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The School are a Welsh indiepop group based in Cardiff, Wales. Their sound owes heavily to 1960s influences such as The Beach Boys and girl groups such as The Ronnettes and The Shangri-Las, along with more recent indiepop acts Camera Obscura and Belle and Sebastian. ==Career== Formed in 2007, the band signed with Spanish label Elefant Records, after playing only 4 live shows, supporting Saturday Looks Good to Me.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The School biography )〕 Debut double A-Sided single "All I Wanna Do"/"Valentine" was released on limited edition bubblegum pink vinyl in February 2008, followed by the ''Let It Slip'' EP in June. "And Suddenly" (Left Banke cover) was released in August on Slumberland Records, as a split single with George Washington Brown. The band's debut album ''Loveless Unbeliever'' was released on 31 May 2010, produced by Ian Catt.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=How to buy our debut album )〕 In 2010 The School performed a live concert on Spanish television show 'Los Conciertos De Radio 3'.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Los conciertos de Radio 3 - The School )〕 They were also nominated for 'Best International Artist' at the Spanish Independent Music Awards 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ELEFANT bands in the UFI 2011 Independent Music Award Finals: TREMBLING BLUE STARS, THE SCHOOL, LUCKY SOUL, STEREO TOTAL )〕 Second album ''Reading Too Much Into Things Like Everything'' was released on 14 May 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=THE SCHOOL: Release their second album )〕 It was recorded at Bryn Derwen Studios in Bethesda, North Wales, by David Wrench. Limited edition picture disc 7" single 'When I Fall In Love' was released in August 2014 on the label Where It's At Is Where You Are's '7777777' singles club (and digitally through Elefant), with an illustration by artist Andy Hart.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=release date - the School )〕 In 2015 record label Kingfisher Bluez released a series of 7" singles curated by other independent labels. ''Buddy System: A Kingfisher Bluez Singles Club'' included a split single chosen by Elefant Records, featuring 'When I Fall In Love (Pagan Wanderer Lu remix)'.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Too Shy / When I Fall In Love )〕 The band's third album ''Wasting Away and Wondering'' was released in September 2015 by Elefant Records. It was recorded at Giant Wafer Studios in Mid Wales, by Rob Jones aka The Voluntary Butler Scheme. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The School (British band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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