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Film School
This five-piece band hailing from San Francisco specialize in beautiful shoegazer pop with spine tingling effects, along the lines of Grandaddy, Swervedriver, and early Radiohead. Film School's lastest work, an EP called Alwaysnever showcases their finely-honed chops, creating a dreamy aftertaste of amtospheric and dreamy euphoria. There's the requisite swirling guitars, layered on top of haunting keyboards and droning sounds from another dimension, but also the crooning sounds of a faraway vocalist, making like a long-distance lover on the telephone. "P.S." is light and spritely, like your elementary school girlfriend laughing on a summer playground, teasing you and barely touching the ground until a wall of sound breaks in part-way through, clamoring to catch up. Meanwhile, "I Just Turned Into a Gas" broods and wanders through the outer regions of space, out-Radioheads Radiohead, like the long-lost twin of "Exit Music (For a Film)," before turning deadly and crushing. Film School are currently holed up in the studio working on their next album.
Film School - P.S.
Film School - I Just Turned Into a Gas
Official site for Film School. Buy Alwaysnever from Amazing Grease, iTunes Music Store, or Amazon.
Posted by Queen of the Front Row at 02.16.05 at 1:44 PM
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