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Though Sleigh Bells talked about doing a special Unplugged-style show later this year, Krauss promises that the band isn’t going soft. “We’ll still be bludgeoning people,” she says. “Just not for the whole set.”

Darkness and light. It’s a theme with these two.

I leave Krauss’ place and take the subway three stops to Miller’s. When I open the door to his apartment, I see him on his couch under a blanket, smiling. His hair is mussed and he’s wearing a T-shirt and pajama bottoms. “I honestly haven’t been outside in 48 hours,” he says. He’s been enjoying doing a whole lot of nothing other than playing guitar and digging into the Smiths and U2 box sets he just bought. He’s finally come around to feeling relief that Reign of Terror is finished. But soon he’ll leave his cocoon. First to spend Christmas with his mom in Florida, then to take Sleigh Bells on the road.

“It’s time to take the next step,” he says. “I’ve been keeping all this to myself for so long. It’s time to get it out there.” He’s a bit nervous, especially about the Florida shows, when he and Alexis will play the new songs in front of family and friends. “At least if we fuck up,” he says, “we’ll be in front of a sympathetic audience.”

(Source: alrightinnit)