School Of Seven Bells

the third single from SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS’ Alpinisms, has at its core a rather telling bit of wordplay. The word “cabal”--usually pronounced “kuh-BALL,” meaning a secret, conspiratorial clique not unlike School of Seven Bells themselves--is here pronounced “cable,” like the electronic connector. Appropriately, the song “My Cabal” reflects that strange combintation of technology and the supernatural, spinning a drum-machine throb, a few chiming guitars, and a My Bloody Valentine-style atmospheric “whoosh” into a sophisticated dream-pop anthem. The “My Cabal” single’s B-side component is particularly stacked, beginning with the melancholy instrumental track “My Camarilla,” a gentle “response” from Cabal, the song’s protagonist, to Camarilla, his lady love. A half-time remix of Alpinism’s vocoder-laden “Chain” by UK ambient legends SEEFEEL follows.