All I Wanna Do is appearing on Rough Trade's Counter Culture 08 compilation, which is released in February 09.

You can order it here:

-  ROUGH TRADE SHOP - http://www.roughtrade.com/site/shop_detail.lasso?search_type=sku&sku=309192

AMAZON - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rough-Trade-Shops-Counter-Culture/dp/B001NY71EA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1230987533&sr=1-2

-  NORMAN RECORDS - http://www.normanrecords.com/records/104454 

- HMV - http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=220;1;-1;-1;-1&sku=916649

-  PLAY - http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/8284085/Rough-Trade-Counter-Culture-2008/Product.html

TRACKLISTING - look how ace it is!!

1.   Department of Eagles - Classical Records
2.   Bon Iver - Flume
3.   The Low Anthem - Charlie Darwin
4.   Peter Broderick - Below It
5.   Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
6.   El Guincho - Palmitos Park
7.   Festival - Fair and True
8.   The Acorn - The Lullaby (Mountain)
9.   Headless Heroes - The North Wind Blew South
10.  The Heart Strings - Jose Fernandez
11.  The School - All I Wanna Do
12.  Atlas Sound - Recent Bedroom
13.  Sic Alps - Sing Song Waitress
14.  Crystal Stilts - Graveyard Orbit
15.  Vivian Girls - Where Do You Run To
16.  Koko Von Napoo - Polly
17.  Lucky Dragons - Oh I Understand
18.  High Places - Vision's the First…
19.  Softboiled Eggies - Only Loved At Night
20.  Telepathe - Chrome's On It
21.  Zombie Zombie - What's Happening in The City?
22.  Emporer Machine - Swiss Machine

CD2

1.   Chris Corsano - What Movement Helps You When You Are Trying To Run Out A Batsman?
2.   Boris - LaserBeam
3.   Times New Viking - My Head
4.   Gun Outfit - Your Will
5.   Correcto - Joni
6.   The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Come Saturday
7.   The Shitty Limits - Here Are The Limits
8.   HEALTH - TRICERATOPS
9.    Indian Jewelry - Temporary Famine Ship
10.  Shit and Shine - Shit No!
11.  Salem - Redlights
12.  Opium Factory - Rainbeaux
13.  Alva Noto - U_08-1
14.  2562 - Kameleon (edit)
15.  Dusk and Blackdown - The Bits ft. Trim (edit)
16.  Flying Lotus - GNG BNG
17.  Tobacco - Dirt (ft. Aesop Rock)
18.  Rustie - Zig-Zag
19.  Yo Majesty - Blame It On The Change
20.  ZZT - The Worm (edit)
21.  Mark Stewart - Mr. You're A Better Man Than I
22.  Pablo - Record Shop

We had a good time, hope you did too!

Playing in Sweden, Spain twice, touring Italy, Latitude / Swn / Murcia festivals, touring all over the UK, recording some fancy sessions, releasing our debut single + EP, finally meeting Elefant Records, (going through lots of band members..not so good..) and meeting loads of lovely people and cool bands..

Thanks everyone for all your support, it's been overwhelming + we hope you have a great christmas.

We're going to post some 2008-related things that involve us below! I'll keep adding to this if we get any more in..

See you in 2009, liz + the school xxx
 
- AllMusic Blog (video) - All I Wanna Do in their list of favourite of videos for 2008 - http://blog.allmusic.com/2008/12/19/some-of-our-favorite-videos-of-2008/ - alongside Marnie Stern, Flight of the Conchords, Hot Chip, Nick Cave, No Age, Polycis..!!

-  AllMusic Blog (Pop Editor's Favourites) - Let it Slip - http://blog.allmusic.com/2008/12/16/the-allmusic-pop-editors-favorites-of-2008/

-  Radio Nowhere - All I Wanna Do - Best song of 2008! - www.radionowhere.org

-  Dandelion Radio Festive 50 - Let it Slip made no 16 in the festive 50! www.dandelionradio.co.uk

-  SoundsXP - Let it Slip made no. 16 single of the year and The School were no. 19 live act of 2008! - http://soundsxp.com/artman2/publish/special/Best_of_2008_writers_poll_-_albums_singles_gigs.shtml

- TweeNet Poll 2008 - lots of entries here! We were the 5th Best New Band, the 6th Best New Band of 2008, Let it Slip was the 4th Best Pop Song, and I Want You Back was the 5th Best Pop Song - wowwweeee!  http://www.twee.net/list/polls/poll2008.html

- The Village Voice Pazz & Jop 2008 - Let it Slip no 7 single

- Take the Pills! - Valentine on their Best of 2008 compilation - www.fotolog.com/eolrin/41010004 + Let it Slip on their Best of 2008 tracks - http://takethepills.blogspot.com/2008/12/various-artists-la-cosecha-pequeas.html

-  Below the Stars - can't seem to get Google to translate this for me but it looks like Let it Slip got in their top albums/EPs and I Want You Back made their top tracks - http://belowthestars.blogspot.com/2008/09/2008.html

-  Sweeping the Nation - Let it Slip got into their 'everything else we really liked in 2008 but couldn't fit in any of the previous categories' category - http://sweepingthenation.blogspot.com/2008/12/these-we-also-loved.html

-  Popscene With Jalal - Valentine made it into the top 15 songs of 2008 - www.popscenewithjalal.com/playlist.htm

-  The British Breakfast (WRIR FM, Virginia) - Top 10 UK Band of 2008 - www.wrir.org

-  Let Me Like It - Let it Slip - favourite EPs of 2008 - http://letmelikeit.blogspot.com/2008/12/favourite-eps-of-2008.html

-  Adam Walton/Joy Collective - Adam Walton has Let it Slip as one of his recorded highlights of 2008 - www.thejoycollective.co.uk/blog/2008/12/2008-review-adam-walton-bbc-wales.html

- Never Understand - Shoulder gets in the top 30 indiepop songs of 2008, and they give Let it Slip EP a 'B' grading! - http://blog.roodo.com/hydeless/archives/7924209.html

-  The Boy Least Likely To - they put Kiss You in the Snow at no.9 in their Christmas chart! It was just like being on ToTP. We were their favourite from last year apparently so it managed to get into this year's chart too. yey!  http://theboyleastlikelyto.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/12/22/index.html

-  None More Twee - jamz of 2008 - Let it Slip - http://nonemoretwee.blogspot.com/2008/12/jamz-of-2008-school-let-it-slip.html

-  PopArt - Dom's Single of 2008 for Let it Slip (thanks dom!) - http://www.popartlondon.co.uk/digest/?p=196

-  Shankly - top 100 tracks of 2008 - featuring I Want You Back, Let it Slip and Shoulder! - http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4598851/2008_Best_100_Tracks_from_Shankly

-  Heartache With Hard Work - I Want You Back is in his top 40 songs of 2008 - http://heartachewithhardwork.blogspot.com/2008/12/top-40-songs-of-2008.html

-  Heaven is Above Your Head - Let it Slip is no.2 song of 2008 and they said that I Want You Back is the best pop song of the year! - http://heavenisabove.blogspot.com/2008/12/year-of-sound-pt-4.html

-  Skatterbrain! - Let it Slip got in their tracks of 2008 - http://www.skatterbrain.org/2008/12/look-back-at-2008.html

-  Cowboys & Indies Radioshow - Let it Slip got to no. 3 in their top 20 tracks of 2008 - http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-CYi65AM8erQt4eTOSxDVtP9EHg--?cq=1&p=286

Hello, we've got a new song up!

AND SUDDENLY is a cover of a Left Banke song which will be released later in te year on Slumberland Records.

It was recorded by our very talented guitarist Ceri!

We'll let you all know when it's eventually released, but here's a taster for now!

xxx

SOME MORE PRESS..

New interview with The School here! Crazewire.de (translated by Google)

And Suddenly The World Is Full Of Sunshine

Ok we'll be posting reviews up here + updating them as they appear! x

INDIE MP3 - Let me start by saying that I'm not usually a fan of bands which are explicitly influenced by '60s girl groups. I've almost never heard a present-day group do Spector-style pop as well as it was done back then, and the added whiff of inauthenticity doesn't help.

With that said, I think everything is worth judging on its own merits and The School have rightly been making waves in the short time they've been around. 'Let It Slip' is the group's second release in as many months following April's limited-edition single, All I Wanna Do, both on Spanish label Elefant.

The eponymous first track is, not surprisingly, the strongest of the four. It bursts into life in a way that had me jumping out of my seat on first listen. Lyrically, it's a classic love triangle scenario ("And if you ever leave me, would you go straight to her?"). Structurally, there are similarities to labelmates Camera Obscura's hit, "Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken", with short verses and a frequently-repeated chorus. It's the kind of single that would be described as 'radio-friendly' were it not for the dross that most radio stations seem to prefer.

Second track 'Shoulder' continues the theme of combining mournful lyrics with soulful, uplifting music. Liz Hunt's voice comes to the fore here, and what a voice... Think a cross between Ali Howard of Lucky Soul and Tracyanne Campbell and you won't be far off the mark. The horns, drums and backing vocals are straight from playbook of '60s girl pop, and while it may not be original, the whole thing sounds fantastic.

Third song 'I Want You Back' is (sadly) not a Jackson 5 cover. It is, however, another cracking pop song shot through with regret and longing - heartbreak you can dance to. The arrangement takes a nod from Belle & Sebastian of old with a blast of trumpet and reverb-laden guitar, but that's no bad thing in my book.

The EP is rounded out with 'I Don't Believe In Love', which starts with a male vocal and some Abba-esque piano. Halfway through, the music slows to a stop, as if to forewarn the listener that something brilliant is about to happen. It is, because Liz Hunt comes in with that voice for a fantastically melodramatic finish to the EP.

The title track is available for streaming on the band's Myspace page and while the official release isn't until 16th June, it's available to buy now from the Elefant website. http://www.indie-mp3.co.uk/2008/05/school-let-it-slip-ep.html

Eardrums Music - Liz, Ryan, Ryan, Joshua, Ceri, Rosie and Steph are The School, a very nice band from Cardiff, Wales, playing super-melodic perfect pop songs with lots of sunshine inside. The band will soon release their new four track EP, "Let it slip", on the fine label Elefant records (16th June).

NORMAN RECORDS - uhoh they don't like us! we're sad now.. we made them angry. we thought we'd start negative.

The School do this whole Tracy Ullman 60's Motown ballad crossed with the theme from Eastenders. Considering the success of The Pipettes I can't really slag this 7" on Elefant too much apart from it's bland retro-isms. At least Kirsty Macoll had good songs. 'All I Wanna Do' suffers from one of the most crassly overemployed titles in the history of indie music (2nd only to "rollercoaster") I'd like to review the flip except I fear for my ears. Gah! Sicky candy floss pink. Great......

ROUGH TRADE - debut release from cardiff's female fronted the school on limited edition 7" pink vinyl on elefant records. the school play sunshine pop with moments of light and shadow, the kind of infectious, hyper-melodic pop you can simultaneously cry and dance to. sophisticated, happy songs, with a little melancholy thrown in. the tracks were produced by ian catt (saint etienne, trembling blue stars) and combine indie-pop and a shimmering 60's style production. think kirsty maccoll, think camera obscura, think 60's girl pop. absolute perfection. bring on the album - http://www.roughtrade.com/site/shop_detail.lasso?search_type=sku&sku=298044

HIPERSONICA (translated) - Right now are unknown, says The School and the first thing that comes to mind you are children running for a school courtyard. But within a few months will surely talk. The School is the new clocking seal Spanish Elefant, added another to trace if known good done in the pop label said.

Behind the name are not exactly infant children, but seven Welsh from Cardiff led by Liz, who puts voice and keyboards. The size of the band is that we do not frighten or think of a very complex sound. The result was another opposite, a pop delicate and lovely as near Belle & Sebastian and The Beach Boys.The sound sixtie seem to know very well, and if you have over for recording their first single, as a 7 ", with Ian Catt groups to bring them as close as Saint Etienne, as the cocktail is served. http://www.hipersonica.com/tag/all+i+wanna+do

ZONA DE COMPRAS - The School, from Wales, combining indie pop music and brightest of the 60, a British version of sunshine pop that combines light and shadow, pop hipermelódico contagious and can be dancing crying. Compositions sophisticated and cheerful with a point of melancholy, which was inspired by The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Phil Spector and the group of 60 girls. Before the extensive tour in September, entered the recording studio accompanied by the producer Ian Catt (Saint Etienne, Trembling Blue Stars, Nosoträsh) to record the songs that make up this debut single. http://www.zonadecompras.com/producto.asp?Id=116152

APPLE CRUMBLE - APPLE CRUMBLE - New Comer expect from Wales! Moroni Lucky Soul Camera Obscura and seven pairs of groups like the blond head bob Miss Liz & voice also looks very attractive. SHIJJUSUTIZU bear close resemblance to a pop-up style Mo Town co-sided second Great song! http://www.apple-crumble.com/shop/shop.cgi?mode=SEARCH&searchcategory=ALL&searchtype=3&keyword=4486

TAKE THE PILLS P!O!P LIKE THAT! - The amazing new indie pop band based in Cardiff, Wales, UK have just released their new single, All I Wanna Do, on Elefant Records. This EP includes two tracks 'All I Wanna Do' and the fantastic and catchy pop song 'Valentine' that repeats over and over in my mp3 player. You can stream these songs and others on their MySpace page and buy the single, a pink vinyl!
http://takethepills.blogspot.com/2008/04/school-new-single-release.html

INDIE KID VS DANCE KID - Fantastic dreamy female vocal pop track. Supposedly 7 individuals in this band and the first 7 Inch is off Elefant records. One of my fav records of the year so far.
http://ikdk.blogspot.com/2008/04/school-all-i-wanna-do.html

THE VILLAGE VOICE - On pink vinyl, and who hasn't wanted to be in The Ronettes once in their lifetime? And who hasn't wanted to be Tracey Ullman wanting to be in The Ronettes at least once in their bedroom ('They Don't Know', to be precise)? (This is not a slag: I am keeping my Ullman vinyl—keeping it, I tell you!) It doesn't hurt that main Schoolgirl is Liz, formerly of Yeah Yeah Yeahs-championed Welsh Sixties-heads The Loves, and that Liz is the sort of girl that everyone locally (and further a-field) has a crush on. Actually, the entire band is crush-worthy (in a bearded Swedish indie-kid way). . . you can totally understand why twee label par excellence Elefant are releasing this. Perhaps I'm only revealing my own roots in C86 when I talk about how much I adore this, but it's on pink vinyl! Pink vinyl, I tell you! - EVERETT TRUE, THE VILLAGE VOICE
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2008/03/hugs_and_kisses_30.php

PARALLAX VIEW - Regular readers will have twigged by now that Parallax View is mad fool for The School, so no alarms or surprises to see their debut release 'All I Wanna Do'/'Valentine' (out on Elefant Records from today) made Single Of The Week. Produced by Ian Catt (most readily associated with Saint Etienne) and described by one of their MySpace fans as sounding 'like Kirsty MacColl's ghost meets Camera Obscura' it's a sweet but vaguely sinister ditty of devotion that recalls 60s girlgroups, Caledonian Indie and a keyboard refrain that threatens to echo the Eastenders theme tune. In short, it's bloody marvellous.
http://www.parallaxview.nu/2008/04/wanna-takes-all-regular-readers-will.html

Ooo look we're on Amazon too! http://www.amazon.co.uk/All-I-Wanna-Do-VINYL/dp/B0015HQFSI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1208733608&sr=1-1

And ebay, er... http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=the+school+all+i+wanna+do

Alex Loves You and Your Silly Pop Songs - Also while at Rough Trade, I picked up the "All I Wanna Do" 7" by Cardiff's The School. According to my notebook, I promised myself to write about this seven-piece back in January, but they must have slipped to the back of my writing mind with all the other pop discoveries I've had since. I'm glad I bought this pretty, fairy-floss pink single, though, because The School are just darling - with their tales of love and heartbreak against sixties girl group melodies, they're unthinkably sweet. "All I Wanna Do" reminds me of Kirsty MacColl's classic "They Don't Know" - considering this is one of my favourite songs EVER, it's high praise for The School. They have a new single out on Elefant - "Let It Slip" - which you should definitely buy. I sure will be! - http://alex-loves.blogspot.com/2008/06/seven-inches-besties-velour-school.html

PENNYBLACKMUSIC - 'All I Wanna Do' starts with drums which recalls those of the Jesus and Mary Chain's 'Just Like Honey' before lush arrangements kicks in and a sugary sweet vocal from singer Liz drips in best twee fashion all over it. This is definitely the best twee record of the year to date, a song to fall in love with to someone or just with yourself.

'Valentine' on the flip side has some swing style piano and, with its foot tapping beat, comes over like that stupid advert for Sheila's Wheels or the Pipettes. It is pure polka dot fun and classic pop.  - http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=5871

THE DONNYBROOK WRITING ACADEMY -

If you're a fan of the Camera Obscura school of fey indie-pop, prepare to be smitten by The School, the most recent signing to Spain's always spectacular Elefant Records. The Welsh band's debut single will be released on April 14th on limited edition pink vinyl (what else?) and should win the Wales natives a slew of new fans on both sides of the Atlantic.

The video for "All I Wanna Do" is equal parts Donnybrook photo shoot and Les Parapluies de Cherbourg–charming the whole way through. If it doesn't make you a devotee, I'm not sure what will. The clip is beautifully shot and is a perfect complement to The School's perfectly-crafted, bittersweet pop music. - http://godonnybrook.com/home/?p=583