What happens when you take an ex-member of Poison The Well and an ex-member of a teen pop group? Well, you can get many things. Things that on paper, shouldn’t work. But fuck what it says on paper. Put the two together and you get one of the best duos around- Sleigh Bells.

I am not writing this because I think Alexis Krauss is stunning and has amazing tattoos. I’m writing this because I should’ve done it ages ago, but now is the perfect time, if ever there was one.

Rill Rill does take a bit of a sample from Funkadellic’s Can You Get To That, but that is not a bad thing. The sample works so well. So bloody well.

Honestly? I wouldn’t complain if Alexis threw me out of a car. Alright enough with the creepy shit.

What I love about Derek and Alexis is how big their sound is. It’s raw, it’s in your face 9I hate myself for using those words…), it’s powerful- even if you had it on the lowest volume setting it’d still be insanely loud. There’s this kind of Punk feel to their music. I guess being based in New York (Brooklyn) would play a big part in that.

How two people can make this level of noise is amazing. I just love them to pieces. Treats was one of the best albums and best debut albums of last year, however- I do feel it was overlooked by many. It’s okay, they’ll more than likely blow your mind with their second album which is due out (hopefully) the start of next year.