Recording dates locked in ...

Hey there - thanks to all those who came out to our show at The Lansdowne in Sydney on the weekend. It felt great to play 4 new tracks and freshen up the set ! Hope you enjoyed the "Fire" trilogy too ... for those wondering what the hell i'm talking about - well - you'll have to wait til the next show!

The main news is that recording has been locked in to kickstart album #3. We'll be recording in the last week of March and hope to get side A of the album down - and hopefully a single will emerge out of that pretty quickly... you might ask why i say "side A" - the answer is that i'm thinking in terms of a flashy TMS vinyl record at the end of this caper. We've never done an LP before - and since we'll be recording to tape this time it seems the logical next step. And who doesn't love some big glossy artwork splashed around the place ?

The songs are pretty much written ... lots of road songs ... it seems there's at least a street, road or highway in every song ! I'm looking back through journals and photos i took on my roadtrip in late 2010 - as well as working on demo's i recorded there ... and some of these demo's were recorded in amazing places.
Speaking of which - first person to email or contact us with the answer to this question :

Where was this demo recorded (see picture) - gets a TMS cd of their choice (1st,2nd or even 3rd if you can wait !) :

So - let me know either via facebook - or an email to themodelschool[at]yahoo.com.au - and a TMS album of your choice is yours.
cheers
Brendan

Whats in store for 2012

Just a quick post to say that 2012 will see lots of new music released by The Model School ! We're hard at work on an albums worth of new tunes and plan on getting a single out in the coming months, followed by an album later this year. It sure has taken a long time to get to this point - being that most of the songs were born on the road in the USA back in late 2010 - then worked on for most of 2011...

We've got a show coming up where we'll be airing a few of the new songs - its on Saturday March 3 down at the Lansdowne in Sydney. I doubt we'll have a single ready by then - as we're still working out where to record ... but check back for updates.

For now here's a picture from the road trip - a real inspiration on the songs. Lots of wide open space soundtracked by Tom Petty,Bruce Springsteen and Gram Parsons pumping from the car stereo ... Heartland Rock circa 1973 ? Yes please !
cheers
Brendan

Sometime in the post-carbon universe .... a new TMS clip was born.

New film clip about to land....