For their latest single, Louisville's Charm School are changing up their sound. A lot. The post-punk band usually has a much louder and more aggressive punk sound. "Happiness is a Warm Sun" is more of a krautrock song mixed with The Stooges' longer, more spoken word freak out songs. There are still some more rock based punk flourishes throughout the eight minutes of "Happiness is a Warm Sun," with more as it goes on, but if you're familiar with Charm School's previous releases, this one is going to be surprising. This is a great song, and it's always fun to see a band explore and experiment with their sound like this.
Charm School says of their latest single:
"This song is kind of an outlier on the record. It's the only song that was basically improvised in the studio, and the only one where the lyrics were written sort of 'automatically.' They're all ideas that have been swirling around in the collective unconscious for awhile now, pertaining to the intense state of the world: the rise of fascism, ongoing wars, financial pressure, overpopulation, media at a million miles per hour, the spectre of the algorithm, the total lack of empathy online, etc."
You can listen to "Happiness is a Warm Sun" below. Debt Forever is due out January 24, and is available for pre-order here. For more on Charm School, check out the band on Instagram and Facebook.
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