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Sleigh Bells released their sophomore album, Reign of Terror, on February 21st, 2012 on Mom + Pop Music. Produced by guitarist Derek Miller, and written by Miller and singer Alexis Krauss, Reign of Terror is the highly anticipated follow up to 2010’s Treats, an album whose deft, stylish combination of genres, sounds, and dynamics was simply unprecedented. Treats’ own extreme volume was matched by the deafening roar of praise, landing the band on over 50 year-end lists for 2010. Sleigh Bells toured behind Treats relentlessly, opening for the likes of LCD Soundsystem, Hot Chip, Yeasayer and Major Lazer before headlining their own shows, many of which sold out in minutes. They played lauded, exhilarating sets at festivals around the globe, confirming their status as a sheer tour de force on the stage. It is this intense live energy, coupled with the continued desire to carve out new musical terrain, which runs throughout their new album, Reign of Terror. Engineered by Shane Stoneback, who helped to record Treats, songs on Reign of Terror are as crushing and authoritative as their title suggests; they’re effortlessly robust and heavier than any of the band’s previous output, but more melodic as well. Packed densely with stomping beats, shredding Jackson guitar riffs, sinister ribbons of Alexis Krauss’ candy-coated vocals, and the cries of a pep rally gone terribly wrong, Reign of Terror is a record that, like its predecessor, redefines everything you think music can be.

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Miya plays psycho grunge ballads and existential crisis rock (only kind of kidding). Her EP Strange Darling premiered on Stereogum and was recently reviewed by Jon Pareles in the New York Times, saying her “gift is capturing the uncertainty, temptation and impulsiveness of those brief but fraught junctures.” Her band was included in Bob Boilen’s top 10 discoveries of CMJ 2015 and, Boilen also included her in his 2015 review of shows, calling her live performance “transcendent”. Noisey urged readers to “Allow a little magic into your life in the form of LA-based folk-pop songstress Miya Folick,” and Pigeons and Planes compared her to Fiona Apple, Alanis Morrisette, and PJ Harvey. She lives in Downtown LA with her books and her disco ball.