Arriving home after a couple of weeks of gelato and pastizzi it was nice to have a pleasant pile of records at my door welcoming me home. On the top of the pile was The School's 'Let It Slip' EP, which I'm extremely happy to find more than delivers on the promise of their first single 'All I Wanna Do'. Given their first single's understated warmth, it's startling to hear the eponymous first track blast off with upbeat soul grooves and girl group harmonies that should be dominating the dance floor of your local club night for the rest of the year. Exclusively recording on a four track in your bedroom my result in mad indie cred, but this EP shows The School are the kind of band who are only going to benefit from high production standards. The passion and diversity they show would only get lost in murky lo-fi production bands are usually forced to use on their early releases.
Despite clearly owing a dept to 60s girl groups The School, unlike so many of their com temporaries, never seem to sink into pastiche. The joy and the melodrama is there, but it doesn't seem to matter if the dresses are or not. Put simply they're not The Pipettes. Instead they came across simply as a band trying to express and share their love of pop music.
They're playing this Saturday at the Buffalo Bar and I would like very much to see them, though since I can't seem to find anyone else interested in going along I'll probably end up piking.
2 comments:
Chris, I really really hope you went to see them play, because I am completely in love with them. You should go to shows for the sole purpose of making me incredibly jealous.
sadly I decided against it at the last minute and went to the movies instead. this was made easier when i learnt they're playing again in a month or so.
nice to see you're posting again!!
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