Those Sleigh Bells ring

Hipster noiseniks Sleigh Bells premiered the first single from their new album Reign Of Terror on Zane Lowe's Radio One show last night. Anyone who discovered the band through their strutting, melodic single Rill Rill, or their association with Beyonce and Diplo will be in for a shock.

Born To Lose reverts to the standard Sleigh Bells template which, to be fair, is brilliant in its simplicity: Imagine you've gone to a nativity play, but Jack White has turned up with a Peavey Amp, slashed the speaker with a razor blade and started playing buzzsaw power chords over the top of Away In A Manger. It is really that good.

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