SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS RELEASE MY CABAL SINGLE ON GHOSTLY INTERNATIONAL / RELEASE “MY CABAL” VIDEO / TOUR US WITH BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW

SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS RELEASE “MY CABAL” SINGLE ON GHOSTLY INTERNATIONAL / RELEASE “MY CABAL” VIDEO / TOUR US WITH BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW

Brooklyn trio School of Seven Bells is coming off successful UK tours with Bat for Lashes and White Lies and a nomination for MOJO Breakthrough Act 2009. Now, “My Cabal,” the third single from their Ghostly International debut Alpinisms, is here, released on May 19th, 2009.

“My Cabal” 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 conflation 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 also includes the melancholy instrumental “My Camarilla,” a halftime remix of Alpinisms’ “Chain” by UK ambient legends Seefeel, and a blown-out re-imagining of “Face to Face on High Places” by Jesu’s Justin Broadrick.

The David Mullett-directed video for “My Cabal” matches the song’s woozy lilt with a new take on the usual band-performance video. In the clip, School of Seven Bells play in an equipment-stuffed soundstage as a single camera captures the action through a fisheye lens. The video’s gorgeously saturated colors and disorienting, constantly-shifting camera angle create the sense of watching the band while sitting in a tiny, smoothly calibrated rollercoaster.

School of Seven Bells also recently contributed a brand-new track to Brand Neu!, a tribute to seminal ’70s Krautrockers Neu!, out May 11th on Feraltone Records.

The band is currently on tour with Black Moth Super Rainbow. The upcoming dates:

05.22 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club*
05.25 Seattle, WA @ Sasquatch Festival*
05.26 Portland, OR @ Holocene*
05.28 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill*
05.29 Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour*
05.30 Costa Mesa, CA @ Detroit Bar*
05.31 Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room*
06.02 Austin, TX @ Mohawk*
06.03 Denton, TX @ Hailey’s*
06.04 Little Rock, AR @ Sticky Fingerz*
06.05 Nashville, TN @ Exit In*
06.06 Columbus, OH @ Circus*
06.12 New York City, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
08.07 Tokyo, JP @ Summer Sonic Festival
08.08 Mashima, JP @ Summer Sonic Festival
10.02 Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits
10.04 San Diego, CA @ Casbah

*w/ Black Moth Super Rainbow