School of Language

"I couldn’t bring myself to cover his songs. " says School of Language's David Brewis. "But I thought that maybe I could keep myself on the level by writing my own Prince songs. Maybe a little batch which would have been left in the vault back in ’81 because they sounded 'too Prince' and he’d already moved on."

Our May 2019 playlist includes tracks by Sleater-Kinney, Jarvis Cocker, Vampire Weekend, Tyler the Creator, Holly Herndon, Flying Lotus ft. Solange, Big Thief, Rosalía, Hot Chip, and more.

This week: reviews of new albums by The Gotobeds, Sacred Paws, and School of Language, plus new singles from The Catenary Wires, Beak>, and Absolutely Free.

"Back in 2013, when I made the last SoL album, I wouldn't have guessed that the next one would be about a reality TV star-turned-President, who claims to be an expert in, well, everything," says School of Language's David Brewis.

It's been a minute since we're heard from the Brewis brothers who put Field Music in semi-hibernation after 2012's Plumb. The band did compose the score to a 1929 silent documentary, Drifters, which they performed at the Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival in September...

DOWNLOAD: School of Language - Rockist Part 1 (MP3) As I briefly pointed out earlier in the week, School of Language is here from the UK to play Cake Shop tonight (March 8, 2008)...

MORE UK BANDS IN NYC BECAUSE OF SXSW March 07 - The Indelicates @ Don Hill's March 08 - School of Language @ Cake Shop March 10 - South @ Pianos March 11 - South @ Pianos March 11 - The Pigeon Detectives & Emmy The Great @ Bowery Ballroom March 11 - Dan Le Sac Vs...