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The School (British band)

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Genres
  
Pop

Labels
  
Elefant Records

Record label
  
Elefant Records

Years active
  
2007–present

Genre
  
Pop music

Members
  
Liz Hunt, Andy Regan

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Associated acts
  
The Loves The Voluntary Butler Scheme Little My (band) Pagan Wanderer Lu Albatross Archive Francesca's Word Salad

Origin
  
Cardiff, United Kingdom (2007)

Albums
  
Loveless Unbeliever, Wasting Away and Wondering

Similar
  
Quiet Marauder, Camera Obscura, Lucky Soul, Band À Part, The Primitives

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The School are a Welsh indiepop group based in Cardiff, Wales.

Contents

Their sound owes heavily to 1960s influences such as The Beach Boys and girl groups such as The Ronnettes and The Shangri-Las, along with more recent indiepop acts Camera Obscura and Belle and Sebastian.

Career

Formed in 2007, the band signed with Spanish label Elefant Records, after playing only 4 live shows, supporting Saturday Looks Good to Me.

Debut double A-Sided single "All I Wanna Do"/"Valentine" was released on limited edition bubblegum pink vinyl in February 2008, followed by the Let It Slip EP in June. "And Suddenly" (Left Banke cover) was released in August on Slumberland Records, as a split single with George Washington Brown.

The band's debut album Loveless Unbeliever was released on 31 May 2010, produced by Ian Catt.

In 2010 The School performed a live concert on Spanish television show 'Los Conciertos De Radio 3'. They were also nominated for 'Best International Artist' at the Spanish Independent Music Awards 2011.

Second album Reading Too Much Into Things Like Everything was released on 14 May 2012. It was recorded at Bryn Derwen Studios in Bethesda, North Wales, by David Wrench.

Limited edition picture disc 7" single 'When I Fall In Love' was released in August 2014 on the label Where It's At Is Where You Are's '7777777' singles club (and digitally through Elefant), with an illustration by artist Andy Hart.

In 2015 record label Kingfisher Bluez released a series of 7" singles curated by other independent labels. Buddy System: A Kingfisher Bluez Singles Club included a split single chosen by Elefant Records, featuring 'When I Fall In Love (Pagan Wanderer Lu remix)'.

The band's third album Wasting Away and Wondering was released in September 2015 by Elefant Records. It was recorded at Giant Wafer Studios in Mid Wales, by Rob Jones aka The Voluntary Butler Scheme.

Singles

  • "All I Wanna Do"/"Valentine" (Elefant Records, 2008)
  • "Let It Slip EP" (Elefant Records, 2008)

    • EPs

  • "All I Want From You Is Everything" (Elefant Records, 2015)

    • Albums

  • Loveless Unbeliever (Elefant Records, 2010)
  • Reading Too Much Into Things Like Everything (Elefant Records, 2012)
  • Wasting Away and Wondering (Elefant Records, 2015)

    • Compilation albums

  • Happy New Year (Elefant Records, 2007, contained "Kiss You in The Snow")
  • Un Cuestion De Sexo Soundtrack (Song BMG, 2008, contained "Let It Slip")
  • Counter Culture 08 (Rough Trade Shops, 2009, contained "All I Wanna Do")
  • Searching for the Now 6 (Slumberland Records, 2009, contained "And Suddenly")
  • Yo, También Soundtrack (Elefant Records, 2009, contained "I Don't Believe in Love" and "Kiss You in the Snow")
  • Play Some Pool, Skip Some School, Act Real Cool - Bruce Springsteen Tribute (Where It's At Is Where You Are, 2009, contained "Hungry Heart")
  • Indiepop09 (Rough Trade Shops, released 9 November 2009, contained "And Suddenly")
  • 12 Days of Christmas (Bubblewrap Records, 2009, contained "Drummer Boy")

    • Songs

    I Love EverythingLoveless Unbeliever · 2010
    Is He Really Coming Home?Loveless Unbeliever · 2010
    I Don't Believe in LoveYo También (Me Too) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] · 2009

    References

    The School (British band) Wikipedia
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