Loveless Unbeliever
Album | The School
Welsh lovers of perfect pop.
Following in the musical footsteps of Elefant Records veterans Camera Obscura, The School signed to the Spanish label after just four shows. Loveless Unbeliever is the Welsh band’s first full-length, following several singles and EPs. The eight-person troupe shows an unabashed love of crisp 60s pop, citing Brian Wilson and The Supremes as influences. There is also a reverence for Sarah Records-inspired twee stylings, a la their better-known labelmates, and a smidge of recent groups like Pains of Being Pure at Heart and She and Him. In short, The School are a pop band, and a damn good one at that. The wistful slowdance “All I Wanna Do” is the album’s most endearing song, while “Let It Slip” and “I Want You Back” are winsome Belle and Sebastian-type fare. “Can’t Understand” speeds things up a notch, with similarly rosy results. Songs about lovers who may or may not return home and missed chances are the favorite topics of frontwoman Liz Hunt, whose coy, wispy vocals and often red-faced lyrics lend themselves well to the genre. While Loveless Unbeliever fails to uncover much new territory, The School have crafted enough pop nuggets to demand a following.
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