Noise pop duo Sleigh Bells are back with their first new single in three years titled ‘Wanna Start A Band?’ Singer Alexis Krauss shares: “In 2008 while eating at a restaurant in Brooklyn with my mom, our server, Derek, wasted very little time asking me, essentially, ‘Wanna Start A Band?’ Hard to believe that almost 17 years later we are still hyped and obsessively making records together. Derek started messing with the riff for this song around 2014 — it needed a lot of work but a spark was there. We had a band by then but didn’t know how long it would last. For us, this song is a reminder of how we started but it’s also the first part of a new story we want to tell — more on that very soon! We hope you will come along for the ride. Love, Alexis and Derek.”
Sleigh Bells have also announced a tour with support from Sophie Hunter, kicking off in Phoenix on May 7th and wrapping up on June 15th in Madison, WI – check out the dates below.
Upcoming tour dates:
May 7th – Crescent Ballroom – Phoenix, AZ
May 9th – The Observatory – Constellation Room – Santa Ana, CA
May 10th – Belly Up – Solana Beach, CA
May 13th – August Hall – Music Hall – San Francisco, CA
May 16th – Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR
May 17th – Hollywood Theatre – Vancouver, British Columbia
May 19th – Neptune Theatre – Seattle, WA
May 21st – Summit – Denver, CO
May 23rd – White Oak Music Hall – Downstairs – Houston, TX
May 24th – Granada Theater – Dallas, TX
May 25th – Mohawk – Austin, TX
May 28th – The RITZ Ybor – Tampa, FL
May 29th – Plaza Live – Orlando, FL
May 30th – Culture Room – Fort Lauderdale, FL
June 1st – Terminal West – Atlanta, GA
June 2nd – The Orange Peel – Asheville, NC
June 3rd – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA
June 5th – 9:30 Club – Washington, DC
June 6th – Paradise Rock Club – Boston, MA
June 7th – Webster Hall – New York, NY
June 10th – Axis Club Theatre – Toronto, Ontario
June 11th – El Club – Detroit, MI
June 12th – The Metro – Chicago, IL
June 14th – Fine Line – Minneapolis, MN
June 15th – Majestic Theatre – Madison, WI