The School

THE SCHOOL: Release their second album

It seemed like it would be impossible to improve on “Loveless Unbeliever”, but they did it. The album went halfway around the world, showed up on hundreds of “best of” lists of the year, was mentioned by and included in some of the most prestigious press about music and culture in general. Up to four singles came out of their compositions. They toured all around the planet and were a hit wherever they went. And now their new album is here and they have left us totally speechless. “Reading Too Much Into Things Like Everything” is a better version of THE SCHOOL. The arrangements are, if it’s even possible, even more delicate, more elegant; the emotions make your hair stand smoothly on end and the vitality and freshness are just as strong as they were on their first single.

Because Liz and her crew are capable of writing songs like “Where Does Your Heart Belong”, which would stand out on its own strength on a compilation of the best songs by THE RONETTES or THE SUPREMES. The album opens with a song like “What’s Just Begun”, which Brian Wilson and Burt Bacharach would unanimously applaud. Stuart Murdochis thinking that he has to go back to doing songs “It’s Not The Same” and “Never Thought I’d See The Day”. The RAMONES can’t stop dancing to the rhythm of “Why Do You Have To Break My Heart Again”. Jack Nietzcheand ABBA are hugging while they remember the first time they fell in love, as they listen to “Baby Won’t You Stay With Me Tonight”. And all of this without forgetting for one second that we’re listening to Liz and her crew. Because that’s how the new THE SCHOOL album is: well-assimilated classics that are loaded into a collection of impeccable songs; we almost dare to say inimitable.

But the most important thing about this album is that it manages to reach an almost inexplicable level of magical – a quality that only the great albums have – which transcends the utterly perfect songs and is led by the whim of emotions. This magic could be broken by just a slight alteration in the order of the songs, or some small out-of-place arrangement. Which is why we can do nothing but praise the work of Dave Wrench (BRITISH SEA POWER, Euros Childs, BAT FOR LASHES, Beth Orton, James Yorkston, FANFARLO, CARIBOU, EVERYTHING EVERYTHING, HERMAN DÜNE). But everything is there, moving us from song to song, from the dreaminess that sets off the previously mentioned “What’s Just Begun”, to the energy and vitality that the entire album gives off every second. There are little snips of bitterness like “It’s Not The Same”, there’s that melancholic goodbye that melts into the fade-out of “Baby Won’t You Stay With Me Tonight”. And we can’t forget that happy ending, “You Make Me Hear Music”, which is even dreamier than the album starts of as, full of hope and beauty, that only someone in love can make: You make the music in my head play. 

We know it’s hard to explain, which is why the only thing we can do is encourage you to listen to this marvellous album, and hope that you feel the same way we do. Thanks, Liz. Thanks, THE SCHOOL. 
 

TRACKLIST: 01. What's Just Begun 02. Never Thought I'd See The Day 03. Where Does Your Heart Belong? 04. Stop That Boy! 05. That Boy Is Mine 06. It's Not The Same 07. The Grass Is Always Greener On The Other Side 08. Some Day My Heart Will Beat Again 09. I Should Do 10. Why Do You Have To Break My Heart Again? 11. Baby Won't You Stay With Me Tonight? 12. You Make Me Hear Music (Inside My Head)

LP [Limited Edition] / CD Digipak • The vinyl format includes a free digital MP3 download [320 kbps]

Video-clip of "Never Thought I'd See the Day" on sale on iTunes

Video-clip of "Where Does Your Heart Belong?" on sale on iTunes

UPCOMING CONCERTS: 

Thursday, 17 may 2012

The School + The Primitives

The Haunt 
10 Pool Valley Coach Station 
Brighton 
Time: 19:00 
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Friday, 18 may 2012

The School + The Primitives

+ Produkty

Lock42 
2-4 Frog Island 
Leicester 
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Saturday, 19 may 2012

The School + The Primitives
+ Piskie Sits

The Hop 
19 Bank Street, Wakefield WF1 1EH 
Wakefield 
Time: 20:00 
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Lunes, 21 may 2012

The School + The Primitives

Slade Rooms (Little Civic) 
Broad Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1HP 
Wolverhampton 
Time: 19:30 
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Tuesday, 22 may 2012

The School + The Primitives

The Ruby Lounge 
High Street, Manchester M4 1QB 
Manchester 
Time: 19:30 
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Wednesday, 23 may 2012

The School + The Primitives

+ Zombina & The Skeletones

Lomax 
34 Cumberland Street, Liverpool L1 6BU 
Liverpool

Time: 21:00

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Thursday, 24 may 2012

The School + The Primitives

The Leopard 
1 West Street, Doncaster DN1 3AA 
Doncaster 
Time: 20:00

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Friday, 25 may 2012

The School + The Primitives

Borderline 
Orange Yard (off Manette Street) 
London 
Time: 19:00 
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Saturday, 02 june 2012

The School: Going Up The Country
+ Pocketbooks + The Hobbes Fanclub + The Proctors + A Little Orchestra + A Fine Day For Sailing + The Fireworks + Golden Glow + Cherry Coloured Pop + Tiny Birds + Dj's Kissing Just For Practice

Indiepop fundraiser at The Church House Inn 
Buxton Road, Congleton, Cheshire CW12 2DY 
Cheshire 
Time: 13:00 
All Ages

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Limited camping, £10 per tent

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Thursday, 07 june 2012

The School
+ Standard Fare & Support

The Duchess 
Stonebow House, The Stonebow, York, YO1 7NP 
York [UK]
Time: 20:00

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Friday, 08 june 2012

The School + Dj Duglas T Stewart (BMX Bandits)
+ Wake The President & Support

Nice N Sleazy 
421 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3LG 
Glasgow [UK]
Time: 20:00 
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Saturday, 09 june 2012

The School
+ Support

The Tunnels 
Carnegies Brae, Aberdeen, AB10 1BF 
Aberdeen 
Time: 19:30 
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Sunday, 10 june 2012

The School
+ Support

Sneaky's Pete 
73 Cowgate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH1 1JW 
Edimburgo [UK]
Time: 19:00 
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Monday, 11 june 2012

The School
+ Standard Fare + The Sweet Nothings + Pull Yourself Together Dj's

The Harley 
334 Glossop Road, Sheffield, Yorkshire, S10 2HW 
Sheffield [UK]

Time: 19:30 
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Tuesday, 12 june 2012

The School + Knickers
+ Guests

Queen Of Hoxton 
1 Curtain Road, London, EC2A 3JX 
Londres [UK] 
Time: 19:30 
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Wednesday, 13 june 2012

The School
+ Support

Waterfront Studio 
139-141 King Street, Norwich NR1 1QH UK 
Norwich [UK]
Time: 19:30 
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Thursday, 14 june 2012

The School
+ Support

Bullingdon Arms 
162 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1UE 
Oxford 
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Saturday, 23 june 2012

The School
+ Support

10 Feet Tall 
11a-12 Church St, Cardiff CF10 1BG 
Cardiff 
Time: 19:30 
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Followed by OFFICIAL AFTERSHOW downstairs in Undertone afterwards with guests / The School DJ's til 4am! For free with handstamp

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