Sleigh Bells - Comeback Kid

There are a lot of ways to improve your chances of being featured by me on our super important and famous music blog (no need to tell your friends about us; we’re doing great). One of them is to blast me with the nostalgia gun. Usually it’s done in a blatant, hit-you-over-the-head-with-a-bottle-of-Zima way (see: Katy Perry’s Last Friday Night) and while Katy Perry isn’t really my style, after seeing the video, that song may have been on constant repeat for a few days after the video dropped. But Sleigh Bells have decided to play it a little more subtle here. Well… I mean, it’s still obvious but the important thing is that it makes me want to pop in a VHS of Gremlins (ask your parents).

But let’s forget all that and let’s take a second to commend Soundboard for managing to not make a Sleigh Bells post for the entirety of the Treats era. I kind of think that deserves an award. I mean, let’s face it… Sleigh Bells have been an indie/underground Tumblr favorite for a while now. So let’s have a round of applause for us.

Anyway, listen to the song, watch the vid, maybe pre-order a copy of their upcoming album, Reign of Terror (due out February 21, 2012), if it so please you. Now get out of here, you crazy kids. My sciatica is acting up again.

- Max