The School - Let It Slip

yes, retro is a four-letter-word. and whereas the last few years saw a small revival of the early 60s diminutive „-ettes“ as in the The Raveonettes, The Pipettes or The Noisettes the music mostly didn't accompany the names. so, even though The Schoolettes would better hint the sound, The School went the other way. it's not that you'll be completely unprepared when confronted with their happy-happy-lollipop-pop: the almost expressionistic use of just bright colours and the displayed post-petticoat fashion are indications enough. the name „The School“ bears, at least for those of us who didn't become teachers, the connotation of adolescence and our last years in the institution of the same name.
The School started spreading the light heartedness of summer and juvenility most fitting in format and colour on a pink 7“ record. now they doubled their output with a 4-song MCD. and it still works and doesn't seem to wear out.
i don't know what them welsh kids plans are, but late spring, early summer would be a good time to dare a full length: a gazillion hormones, induced by the reappearance of full days of sunlight, floading everyones body and create a state of involuntary happiness, that will turn us into all too recipient mediums for this grand twee pop. actually the music itself creates that state even on the darkest and coldest winter days. so why not more of that sonic instant happiness right now?

The School myspace