10 Albums of 2012

7. Sleigh Bells: Reign of Terror

“There’s a different dimension emotionally in the songs, in the mood of them and the lyrics. But it also sounds like what you’d expect of us. I don’t feel the need to try to recreate the wheel every time out. The idea is just to do something memorable. I just want to use the blueprint of what we have and hopefully improve on it.” - Derek Miller, on Reign of Terror