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School of Seven Bells (often stylized as SVIIB) is an American indie rock band from New York City, formed in 2007. It originally consisted of Alejandra Deheza (vocals, guitar), her sister Claudia Deheza (keyboards, vocals) and Benjamin Curtis (guitar, synthesizers, vocals). Claudia Deheza (keyboards, vocals) left the band in 2010. Curtis died in December 2013. The band was named after a mythical South American pickpocket training academy of the same name. ==History== Benjamin Curtis (formerly of Secret Machines) met identical twin sisters Alejandra and Claudia Deheza (both formerly of On!Air!Library!) while opening on an Interpol tour.〔()〕 The three decided to end their commitments to their old bands, move into a shared space and create a home recording studio together.〔 The band had an unorthodox songwriting process that began with lyrics, which were then supplemented by the music.〔 Curtis said that this process was the most important part of the band, with "everything else () accompaniment". A before-and-after example was hosted by NPR's program ''Day to Day''. Debut single "My Cabal" was released in May 2007 on the UK label Sonic Cathedral. A 12-inch/digital EP, "Face to Face on High Places," was released in September 2007 on the Table of the Elements label, in addition to a single from producer Prefuse 73 called "Class of 73 Bells" that featured the band.〔 They then toured with Blonde Redhead as well as with Prefuse 73.〔 School of Seven Bells' debut album, ''Alpinisms'', was released one year later in 2008. They then went on tour with Bat for Lashes on her UK ''Two Suns'' tour. The ''Alpinisms'' track "Chain" was featured on an Adult Swim and Ghostly International compilation album, ''Ghostly Swim'', promoted by Adult Swim and available for free download. Their second album, ''Disconnect from Desire'' was released in July 2010. It was hailed by Pitchfork Media. During the accompanying tour, they covered the Siouxsie and the Banshees song "Kiss Them for Me".〔(Kiss Them For Me (Siouxsie and the Banshees cover ) School Of Seven Bells, live in Chicago 2010.〕 The band was awarded International Bet of the Year (Aposta Internacional) at the 2010 MTV Video Music Brasil. On October 12, 2010, it was announced via the band's Facebook page that Claudia Deheza had left the band due to personal reasons. On February 28, 2012, they released ''Ghostory'', their third studio album and first as a duo. It included the singles "The Night", "Lafaye" and "Scavenger". On November 13, 2012, the EP ''Put Your Sad Down'' was released. On February 8, 2013, Alejandra Deheza announced via the band's Facebook page that Curtis had been diagnosed with T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma after several weeks of symptoms. Deheza noted that the condition was treatable, and expected treatment to last several months. However, Curtis did not recover and died on December 29, 2013 at Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. On June 18, 2014, the band announced a music video for their cover of Joey Ramone's "I Got Knocked Down (But I’ll Get Up)." This was the last piece of music produced by Curtis before his death. On June 25, 2014, ''Culture Collide'' premiered the "I Got Knocked Down (But I’ll Get Up)" video. The site announced plans by Alejandra Deheza to release a new School of Seven Bells album, with Curtis' portion already recorded in its entirety prior to his death. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「School of Seven Bells」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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