Just having all the same pieces in play doesn’t automatically guarantee a repeat of a previous triumph. Maybe it’s simply familiarity that’s dulling the once astonishingly refreshing ways School of Seven Bells put their songs together, but like many bands before them who similarly created magic with their debut albums, this Brooklyn trio can’t quite harness the same level of energy for their sophomore effort. Their remarkable 2008 debut Alpinisms was a thriving mix of sweeps and crashes with dynamic balance between Benjamin Curtis’ layers of atmospheric synths and ...