Album Haiku: Treats by Sleigh Bells
Boy Meets Girl Noise Pop
Slap in the face energy
Perfect Summer “Treat”
4 out of 5
Songs we can’t take off repeat; “Kids,” “Tell ‘Em,” “Crown on the Ground,” and “Treats.”
If you haven’t experienced an electronic noise album, “Treats” might be a bit of a shocker for you. It smoothers you in a candy shop of sound that will have your body moving like Pop Rocks in your mouth. It is the story of Boy Meets Girl, and now we have Sleigh Bells. It’s not a winter wonderland so I am not sure how the name Sleigh Bells evolved. Alexis kind of sings like MIA does, and speaking of MIA the duo is signed to her label N.E.E.T.! Anyhow it took a few listens for me to get used to and now my jams off Treats will be in rotation all summer.
– Andrea