FILM SCHOOL
Brilliant Career (Metoo! Records)
Reviewed by Holly Day

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One thing I can definitely say works in Film School's favor-they definitely know how to lay an album out. The opening track, "American Turnip," is an absolutely beautiful instrumental, melancholy and heavy the way My Bloody Valentine was, with rhythm tracks and vocal samples fading in and out of the mix at just the right time, making the listener strain to hear what is being said even though it's obvious the actual words are secondary, the perfect intro to a wonderful record. Lead singer Krayg Burton works deceptively simple lyrics and a sweet, happy voice into these moody layers of sound, provided by Burton as well as Scott Kannenberg of Pavement and Kyle Stantham of Fuck, among others) creating almost danceable pop songs punctuated by reflective waves of noise.

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