Continuing in a similar vein to the Dooley brothers' previous outfit '5th Action Shelter', the boys return with New Education, creating grandiose Indie anthems for the late-noughties. The band have recently released the single 'Today' (which sold out of its limited number of copies) on Kids records and are set to follow it up with the equally anthemic 'Another Miracle' (due to be released on May 18th) and they look set to really take on the music scene, garnering positive reviews left, right and centre and recently recieving a write up in indie kids bible NME. The article itself is perhaps a little dramatic, overly focusing on trying to make New Education sound like the next Oasis, not only musically but in terms of their off stage antics. In both cases this is a little exaggerated, the band are not as rowdy or violent as the article suggests, neither do they sound as much like, or truthfully are they quite as good as, the early Oasis records. All the same they are certainly developing a loyal and growing fanbase in the area, and are looking to expand it beyond the region, bolstered by UK tour support slots with The Rifles, The Twang and The Holloways. As for the music itself, at times it borders on the majestic, soaring, anthemic rock songs, with lyrics looking to escape the drudgery of small-town life, without condeming it. As the band themself proclaim, this is 'the sound of the Midlands calling', at times it borders on the predicatable. But when listening to the power of 'Arcane' it is hard to argue. This could well be the biggest band to come out of Stoke for a long, long time with a recent write up in TeenFirst describing them as 'one of Britain’s most promising new rock bands'. We can't help but wish they'd write more songs like the upcoming B-side to Another Miracle, however, the track 'Bedroom Song #19', a charming, intimate acoustic number, that lets the bravado drop a shade and reveals a more interesting sound. Still, we're sure they can go far and will be waiting eagerly for the album to be released for full review on this site.
You can check out the NME article here:
www.nme.com....
Or listen to the band more here:
www.myspace.com/neweducation
