The School: Let It Slip EP
By
Evan Sawdey 31 July 2008PopMatters Interviews Editor
On the cover of the debut EP by the School, you can see singer/songwriter Liz Hunt laying on her floor amidst a pile of LPs that include Big Star, Television, and Paul McCartney. What’s interesting, though, is how the School’s music sounds nothing like this, instead coming off as some sweet indie-pop distillation not too far removed from Belle & Sebastian. The opening title track comes off as some great Pipettes B-side, replete with “ooh-bah-bah” vocal coos and a bright melody, while the sweet, nostalgia-inducing “Shoulder” winds up being a pleasant little tale of love and friendship. If there’s any major fault with the School, it’s that their sound never rises above their obvious influences, but their carefree sense of fun ultimately renders such criticism moot: it’s not going to change your life, but Let it Slip is still one helluva good time.
Evan Sawdey began contributing to PopMatters in late 2005 after contributing for years to his college newspaper
The Knox Student. Evan became the Associate Interviews Editor for PopMatters in the summer of 2008, and then the full Interviews Editor a year after that. Since joining, Evan's work has been quoted/featured in a wide array of publications including SLUG Magazine, The Metro (U.K.), the Gulf Times, Soundvenue Magazine (Denmark), and multiple national newspapers. Evan has been a guest on WNYC's Soundcheck (an NPR affiliate), was the Executive Producer for the
Good With Words: A Tribute to Benjamin Durdle album (available for free at
GoodWithWordsAlbum.com), and wrote the liner notes for the 2011 re-release of
Andre Cymone's hit 1985 album A.C. (Big Break Records) and the 2012 re-releases of
the JoBoxers' 1983 debut album Like Gangbusters,
'Til Tuesday's 1985 debut Voices Carry, and
Plastic Bertrand's 1978 album AN 1 (all Hot Shot Records). He is a current member of The Recording Academy and resides in Chicago, Illinois. You can follow him
@SawdEye should you be so inclined.
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