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School Of Seven Bells to release final recording
By Andy Malt | Published on Friday 20 June 2014
School Of Seven Bells have released their final recording, a cover of Joey Ramone’s ‘I Got Knocked Down (But I’ll Get Up)’. The track was recorded by the band’s Benjamin Curtis in hospital shortly before his death from cancer in December, aged 35.
“It was a very spontaneous decision to record this track”, says vocalist Alejandra Deheza. “Benjamin had been talking about the song a lot, and then he just decided he was going to do it. We couldn’t record vocals in the hospital, so he actually Facetimed with me and his brother while we recorded vocals in the studio”.
She continued: “He spearheaded the whole thing on Facetime, would even tell us which knobs to turn and listen to levels etc. We’d even see nurses in the background from time to time! It was really amazing. But that was Benjamin, and producing was what he did. It was therapeutic and took his mind off being really sick. This song was really important to him and I’m happy we were able to record it”.
The track will be available to buy on Monday. Listen to a clip here:
