled chaos that has made them one of the most exciting bands of the last decade. The next album single “Justine Go Genesis” followed quickly with an 80’s inspired music video that sparked a frenzy in Sleigh Bell’s fans.
One of the band’s goals in writing ‘Texis’ was to infuse even the most abrasive and full-blast songs with something that made the music feel “nourishing” to them.“The thing I’m most attracted to is the juxtaposition of happy and sad, melancholy and hope,” says Miller.“A lot of this is about trying to hold on to a shred of optimism through sheer force of will, and I hope this music can give people some joyful energy and confidence.
'Texis’ is the sound of the duo letting go of hang-ups and inhibitions and allowing themselves to embrace the sort of loud, colorful, genre-melting music only they could make.“We stopped worrying about whether or not we’re in or out of our comfort zone, or if we were being repetitive or formulaic,” says Derek Miller. After pushing themselves to sound less obviously “Sleigh Bells” on their 2017 EPKid Kruschev, he found he’d started to reject a lot of his best creative impulses. On Texis, the duo decided to simply push the first domino and see what would happen, chasing down whatever excitement and inspiration followed; the resulting album is pure fireworks, full of the best songs Sleigh Bells have ever written and recorded
Listen/download/purchase Texis here.
