Sleigh Bells

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• Sleigh Bells, 'Bunky Becky Birthday Boy' Album Review | Paste | April 4, 2025, midnight
After a series of disappointing, overwrought releases, Sleigh Bells' 'Bouncy Bunky Becky Birthday' is a nimble late-career return to form that enlivens their signature loudness with a...

• Sleigh Bells Want to Be a Different Band on New Album | PopMatters | April 10, 2025, midnight
Bunky Becky Birthday Boy is loud, yes, but mixed so clear, bright, and tinny that it’s grating instead of bone-shaking.

• Sleigh Bells - Bunky Becky Birthday Boy review • DIY Magazine | DIY | April 4, 2025, midnight
There’s a joyfully nostalgic thread that runs through this sixth album from Sleigh Bells. It’s there in its title, which nods to both vocalist Alexis Krauss’ late dog Riz who would often be out on tour with the band (‘Bunky Becky’), and her young son Wilder (‘Birthday Boy’).

• Sleigh Bells Toe The Line Between Trendy and Experimentation On ... | Glide Magazine | April 2, 2025, midnight
On their seventh album together, Bunky Becky Birthday Boy, Sleigh Bells take a victory lap. The quick yet potent 11-song LP, set to be released this Friday (April 4), showcases the band’s ability to follow trends while stomping their footprints in the wet cement of the young hyper-pop genre.

• Sleigh Bells: Bunky Becky Birthday Boy Album Review | Pitchfork | April 9, 2025, 4:01 a.m.
It should be a relief that Bunky Becky Birthday Boy, their latest album, presents itself as something new. But the record doesn’t shape-shift as much as it leans into some of their most abrasive...

• Albums Of The Week: Sleigh Bells | Bunky Becky Birthday Boy | Tinnitist | April 3, 2025, midnight
Following 2021’s Texis, Bunky Becky Birthday Boy blasts into the room with razor-sharp guitars, ultra-sticky pop choruses, floor-shaking rhythms, and indelible chants, which kick off on the album’s instant-classic opening track.

• Sleigh Bells - Bunky Becky Birthday Boy | Northern Transmissions
But where recent efforts felt scattered and sluggish, Bunky Becky Birthday Boy feels like a much-needed recalibration. It’s not a reinvention, instead, it’s a tight, 11-track exhale that reassures us they’re still here, still kicking, still finding new sparks in old flames. From the jump, this album feels more focused than their last few releases.

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