THE SCHOOL - USA TOUR SUMMER 2013

Our first US tour, about time really.. See you there? x

Thurs 30th May - NYC POPFEST, NY - Cake Shop 

Fri 31st May - NYC POPFEST DJ SET, NY - Loft
Tues 4th June - CLEVELAND, OH - Beachland Ballroom
Wed 5th June - CHICAGO, IL - The Burlington 
Thurs 6th June - ST LOUIS, MO - Off Broadway
Fri 7th June - NASHVILLE, TN - The End
Sat 8th June - ATHENS, GA - The Caledonia Lounge
Mon 10th June - WINSTON-SALEM, NC - Krankie's Coffee & Bar
Tues 11th June - ROANOKE, VA - Billy's Barn
Wed 12th June - NEW YORK, NY - Cake Shop
Thurs 13th June - NORTHAMPTON, MA - Sierra Grille

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Thurs 30th May - NYC POPFEST, NY 
Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow St, New York, NY 10002

with Zipper, Literature, Grand Resort, Swiss Alps, Thee Ahs & DJ Roque (Cloudberry Records)
Ages 21+ $10 adv/£12 doors from www.nycpopfest.org www.facebook.com/events/343549645764577

Fri 31st May - NEW YORK, NY (NYC Popfest DJ Set) 
Loft, 70 N 6th Street, Brooklyn, NY (between Wythe and Kent, just a short walk from The Knitting Factory)
with Hungry Beat! DJs
Ages 21+ 
www.nycpopfest.org

Tues 4th June - CLEVELAND, OH

Beachland Ballroom, 15711 Waterloo Road, Cleveland, OH 44110
8.30pm, ages 18+. $6 adv - www.ticketweb.com 
www.beachlandballroom.com www.facebook.com/events/592331110779878

Wed 5th June - CHICAGO, IL

The Burlington, 3425 W Fullerton Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647
with Tiny Fireflies

$tbc 
www.theburlingtonbar.com

Thurs 6th June - ST LOUIS, MO 
Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue, St Louis, MO 63118
with Bunnygrunt / Sleepy & The Bedtimes
8.30pm, all ages. $7 for 21+, $10 under 21s from Ticketweb.com
www.offbroadwaystl.com www.facebook.com/events/537546729620133

Fri 7th June - NASHVILLE, TN

The End, 2219 Elliston Place, Nashville, TN

9.00pm, ages 18+ $tbc
www.endnashville.com

Sat 8th June - ATHENS, GA

The Caledonia Lounge, 256 W Clayton Street, Athens, GA 30601
with Tunabunny / Monsoon

9.30pm, ages 18+ $5 adv/$6 doors
www.caledonialounge.com

Mon 10th June - WINSTON-SALEM, NC 

Krankie's Coffee & Bar, 211 E 3rd Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101
with The Bastards Of Fate / Judy Barnes

8pm, ages: 18+ $6 entry
www.krankiescoffee.com

Tues 11th June - ROANOKE, VA 

Billy's Barn, 1790 Thompson Memorial Drive, Salem, VA 24153
The Bazaar presents with Eternal Summers / The Bastards Of Fate

9.30pm, ages: 18+ $5 entry.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Billys-Barn/220993324614802

Wed 12th June - NEW YORK, NY 

Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow Street, New York, NY 10002
with My Teenage Stride / Onward Chariots

8.00pm Ages 21+ $8 adv/$10 doors on sale soon
www.cake-shop.com

Thurs 13th June - NORTHAMPTON, MA

Sierra Grille, 41 Strong Avenue, Northampton, MA
with The Fawns / Jose Ayerve

10.00pm, ages 21+ $3 entry
www.facebook.com/sierragrillemusic www.facebook.com/events/568306623191261/

NYC POPFEST 2013

We're playing NYC Popfest!

We'll be over for 2 weeks and will announce more tour dates soon.

NYC Popfest tickets + information are on www.nycpopfest.org x

NEW VIDEO! 'IT'S NOT THE SAME'

Happy new year everyone!

We're busy writing songs and planning more live shows for this year. In the meantime, here's a video for 'It's Not The Same' taken from our 2nd album.

It was made by Lucy Dawkins & Tom Readdy of Yes Please Productions last year, filmed in Cardiff very early one Sunday morning x

LIZ'S FAVOURITE POP HITS OF 2012 (NOT IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER)

Let me know what I've missed won't you? And if you don't know some maybe give them a listen x

GOLD ROAD - Planes

HOSPITALITY - Friends Of Friends + SoundCloud

TIGERCATS - Full Moon Reggae Party + YouTube

ONIONS - An IE Or a Y + YouTube

ALPACA SPORTS - I Was Running + YouTube

COCOANUT GROOVE - Colours + YouTube

THE LOVELY EGGS - I Just Want Someone To Fall In Love With + YouTube

JOANNA GRUESOME - Lemonade Grrrl

THE YEARNING - You Make Lovin' You Easy + YouTube

EVANS THE DEATH - Threads + YouTube

THE VERY MOST - Ununiversalizable Us

SWEATER GIRLS - Infatuation Street

KNICKERS - Darling

THE MIDDLE ONES - A Brilliant Life

SEPTEMBER GIRLS - Green Eyed + SoundCloud

THE RUSKETTES - Tell Me Why + YouTube

SUMMER TWINS - I Will Love You

WITHERED HAND - Heart Heart + SoundCloud

THREATMANTICS - Apple Tree

THE SPOOK SCHOOL - Here We Go + BandCamp

TOY - Motoring + YouTube

THE PRIMITIVES - Turn Off The Moon + Elefant website

THIS MANY BOYFRIENDS - Young Lovers Go Pop!

BELLE GHOUL - (Out Of) The Neighborhood YouTube

THE SHINS - Simple Song + SoundCloud

CATE LE BON - Falcon Eyed

PINEY GIR - Outta Sight

ANDREW PAUL REGAN - Mistakes Our Parents Made

MY LITTLE AIRPORT - How Can You Fall In Love With A Guy Who Doesn't Know Gainsbourg? + SoundCloud

ZEUS - Love In A Game + YouTube

CRYBABY - We're Supposed To Be In Love

LA SERA - Please Be My Third Eye + YouTube

SCHANDE - Nice Fez

DJANGO DJANGO - Default + YouTube

FIELD MUSIC - A New Town + YouTube

ACE BUSHY STRIPTEASE - The Words That You Said Are Still Wet In My Head

THE GARLANDS - Throw Away This Day

PAPA TOPO - Acomodador

THE HOBBES FANCLUB - Your Doubting Heart

THE SMITTENS - Burning Streets Of Rome

TENNIS - Traveling (even though it's the song from the Robin Hood cartoon, not that I can talk..) + SoundCloud

SINGING ADAMS - Dead End YouTube

RICK REDBEARD Now We're Dancing

+ also extra ones for HOSPITALITY Betty Wang + The Right Profession + Liberal Arts (oh hell just put the whole album on)
+ THE GARLANDS Forevermore
+ ONIONS (Never Gonna Change) My Love For You
+ EVANS THE DEATH I'm So Unclean
+ SUMMER TWINS I Don't Care
+ THE PRIMITIVES I'm Not Sayin'
+ THIS MANY BOYFRIENDS (I Should Be A) Communist + I Don't Like You ('Cos You Don't Like The Pastels)


+ NOT OUT YET GRRR i'm impatient for 2013!

VERONICA FALLS - Teenage

ADAM GREEN & BINKI SHAPIRO - 'Just To Make Me Feel Good' - this is the only place i can find it so far - Just To Make Me Feel Good (iTunes) or Here I Am

ELEFANT RECORDS CHRISTMAS ALBUM!

Our label Elefant Records have released a compilation album 'A Christmas Gift For You From Elefant Records'!

The compilation features our new song 'You're Coming Home Tonight', along with 'Let Me Be The Fairy On Your Christmas Tree Tonight' (because we know that track has been hard to get hold of in the past).

It's full of beautiful songs by lots of our Elefant friends including The Yearning, BMX Bandits, The Primitives, La Casa Azul, Band A Part, The Magic Theatre, Attic Lights and Fitness Forever!

Listen to the songs and order the album (Download / CD / Limited White Vinyl with download) from the Elefant Records website

WALES GOES POP!

We're having a get together with some of our favourite musical pals. Wanna come?

WALES GOES POP!

An all-ages pop weekender in Cardiff over the long Easter bank holiday weekend, 29th-31st March 2013. 

Fri 29th & Sat 30th March in a lovely converted church called The Gate

+
Sun 31st March is an extra 100-ticket only event at 10 Feet Tall

followed by a closing party in 10 Feet's basement Undertone (18+)

First announcement:

THE PRIMITIVES

ALLO DARLIN'

JOSIE LONG

THE WAVE PICTURES
LET'S WRESTLE
THE SCHOOL
EVANS THE DEATH

JOANNA GRUESOME

KID CANAVERAL

ONIONS
BAND A PART

THE TUTS
BIG WAVE
ANDREW PAUL REGAN
TRWBADOR

GOLDEN FABLE

+

sets in the cafe/bar in between from

THE MIDDLE ONES
THE YEARNING

SPENCER MCGARRY

ELLIE MAKES MUSIC

+
DJS: ELEFANT RECORDS / CHICK HABIT vs MODERN LIFE IS RUBBISH / WALES GOES POP!

Another announcement coming in January!

TICKETS - WeGotTickets

INFORMATION on Wales Goes Pop! Facebook + Wales Goes Pop! Twitter

NEW VIDEO: 'WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BREAK MY HEART AGAIN?"

Here's our new video for 'Why Do You Have To Break My Heart Again?'

It was made by the lovely Lucy Dawkins & Tom Readdy from Bristol-based company Yes Please!

Taken from our 2nd album 'Reading Too Much Into Things Like Everything' on Elefant Records, which you can listen to on our new SoundCloud page and order from Elefant, your local independent record shop or online music retailer.

Look out for our new Christmas song too coming soon on the 'A Christmas Gift For You From Elefant Records' compilation, also featuring THE PRIMITIVES, BMX BANDITS, LA CASA AZUL, FITNESS FOREVER and BAND A PART! The compilation will be released on limited edition white vinyl, CD & download next month.

NEW ONLINE MERCH STORE!

We've got a new ONLINE MERCH STORE!

You can buy our T-Shirts, Giant Buttons and Limited Edition Prints - we ship to anywhere in the world!

The School ONLINE MERCH STORE!

HOW TO ORDER OUR NEW ALBUM!

Our new album 'Reading Too Much Into Things Like Everything' is out now on Elefant Records - limited edition White Vinyl w/ free download, CD or MP3.

LISTEN to our album on Elefant's website!

Here's where you can buy it so far, we'll keep updating as more places get added!

TRACKLISTING:
1. What's Just Begun
2. Never Thought I'd See The Day
3. Where Does Your Heart Belong?
4. Stop That Boy!
5. That Boy Is Mine
6. It's Not The Same
7. The Grass Is Always Greener On The Other Side
8. Some Day My Heart Will Beat Again
9. 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)

UK - your local independent record shop will now sell the album - if you need the catalogue numbers it's: ER1166 / ER11666LP distributed by Shellshock

SPOTIFY - it's now on Spotify too if you want to listen first

Elefant - CD / Vinyl
Spillers Records (Cardiff)

Rough Trade - CD (UK)
Rough Trade - Vinyl (UK)
Piccadilly Records - CD & Vinyl (UK)
Norman Records - Vinyl (UK)
Norman Records - CD (UK)

HMV - Vinyl (UK)
HMV - CD (UK)
Heyday - CD
Amazon - Vinyl (UK)
Amazon - CD (UK)
Play - MP3 (UK)
Play - CD (UK)

Amazon - CD (Germany/Austria)
Amazon - Vinyl (Germany/Austria)
Flight 13 Records - LP/CD (Germany)

Amazon - Vinyl (USA)
Amazon - CD (USA)

Amazon - CD (Canada)
Amazon - Vinyl (Canada)

Tower Records - CD (Japan)
Amazon - Vinyl (Japan)
Amazon - CD (Japan)
HMV - CD (Japan)
HMV - LP (Japan)

Amazon - CD (France) - available shortly
Amazon - Vinyl Import (France) - available shortly

Chaos - CD
Darla - LP/CD
Barnes & Noble - LP
Barnes & Noble - CD
Discorder - LP

Discorder - CD
GoHastings - LP/CD

+ iTunes, Spotify, 7digital

FULL UK TOUR DETAILS

Sat 2nd June - GOING UP THE COUNTRY - CHESHIRE, UK
Indiepop fundraiser at The Church House Inn, Buxton Road, Congleton, Cheshire CW12 2DY
with POCKETBOOKS / THE HOBBES FANCLUB / THE PROCTORS / A LITTLE ORCHESTRA / A FINE DAY FOR SAILING / THE FIREWORKS / GOLDEN GLOW / TINY BIRDS
& DJS KISSING JUST FOR PRACTICE / CHERRY COLOURED POP
1pm-1.30am All Ages
£10 adv - WeGotTickets / £13 doors
Pre-book for limited camping £10 per tent on 01260 272466

Wed 6th June - BRISTOL, UK
THE SCHOOL / MOUSE DEER / I AM HORSE
The Croft, 117-119 Stokes Croft, Bristol BS1 3RW
8pm Ages: 16+
£5 adv The Croft / Bristol Ticket Shop / £6 doors

Thurs 7th June - YORK, UK
Please Please You presents:
THE SCHOOL / STANDARD FARE / THE BLUEPRINTS
The Duchess, Stonebow House, The Stonebow, York, YO1 7NP
7.30pm Ages: 14+
£5 adv TicketWeb / £6 doors

Fri 8th June - GLASGOW, UK
THE SCHOOL / WAKE THE PRESIDENT & support
Nice N Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3LG
8pm Ages: 18+
**20 early bird £5 tickets WeGotTickets / £6 adv / £7 doors

Sat 9th June - ABERDEEN, UK
AGP presents:

THE SCHOOL / FRENCH WIVES / BROWN BEAR & THE BANDITS
The Tunnels, Carnegies Brae, Aberdeen, AB10 1BF
7.30pm Ages: 14+
£6 adv - AGP / £MOTD

Sun 10th June - EDINBURGH, UK
THE SCHOOL / EDINBURGH SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF / JESUS H. FOXX (stripped back set)
Sneaky Pete's, 73 Cowgate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH1 1JW
7pm Ages: 18+
**20 £5 early bird tickets** WeGotTickets / £6 adv / £7 doors

Mon 11th June - SHEFFIELD, UK
Pull Yourself Together presents:
THE SCHOOL / STANDARD FARE / THE SWEET NOTHINGS + Pull Yourself Together DJs
The Harley, 334 Glossop Road, Sheffield, Yorkshire, S10 2HW
7.30pm £5 adv WeGotTickets / £motd

Tues 12th June - LONDON, UK
THE SCHOOL / KNICKERS & guests
Queen Of Hoxton, 1 Curtain Road, London, EC2A 3JX
7.30pm Ages: 18+
**30 early bird tickets £7 WeGotTickets / £8 adv / £9 doors

Wed 13th June - NORWICH, UK
THE SCHOOL / WE CAN'T DANCE & support
Waterfront Studio, 139-141 King Street, Norwich NR1 1QH
7.30pm Ages: 14+
**20 early bird £5 tickets WeGotTickets / Waterfront Box Office / Box Office Tel: 01603 508050 / £6 adv / £7 doors

Thurs 14th June - OXFORD, UK
Calling All Enthusiasts presents
THE SCHOOL / TIGERCATS / THE COOLING PEARLS
Bullingdon Arms, 162 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1UE
7.30pm Ages: 18+
£6 adv WeGotTickets / £7 doors

Sat 23rd June - CARDIFF, UK
THE SCHOOL / TOYPOP & more tba!
10 Feet Tall, 11a-12 Church St, Cardiff CF10 1BG
7.30pm Ages: 18+
£7 adv WeGotTickets / Spillers Records / 10 Feet Tall / £8 doors
followed by OFFICIAL AFTERSHOW PARTY downstairs in Undertone with guests/The School DJs til 4am! £free with handstamp!

New Track: THE SCHOOL - BABY WON'T YOU STAY WITH ME TONIGHT?

Not long now! x

New Track: THE SCHOOL - SOME DAY MY HEART WILL BEAT AGAIN

It's getting closer! Here's another track - there'll be one more on Friday then the album is out Monday 14th May! x

New Track: THE SCHOOL - STOP THAT BOY!

New track new track!

STOP THAT BOY! from our second album 'Reading Too Much Into Things Like Everything' out 14th May on Elefant Records, produced by David Wrench.

Look out for another one on Monday! x

New Track: THE SCHOOL - IT'S NOT THE SAME

Here's another track from our new album 'Reading Too Much Into Things Like Everything' released 14th May - hope you enjoy! x

NEW TRACK! - The School - That Boy Is Mine

We're going to stream a new track from our album every Friday + Monday leading up to the release on 14th May.

Here's the first one - 'That Boy Is Mine' x

HOW TO ORDER OUR NEW SINGLE

Our new single is now on sale! Here are all the places selling it so far - we'll also have copies with us on tour!

1 - Never Thought I'd See The Day

2 - When He Kisses Me (Jonathan Richman cover)

3 - Where Does Your Heart Belong?

4 - I Wouldn't Know What To Do (Honeydrips cover)

Single - 'Never Thought I'd See The Day' (Elefant Records) - limited edition 7" white vinyl & download, 4 tracks. Vinyl comes with free download.
BUY IT NOW FROM:
Elefant Records (Vinyl)

Spillers Records (Vinyl)
Rough Trade (Vinyl)
HMV (Vinyl)

+ your local independent record shop

Amazon (UK) Vinyl
Amazon (UK) MP3 Download
i-Tunes (Download)

Rhythm Online
Play
emusic

Spotify

Darla (USA) (Vinyl)
Amazon (USA) MP3 Download

Stone Records (Japan) (Vinyl)
Panda Panda Records (Japan) (Vinyl)
Amazon (Japan) MP3 Download

Amazon (France) MP3 Download

HHV (Germany) Vinyl
Amazon (Germany) MP3 Download

Juno Records (UK) (Vinyl - currently not in stock)

UK Tour With The Primitives

We're very excited to announce that we'll be the UK tour support for THE PRIMITIVES!

They've got a new album of obscure 60s covers out at the end of April on Elefant Records!

We'll have copies of our new singles, album and merch on the tour! See you there x

Thurs 17th May
BRIGHTON
The Haunt
7.00pm Ages: 14+
£10 adv - WeGotTickets

Cupboard Music presents

Fri 18th May
LEICESTER
Lock42
7.30pm Ages: 14+
£8 adv - WeGotTickets

Sat 19th May
WAKEFIELD
The Hop

8.00pm Ages: 18+
£10 adv - TicketWeb / The Hop / Jumbo Records

The Primitives / The School / Piskie Sits

Mon 21st May
WOLVERHAMPTON
Slade Rooms (Little Civic)

7.30pm Ages: 16+
£9 adv - SeeTickets

Tues 22nd May
MANCHESTER
The Ruby Lounge

7.30pm Ages: 18+
£8 adv - SeeTickets

Wed 23rd May

LIVERPOOL

Lomax

9.00pm Ages: 18+
£7.50 adv SeeTickets

The Primitives / The School / Zombina & The Skeletones

Thurs 24th May

DONCASTER

The Leopard

8.00pm Ages: 14+

£8 adv - WeGotTickets / TicketWeb

Fri 25th May
LONDON
Borderline
7.00pm Ages: 14+
£15 adv - TicketWeb

NOW WE ARE WEEKENDER

We've just been announced as one of the Sunday headline acts for NOW WE ARE WEEKENDER!

It's 7th & 8th April 2012 at THE PUBLIC in WEST BROM, UK.

Also playing:

ART BRUT
MISTY'S BIG ADVENTURE
THE LOVELY EGGS
THE INDELICATES
TOY HORSES
MASTERS IN FRANCE
AMONG BROTHERS
& loads more tba
& POP ART DJs!

Grab a ticket from here - hope to see you there - we'll be announcing more shows very soon! x

Coming soon..

We've been filming the videos for our new single!

First from the new album will be a double a side single with 4 tracks on limited edition 7" vinyl and digital download, out in March:

A

Never Thought I'd See The Day

When He Kisses Me (Jonathan Richman cover)

AA

Where Does Your Heart Belong?

I Wouldn't Know What To Do (The Honeydrips cover)

The new video for 'Never Thought I'd See The Day' will be up online in March, then the video for 'Where Does Your Heart Belong?' will be up online when the album is out shortly afterwards.

Our new album is called 'Reading Too Much Into Things Like Anything' and is 29 mins 12 tracks long! We'll post up more news on all that shortly - speak soon! x

A Little Christmas Message

Here's Liz wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and talking a bit about the new album.

It'll be released in the late Spring 2012 on Elefant Records and is called 'Reading Too Much Into Things Like Everything'.

In the new year we'll release a double a-side single with 4 tracks on. 'Never Thought I'd See The Day' is the lead track (video coming soon!), then the aa-side is 'Where Does Your Heart Belong?'. There are also 2 b-side covers - one is of Jonathan Richman, the other is a song by The Honeydrips. That'll be out on limited edition 7" vinyl & download.

We'll be touring the UK in April/May and then hoping to get to Europe, the USA and hopefully some more far off places from the summer onwards.

See you soon, have a great Christmas & happy new year! x

I don't know what I've found.. but I know what's just begun..

We're recording our new album next month!

In a studio in North Wales with David Wrench.

We'll see you all on the other side! x

For sale!

We've just done a merch check and we're running low on some items, so get in there while you can!

- 'Loveless Unbeliever' LP vinyl - only 14 copies left!

- T-shirts - only 11 left! Red S/M, Blue S (generous sizes)

- All I Wanna Do - limited edition 7" - only a handful left then sold out!

- Let It Slip EP (CD)

Email us if you want to buy anything! x

Goodbye The Loves

We're sad to say goodbye to our old friends THE LOVES who play their retirement show tomorrow, Sun 13th February at The Lexington in London.

Without The Loves there would never have been The School, and I would not have become a promoter. It feels like part of me has died.

When I was in The Loves we played 4 John Peel sessions, including one from Peel Acres. We supported the Yeah Yeah Yeahs at The Garage, we played CMJ in New York, and we shared the stage with some awesome bands like Of Montreal, The Cribs and The Soft Boys.

Funfacts aside, the years I had in The Loves were some of the best of my life. Good times, good music and meeting some of the nicest people on the planet.

Simon Love helped me write some early songs for The School - he composed most of 'All I Wanna Do' when I only had a rough tune, he wrote the heart-wrenching lyrics for 'I Want You Back' and verses for recently released track 'Tell Me'. He gave me the confidence to record our early demos and convinced me that our music was worth making.

If you're not familiar with The Loves, I would suggest starting with the following tracks which are some of my favourites. You'll find them on i-Tunes, from Fortuna Pop or possibly eBay. Their albums are called 'Love', 'Technicolour', 'Three' and 'Love You'.

THE LOVES - recommended listening:

She'll Break Your Heart

Little Girl Blues

Chelsea Girl

Boom A-Bang-Bang-Bang

I'm Gonna Get F**ked Up

Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!

Love

Xs and Os

Honey

Goodbye

I My She Loves You

She'll Break Your Heart... Again

Summertime

You Don't Have To (cover)

Sweet Sister Delia

One-Two-Three

Love Song #7

That Boy Is Mine (School cover!)

Bubblegum

December Boy

Wishing you all a very merry Christmas

So it's nearly the end of 2010 and we're a very happy School indeed, we got to release our debut album 'Loveless Unbeliever' on our amazing label Elefant Records, which has already started appearing in loads of 'Best of 2010' lists alongside Proper Famous Bands.

We worked with some great people, played with some lovely bands and spent some time in some far-off places..

We've got one last new track for you before Christmas - 'Tell Me' was recorded at the same time as 'Loveless Unbeliever' but with the intention of being released as a little extra sneaky song between albums.

The track is available on Elefant's new compilation 'Space Escapade' from

Elefant Records / i-Tunes / Spotify / Deezer.

If you're in the UK it's also available for a short period as a free download from 7digital - but if you can't get it through any of the above don't worry you can still listen to it on our MySpace page

We hope you have a very lovely Christmas and we'll be back with a brand new album later in 2011! xxx

The School in Concert on Spanish TV

Watch us performing a whole live set on Spanish TV here! http://www.rtve.es/mediateca/videos/20101207/conciertos-radio-3---the-school/954573.shtml

Thanks Spain!

Thanks Spain we love you! You looked after us so well..

There are loads of photos of you crazy lovely people on our Facebook page, tag yourselves!

See you in Madrid 20th Nov x

New video!

Here's our video for 'Can't Understand', directed by Tom Readdy and featuring the DRA Collective dancers. Enjoy! x

SPAIN!

We're playing 2 festivals in Spain! In between we'll be hanging around in Murcia writing some of the 2nd album.

If you can't make those though we're also playing Madrid on 20th November.

Hope to see you there! xx

Rock'n'Roll High School

We played a charity show at Clwb Ifor Bach in Cardiff this weekend, so decided as we'd played here recently that we'd do a Ramones themed set.

We didn't have time to get together as many songs as we'd hoped originally, so unfortunately some of your favourites will probably be missing! But this is what we played:

Rock'n'Roll High School

That Boy Is Mine (new School song that sounds a bit Ramonesy)

Sheena Is a Punk Rocker

I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend (School style)

Judy is a Punk

Let's Dance

Hoping and Praying (Ramones style)

Rock'n'Roll Radio

Blitzkrieg Bop

All I Wanna Do (Ramones style)

Baby, I Love You (School/Ramones style)

Liz's DJ Setlist from How Does It Feel To Be Loved?

Liz was guest DJ at How Does It Feel To Be Loved? in London and this is what she played.. x

Veronica Falls - Beachy Head

Vivian Girls - John, I'm Only Dancing

Donna Lynn - I'd Much Rather Be With The Girls

Saint Etienne - Who Do You Think You Are?

The Vaselines - Molly's Lips

Eux Autres - The Deadball Era

The Gentle Waves - Weathershow

Johnny Boy - You Are The Generation That Bought More Shoes and You Get What You Deserve

Magnetic Fields - Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side

Lucky Soul - Lips Are Unhappy

The Supremes - When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes

Lulu - I'll Come Running

Dexy's Midnight Runners - Let's Make This Precious

The Nazz - Open My Eyes

The Sonics - Witch

April March - Chick Habit

The Tammy's - Egyptian Shumba

The Rev-Lons - After Last Night

Allo, Darlin' - Dreaming

Belle and Sebastian - Legal Man

The Supremes - Baby Love

Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - Let's Hang On

Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin'

Hefner - Hymn for the Cigarettes

Camera Obscura - If Looks Could Kill

Cinderella - Baby Baby (I Still Love You)

The Flirtations - Nothing But A Heartache

The Zombies - Friends of Mine

The Pipettes - Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me

Dusty Springfield - I Only Want to be With You

The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love

The Crystals - Da Doo Ron

Belle and Sebastian - Le Pastie De La Bourgeoisie

Velocette - Get Yourself Together (French version)

Pretty in Pink (limited edition vinyl..)

Yesterday was a very happy day for us, we just discovered that MOLLY RINGWALD is somehow a fan of The School!

The actress from Breakfast Club / Pretty In Pink / Sixteen Candles (and more recently US TV show The Secret Life of An American Teenager) featured 'All I Wanna Do' in her top 15 Celebrity Tunes.

"This song just makes me feel happy. It's very young. You just want to hold hands with someone while you listen to it."

You can read more here..

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Also yesterday EVERETT TRUE posted 'All I Wanna Do' as his Song of the Day!

"It's still a mightily lovable sob of pop".

Everett True's Song of the Day

Couple of UK shows..

Hello lovely readers, sorry we've been a bit quiet on here recently..

We've got 3 UK dates in June, details below. We're also planning a European tour so keep an eye out for announcements.

We'll also have a brand new video for you very soon!

xxx

Friday 4th June

MANCHESTER - Saki Bar

with Hexicon & support

8pm

Young Adult Friction presents..
Saki Bar, 2 Wilmslow Road, Manchester M14 5TB

Saturday 5th June

WYCHWOOD FESTIVAL - CHELTENHAM

with The Lightning Seeds, Beth Jeans Houghton, Goldheart Assembly, Piney Gir..

2pm
Buy tickets here

Sunday 6th June

CARDIFF- Buffalo Bar

with Hexicon / Red Shoe Diaries / Joy Collective DJs girl group special

7.30pm

Loose presents..

Buffalo Bar, 11 Windsor Place, Cardiff CF10 3BY

£5 adv WeGotTickets / £6 doors

Is He Really Coming Home? - New Video/Single

Here's the video for our new single 'Is He Really Coming Home?' out at the end of May 2010 on Elefant Records, directed by Tom Readdy, taken from our debut album 'Loveless Unbeliever'.

hope you enjoy! x

How to buy our album

Our debut album is here! Sorry for the delay.

'Loveless Unbeliever' will be available to buy on CD, download & limited edition red vinyl from:

- us on our UK tour in March

- Elefant Records / Spain / Korea / Mexico / Canada / USA in April

- UK / everywhere else from May

To read more about the album you can visit the Elefant website


TRACKLISTING

1. Let It Slip
2. Is He Really Coming Home?
3. Valentine
4. I Want You Back
5. Is It True?
6. I Love Everything
7. Can't Understand
8. The One Who Left Me
9. Hoping and Praying
10. Summer's Here
11. Shoulder
12. All I Wanna Do
13. I Don't Believe in Love

Tour Dates!

Here are our tour dates so far! We'll keep updating this with more info shortly x

Sat 6th March - CARDIFF Clwb Ifor Bach album launch
with Allo, Darlin' / Pagan Wanderer Lu & Super Kawaii POP! DJs
The School presents.. album launch.. followed by The Vinyl Vendettas
7.30pm 18+
£5 adv from TicketWeb / Spillers / Diverse
Clwb Ifor Bach, 11 Womanby Street, Cardiff CF10 1BR

Thurs 11th March - SHEFFIELD The Stockroom
with Allo, Darlin', The Pete Green Corporate Juggernaut, The 10p Mixes
Invisible Guitar Solo presents..
£5 adv from WeGotTickets / £6 doors
The Stockroom, Leadmill Road, Sheffield S1 4SE

Fri 12th March - EDINBURGH Wee Red Bar
with Allo, Darlin' / Django Django
Fresh Air presents..
£4 adv from WeGotTickets
Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh EH3 9DF

Sat 13th March - GLASGOW The Flying Duck
with Allo, Darlin' / The Social Services
Half My Heart Beats presents.. followed by an indiepop disco
7.30pm 18+
£6 adv from WeGotTickets
The Flying Duck, 142 Renfield Street, Glasgow, G2 3AU

Sun 14th March - ABERDEEN The Tunnels
with Allo, Darlin' / Deportees
AGP presents..
7.30pm 14+
£5 adv from TicketWeb
The Tunnels, Carnegies Brae, Aberdeen AB10 1BF

Mon 15th March - NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE Head of Steam
with Allo, Darlin' / Brilliant Mind / Mansfield Holiday
8.00pm 18+
£5 adv from TicketWeb

Tues 16th March - LEICESTER Firebug
with Poppy and Friends / Pagan Wanderer Lu
Twesta presents..
8.00pm 18+
£4 adv from WeGotTickets / £5 doors
Firebug, 1 Millstone Lane, Leicester, LE1 5JN

Fri 19th March - CHESTER Telford's Warehouse
Adam Walton presents..
18+
free entry before 9pm, £4 after 9pm.
Telford's Warehouse, Canal Basin, Tower Wharf, Chester, CH1 4EZ

Sat 20th March - BIRMINGHAM The Victoria
with Pagan Wanderer Lu / Falling and Laughing
The Autumn Store presents.. followed by an indiepop disco
8.30pm 18+
£4 entry
The Victoria, 48 John Bright St, Birmingham, B1 1BN

Sat 27th March - LONDON Bush Hall
with Allo, Darlin' / Pagan Wanderer Lu
7.30pm £7 adv from TicketWeb / £8 doors
Bush Hall, 310 Uxbridge Road, London W12 7LJ

Sun 28th March - BRIGHTON The Prince Albert
with Foxes! / Pagan Wanderer Lu & support
Put It On presents..
8.00pm 18+
£5 adv from WeGotTickets / £6 doors
The Prince Albert, 48 Trafalgar Street, Brighton BN1 4ED

Wed 31st March - CHELMSFORD The Bassment
with Allo, Darlin' / Pagan Wanderer Lu
Bitterscene presents..
8pm 18+
£4.50 adv from WeGotTickets
The Bassment, 16 Wells Street, Chelmsford Essex CM1 1HZ

Let Me Be the Fairy on Your Christmas Tree Tonight

Merry Christmas everyone!

Here's a little gift from our lovely label Elefant Records.

Thanks for all your support this year.

We hope you spend Christmas with the one you love, and we'll see you in 2010! xx

Polaroid for Christmas 2009

Here's another Christmas compilation we're on!

Download it from the Polaroid website x

12 Days of Christmas - Indiepop Compilation

HarriSchool and RichSchool have teamed up with Businessman Records to release an indiepop compilation - The 12 Days of Christmas.

The tracklisting is:

1. The Loves - Christmas All Alone (just like the partridge blues)

2. Littly My - When the Turtle Dove've Flown Away

3. Them Squirrels - Three French Hens

4. Brontosaurus Chorus - Calling Birds

5. The Rocky Nest - Five Golden Rings From The Hi 5 Kings

6. Sweet Baboo - I Can See Geese in Your Eyes

7. Allo, Darlin' - Silver Swans in NYC

8. Speedmarket Avenue - Where Maids are Queens

9. The Bobby McGee's - Ladies Dancing (on eastbourne pier)

10. Silence at Sea - Lords Keep Leaping (snatch sweetness from the bleakness)

11. Lucky Delucci - Pipers Piping

12. The School - Drummer Boy

BUY A COPY HERE for just £6 (also available from the above bands at gigs and Spillers Records).

Find out more here x

Have Yourself a Very Cherry Christmas..

The beautiful Cherryade Records are releasing their 5th Christmas compilation on 15th November 09, and we're the opening song!

'Let Me Be the Fairy on Your Christmas Tree Tonight' is a special track, home-recorded by our former guitarist Ceri Frost. In true Mariah Carey style it's about longing to be with a loved one at Christmas. Oh, the dilemma..

Cherryade have a special deal to pre-order the compilation for just £6! or all 5 volumes for £18.

ORDER A COPY HERE!

TRACKLISTING

1. The School - Let Me Be The Fairy On Your Christmas Tree Tonight
2. Das Wanderlust - Someone To Pull Crackers With
3. Allo Darlin' - S P A C E Christmas
4. The Lovely Eggs - Tyrannosaurus Rex for Christmas
5. The 10p Mixes - Christmas Number One
6. Fever Fever - Little Drummer Boy
7. Detox Cute and the Beauty Junkies - Unhappy New Year
8. Sparky's Magic Piano - The Escape From Aled Jones
9. Persil - Dear Santa
10. Mia Vigar - What the Hell
11. Tiger MCs - The Way That You Arrived
12. Hearts! Attack - It Was Christmas That Killed Us
13. The Gresham Flyers - Mistletoe Misadventure
14. Foxes - Christmas Gifts
15. The Bobby McGee's - Sub Santalales
16. Shrag - Stop The Revelry
17. The Hi-Life Companion - Brockweir Winter Reverie
18. Doris and the Jumpers - Murder Under The Mistletoe
19. Humousexual - Come Take My Hand In Winter
20. The Shrieking Violets - Jethro (Song For)
21. Rebecca Wilmott - A Christmas Echo
22. The Pocket Gods - KFC (Kentucky Fried Christmas)
23. Master Solo - The Last Xmas Of Achiebald Sterling
24. Everett True - A Christmas Tale
25. Marble Krusher - Summer Toys (Winter Version)

Planning a trip with you..

You may / may not be excited to hear that we're currently booking our album tour for 2010!

We'll be playing the UK in March, followed by Germany, Italy and Spain in April.

But don't worry if you don't live in any of those places, we'll be exploring a bit further from the summer onwards!

Keep an eye here for new tour dates xxx

You make me hear music..

'And Suddenly' is featured on the Rough Trade Indiepop 09 compilation released 9th November 09!

We're sat alongside some absolutely wonderful people, I wish we could all travel the world in one big tour bus..

You can order it here.

1 tullycraft - the punks are writing love songs
2 the faintest ideas - nosebleeders on the track
3 love is all - wishing well
4 girls - morning light
5 vivian girls - moped girls
6 the girls at dawn - never enough
7 veronica falls - beachy head
8 cause co-motion - you lose
9 betty and the werewolves - david cassidy
10 pocketbooks - fleeting moments
11 los campesinos! - you! me! dancing!
12 shrag - hopelessly wasted
13 the boy least likely to - the summer of a dormouse
14 the school - and suddenly
15 play people - goes out
16 celestial - somedays we are
17 moscow olympics - no winter, no autumn
18 liechtenstein - security by design
19 minisnap - leave it to you
20 sad day for puppets - marble gods
21 dum dum girls - longhair
22 the legends - seconds away 23 the manhattan love suicides - clusterf*ck
24 the pains of being pure at heart - 103
25 the bobby mcgees - l.o.v.e/: a masonic youth

Yo, También Soundtrack

The soundtrack for Yo, También is now out on Elefant Records, it's by Guille Milkyway from La Casa Azul through Elefant's new 'Elefant Film Supervision' project.

There are 2 of our tracks on there, and we're featured on the trailer. The film has been a huge success in Spain so far, we really hope it'll be released in the UK, but if not it'll be out on DVD in February. We've seen it, it's beautiful and we only cried 3 times, so make sure you watch it too.

Buy the Yo, Tambien soundtrack from the Elefant website.

Tracklisting

01. The School - I don’t believe in love
02. Giorgio Tuma - Dedicated to Timmy the whale
03. Guille Milkyway - En la playa 1
04. La Casa Azul - Yo también
05. Manzanita - Te amaré
06. Guille Milkyway - En el restaurante
07. Guille Milkyway - En la playa 2
08. Guille Milkyway - Separación 2
09. BMX Bandits - I can wait forever
10. Giorgio Tuma - G-Lombardi magic rollercoasters
11. Guille Milkyway - Tema de yo también
12. Guille Milkyway - En el puente
13. La Casa Azul - Yo también [Con Silvia Sanz - Niza]
14. Guille Milkyway - Huída
15. Camera Obscura - If looks could kill
16. Nick Garrie - On a wing and a prayer
17. Guille Milkyway - Tema de amor
18. Guille Milkyway - Que te quiero
19. Giorgio Tuma - Ml Db (Mary Louise song)
20. Rózsák - De man devla
21. Beef - Fin de año
22. La Casa Azul - La revolución sexual
23. The Gentle People - Plastic city
24. Souvenir - Ta-machine
25. Fitness Forever - Albertone
26. Guille Milkyway - En la azotea
27. Guille Milkyway - Separación 1
28. The School - Kiss you in the snow
29. Guille Milkyway - Feliz navidad
30. La Casa Azul - Yo también [Instrumental]
31. Guille Milkyway - Tema de amor final
32. Los Monkys - D&B

Let me explain..

RELEASES

Our album release date will be announced very soon, it's going to be in Jan/Feb 2010 now so we have enough time to promote it. We're truly sorry to have kept you waiting so long.

In the meantime we've just found out that 'And Suddenly' (our cover of the Left Banke out now on Slumberland Records as a split single with George Washington Brown) will be featured on an indiepop compilation from Rough Trade - more details coming soon!

YO, TAMBIEN

You can hear a couple of our songs in the film 'Yo, También' ('Me, Too') which is about the life of Pablo Pineda (who stars in the film), the first European with Down Syndrome to achieve a university degree. We're honoured to be part of such a beautiful film, it's out in October 09. Hopefully it'll be in an independent cinema near you soon..

Here's the trailer, which features 'I Don't Believe in Love' from the Let It Slip EP, a duet between Liz and our old drummer Rob, who is now better known as The Voluntary Butler Scheme. xx

Say you'll come out..

NEW UK SHOWS ANNOUNCED

We've got some new UK shows announced:

Fri 30th Oct - LONDON Buffalo - Pic'n'Mixx launch night with The Lovely Eggs/MJ Hibbett/The Grave Architects/The Peryls - lots of mix cds. 7pm £5 adv from WeGotTickets

Sun 15th Nov - NOTTINGHAM Bunkers Hill - A Fog of Ideas & A Layer of Chips presents an indiepop alldayer with Tender Trap / The Rocky Nest / Allo Darlin' / The Just Joans / Standard Fare / Mascot Fight / Red Shoe Diary / Of Mice and Mental Arithmetic / Cosy Den DJs - 3pm-10pm £8

Fri 27th Nov - MANCHESTER Star & Garter - Shake It Shake It presents.. with Little My / Help Stamp Out Loneliness + lots of dancing afterwards.

More details on our myspace page x

Spend some time in some far off places..

WE LOVE YOU MURCIA!





We miss you already.

Here's a review on NME-Europe.

It's been such a long time..

Sorry we've been so quiet, we were making an album and enjoying the summer..

We have a little single out called 'And Suddenly' on Slumberland Records, it's a one-off that won't be on the album.

The other side features George Washington Brown (Pete Gofton, aka Johnny X from Kenickie).

You can buy or download it from the Slumberland website / Amazon / i-Tunes / Rough Trade.

We'll be announcing our album release date and UK tour shortly.

See you all soon xx

DIOS fridge advert!

'Valentine' is featured on a 15 second advert for a DIOS fridge!

You can watch it here:

The School on tour with The Boy Least Likely to in March!

Whoopee! Come along and say hello! x


Mon 16th - LEEDS Cockpit 7.00pm Tickets £6.50 adv from: www.seetickets.com Info: www.thecockpit.co.uk
The Cockpit, Swinegate, Leeds LS1 4AG Tel: 0113 244 1573


Tues 17th - MANCHESTER Night & Day 8.00pm Tickets £6.50 adv from: www.nightnday.org/detail.php?list_id=1648 Info: www.nightnday.org
Night & Day Cafe, 26 Oldham Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester M1 1JN Tel: 0161 236 1822


Wed 18th Mar - GLASGOW King Tuts 8.30pm Ages: 18+ Tickets £6.50 adv from: www.ticketmaster.co.uk Info: www.kingtuts.co.uk
King Tuts, 272a St Vincent Street, Glasgow G2 5RL Tel: 0141 221 5279


Thurs 19th - NEWCASTLE The Cluny 8.00pm Ages: 18+ Tickets £6.50 adv from: www.ticketweb.co.uk
The Cluny, 36 Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne NE1 2PQ Tel: 0191 2304474


Fri 20th - NOTTINGHAM Bodega 7.00pm Ages: 18+ Tickets £6.50 from: www.ticketmaster.co.uk Info: www.thebodegasocialclub.co.uk
The Bodega, 23 Pelham Street, Nottingham NG1 2ED Tel: 0115 9505078


Mon 23rd - BRIGHTON Audio Ages: 16+ Tickets £6.50 from: www.ticketweb.co.uk Info: www.audiobrighton.com
Audio, 10 Marine Parade, Brighton BN2 1TL Tel: 01273 606 906


Tues 24th - BRISTOL Louisiana 7.30pm Ages: 18+ Tickets £6.50 adv from: www.ticketmaster.co.uk Info: www.thelouisiana.net
Louisiana, Wapping Road, Bathurst Terrace, Bristol BS1 6UA Tel: 0117 9265978


Wed 25th - SOUTHAMPTON Joiners 8.00pm Tickets £6.50 adv from: www.ticketmaster.co.uk Info: www.joinerslive.co.uk
The Joiners, 141 St Mary Street, St Mary, Southampton, Hampshire SO14 1NS Tel: 02380 225612


Thurs 26th - LONDON Cargo 7.30pm Ages: 18+ Tickets £7.50 adv from: www.ticketweb.co.uk Info: www.cargo-london.com
Cargo, 83 Rivington Street, Shoreditch, London EC2A 3AY Tel: 0207 7393440

Italy!

We had such a lovely time in Italy! We've just got back after not much sleep on last night (about 2 hours) before our early flight!

Our first show was in Forli at the Diagonal Loft Club, with lots of people dancing, singing along and inserting their own handclap sections! Lovely to meet you all!

The DJ also played lots of current UK indiepop bands that we love like Their Hearts Were Full of Spring, Pocketbooks and The Hermit Crabs..

Pescara was at the Mono Spazio Bar which was ace, where Pete + the Pirates and Parenthetical Girls were also about to play..

After Pescara we tried visiting Rome! We managed to get about 1.5 hours there and found the Collesseum, but didn't have enough time to go in. It was very hot and we ate lots of icecream!

We also saw lots of nuns in Rome, here's a photo of some of them at the services - smoking nuns!

We had loads of fun at Extra Alt Club in Recanati, cool music in both rooms and a huge venue with great sound on top of a hill. 4 pizzas! We met lots of lovely people, there was a very large merch queue! Thank you to Circus Worm for letting us use their equipment..

Next was Feedback in Foligno on a Saturday night - you people are crazy! A clubnight run by the fantastic Paola superstar, it all got a bit busy and clubby after we played so we left you all to it! Again, we went to the town centre and ate lots of icecream. This is where we met Ji-Jo!

The last show was in La Limonaia Music Club in Fucecchio, another venue on top of a hill, which looked like a wedding reception from the outside. We stayed in a monastry in a bridge which is now a hostel.

Many thanks to Chiara + Matteo from Organetta for arranging the tour and to all the promoters for looking after us with great shows, food and accommodation. xxx

Interview

Here's an interview Liz did with crazewire DE, translated for you by Google:

www.crazewire.de

As you can see, it doesn't quite translate properly but you get the idea!