(Mom + Pop)
!!!!! AVOID !!!!!
Like fellow glorified cheerleaders Fang Island, Sleigh Bells craft ultrawattage, high-spirited, intolerably annoying pop for folks who actually enjoyed pep rallies in high school. Parading lyrics like "You can do your best today!!" the duo come off like guidance counselor rock -- sunny, bright, repetitive music that would inadvertently drive a borderline case to suicide.
Oh, and this stuff is loud. Loud, like, tastelessly, needlessly, irresponsibly loud. Treats might qualify as the worst mastering job of the year, compressed to shit and maxed out until everything pushes to a migraine ceiling. There's no reason to believe this isn't how Sleigh Bells wanted it. It's like staring into a fresh flourescent bulb for half an hour, or eating three bales of cotton candy before riding Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. No matter how young you think you are, this isn't good for you.
Signature track "Rill Rill" is gaining a reputation for its uncredited copping of a sample from Funkadelic's "Can You Get to That." It's amazing that it takes something that trivial to get people outraged at these clowns. I'd comment more specifically but that would require listening to this shit again. Stay away. Drink five energy drinks if you need to wake up this badly, for god's sake.
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