Oh dear. You know when a song is so good, you fear you may just struggle to get past it on the album? Well, that’s precisely the position I find myself in with Lafaye, the second song to be lifted from School of Seven Bells’s third album, Ghostory, which is released on February 27th (The Night appeared online last December). It disproves the common misconception that the best songs on an album are never its singles; this is a song that is strong enough to be praised to the rafters. A gentle synth melody ushers in a thudding beat and a three-chord bassline of the most euphoric kind.

Over all this floats the suitably ethereal voice of Alejandra Deheza, and it matches the nature of the song perfectly, leading the unsuspecting listener into an absolutely gargantuan chorus, the sort I wasn’t sure the band (now a duo after Claudia Deheza left in October 2010) had the ability to pull off. They’ve delivered an absolute humdinger of a lead single, though. I got my copy of the album today, so this won’t be the last you hear of Ghostory. It’s not out for another six weeks though, so that gives me plenty of time. Besides, for now I just want to listen to this song. It’s just extraordinary.