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School of Seven Bells

There's a tribal quality to School of Seven Bells' synth-rock rave-ups that's echoed in the album art of their debut release, Alpinisms. Onstage at the Fader Fort Friday night, the New York trio — which features Ben Curtis, formerly of psych-rock heavy-hitters Secret Machines on guitar, and twins Claudia and Alejandra Deheza on vocals, synths and guitar — eschewed the album's slow trippy chill-outs and kept the drum-machine pumping and the tempos swift. The band trucks in fuzzy drones and the girls' close harmonies, recalling Stereolab (on "Connjur") and My Bloody Valentine ("Face to Face on High Places"), and their sound glowed like a warm orb in the venue's cavernous loft. CARYN GANZ

Listen Here: "Connjur"