{"id":17956,"date":"2015-11-08T10:08:45","date_gmt":"2015-11-08T15:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=17956"},"modified":"2015-11-06T21:10:15","modified_gmt":"2015-11-07T02:10:15","slug":"the-spook-school-shares-new-music-video-for-i-want-to-kiss-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=17956","title":{"rendered":"The Spook School shares new music video for &#8216;I Want To Kiss You&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Spook School\u00a0return on\u00a0November 27th with their brand new album, &#8216;Try To Be\u00a0Hopeful,&#8217; which will be out via\u00a0Fortuna Pop. Fun and empowering,\u00a0&#8216;Try To Be Hopeful&#8217;\u00a0is full of noisy, tuneful and triumphant queer pop songs about\u00a0identity, sexuality and being awesome.\u00a0The Spook School has\u00a0shared their new music video, <em>I Want To Kiss You<\/em>, which is lifted from the album. Watch it below via YouTube.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GZ56pAfCStI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Spook School\u00a0are Anna Cory (bass and vocals), Adam Todd (guitar and vocals), Nye Todd (guitar and vocals)\u00a0and Niall McCamley (drums).\u00a0 Since forming in 2012 they&#8217;ve become increasingly involved with the DIY queer punk\u00a0scene, taking inspiration from the passionate, like-minded people they&#8217;ve met along the way, and from bands such as\u00a0Martha, Joanna Gruesome, Trust Fund and Tuff Love. Citing influences including Buzzcocks, T-Rex and the noisier end\u00a0of C86, the new album is louder, bolder, fuller-sounding and captures more of their live sound-aided and abetted by\u00a0producer MJ of Hookworms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Try To Be Hopeful&#8217; follows The Spook School&#8217;s critically acclaimed debut album\u00a0&#8216;Dress Up&#8217;\u00a0(2013), which received\u00a0plaudits from the Guardian (which featured them as a New Band of the Day), Uncut which called it <em>&#8220;a rewarding, multi-layered debut&#8221;<\/em> and Loud and Quiet which said,\u00a0<em>&#8220;this is music for the young and disillusioned, but identifiable to anyone\u00a0who&#8217;s ever been frustrated by the grievances of identity and growing up.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0The Spook School have since seen their music\u00a0used on TV, having recorded the theme tune for BBC Three series &#8220;Badults&#8221; (Adam, Anna &amp; Niall all have sidelines in\u00a0the world of comedy), and have also toured the US, where they became the subject of a Rolling Stone documentary and\u00a0met Laura Jane Grace of Against Me!.<\/p>\n<p>Lyrically,\u00a0&#8216;Try To Be Hopeful&#8217;\u00a0is more direct than their first album, exploring issues around gender and identity, the\u00a0destructive stereotypes that are generally accepted as the norm, and the difficulties of fighting them and building\u00a0alternatives. Nye was undertaking his own personal journey during the making of the record too, beginning to really\u00a0embrace his trans identity and starting testosterone therapy, a side effect of which meant that his voice kept changing\u00a0throughout the recording process. As he explains: <em>&#8220;It was a bit nerve-wracking and frustrating to not be able to sing\u00a0things that I&#8217;d been able to sing easily before, but we worked with it and ended up with stuff that sounds pretty great.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Spook School\u00a0are a band in the most communal sense of the word. The songwriting is split between all four\u00a0members, giving a different perspective and energy to each song. <em>Richard and Judy<\/em> talks about conservatism and\u00a0how easy it is to accept that this is what &#8220;normal&#8221; is and how schools are (as Adam explains) <em>&#8220;such horrible little places of\u00a0enforced heteronormativity&#8221;<\/em>. \u00a0The opening track, <em>Burn Masculinity<\/em> (which also features on a new Plan-It-X Records\u00a0compilation), is an empowering anthem for our time that challenges male privilege. And the first single proper, <em>I Want\u00a0To Kiss You<\/em>, captures the excitement and anticipation of meeting someone, thinking they&#8217;re the most interesting\u00a0person ever and not wanting to wait to see them again. <em>&#8220;It&#8217;s totally about kissing people,&#8221; <\/em>concludes Nye.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the standout track is <em>Binary<\/em>, a song about questioning gender norms, something that Nye&#8217;s experience of\u00a0coming out as being trans has forced him to think about. Nye says, <em>&#8220;I could never understand gender when trying to think\u00a0about it as a choice between &#8216;men&#8217; and &#8216;women&#8217;. What was it that separates those two types of people? When I\u00a0discovered the idea of gender as something a lot messier and more nuanced than two categories, something that could\u00a0be defined according to how people actually wanted to identify and place themselves, things made a lot more sense. I&#8217;m\u00a0so proud and fortunate to know quite a few amazing people who openly identify as non-binary, genderqueer or other\u00a0non-binary identities &#8211; they exist in the world on their own terms and consistently challenge something that so many\u00a0people just take as read, that there are men and women and nothing else.&#8221;<\/em> Celebrating life beyond the false choice\u00a0between &#8220;bowties or high heels&#8221;, this song has quickly become a live favorite, prompting massed choruses of the &#8220;I am\u00a0bigger than a hexadecimal&#8221; line.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Try To Be Hopeful&#8217; is the sound of a band growing up, embracing their identities, and taking charge at the world. But\u00a0amidst the fight for a place in society for everyone, there&#8217;s still time for love, friendship, and fun. With their bold, fizzy and\u00a0electrifying anthems, The Spook School are the shot of optimism we&#8217;ve been hoping for.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001ayzXt0noyTvOrnrdBaTgeXNEP9Lk-Iwi3RMvfUe-yyxXA0CPdQq31jWR4w6rRHNftfs9QHuXqVpO_lAu5_orKGSlkr03gww9P2W4tXKjFFwrYEp6h66SaksFdqT4LHp1MDTyhQuB6mprk3fkudCJKBG9Foj6KB929w1SIunFDHIOnyFl4yIRCQIVB7C_49OL4nYwusKnc1a7uQkWQUYKGTGjjLgxOaEJBjy3ohofiK4nRYsMtBFWgBBuYBuonVoX0ARLEJq_CsI=&amp;c=rdr-1aaRyHxWi8O0e08YUrrGbyRMRSg9jmUSSP7IPaP3xhHqQsKbJA==&amp;ch=tSOj5NEh9guh7T2nditVhWdv1GcYHKCfs26cfHCV8CBaFFGjgrmvHg==\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/files.ctctcdn.com\/fad5d549001\/38a35107-2c12-4af9-a292-fbe84e5fa78b.jpg?resize=373%2C373\" alt=\"\" width=\"373\" height=\"373\" name=\"ACCOUNT.IMAGE.3161\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Track listing:<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Burn Masculinity<br \/>\n2. Richard and Judy<br \/>\n3.\u00a0Friday Night<br \/>\n4.\u00a0Speak When You&#8217;re Spoken To<br \/>\n5.\u00a0August 17th<br \/>\n6.\u00a0Everybody Needs to Be in Love<br \/>\n7.\u00a0Vicious Machine<br \/>\n8.\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001ayzXt0noyTvOrnrdBaTgeXNEP9Lk-Iwi3RMvfUe-yyxXA0CPdQq31jWR4w6rRHNfwuTm69hnC22xv88augM5bmAuk2twgcuSRtHWjvhnOVUBFQcKVNLkU8wNXd4eYkKXPGzR_lU233DqpizrfMEQ-XHNHfj1l60XLtSvlJsTJ1ddyliNz6bF0op66P6uckacRJtw4Yesh3Y=&amp;c=rdr-1aaRyHxWi8O0e08YUrrGbyRMRSg9jmUSSP7IPaP3xhHqQsKbJA==&amp;ch=tSOj5NEh9guh7T2nditVhWdv1GcYHKCfs26cfHCV8CBaFFGjgrmvHg==\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">I Want To Kiss You<\/a><br \/>\n9.\u00a0Books And Hooks And Movements<br \/>\n10.\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001ayzXt0noyTvOrnrdBaTgeXNEP9Lk-Iwi3RMvfUe-yyxXA0CPdQq31jWR4w6rRHNfURRlz7NDVGBmuThzPo1QZh6DnwzQuBZrL0eYNp6NgKa8T7BZf02sZuRStBQAiK221sw1gW8h6mzZnGgNSjIbbBEDvpP7a-Ie8DKAySO9avT5_Z8KusdoSSXKDLqv9iwj9eqvIWMUo98=&amp;c=rdr-1aaRyHxWi8O0e08YUrrGbyRMRSg9jmUSSP7IPaP3xhHqQsKbJA==&amp;ch=tSOj5NEh9guh7T2nditVhWdv1GcYHKCfs26cfHCV8CBaFFGjgrmvHg==\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">Binary<\/a><br \/>\n11.\u00a0Try To Be Hopeful<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Spook School\u00a0return on\u00a0November 27th with their brand new album, &#8216;Try To Be\u00a0Hopeful,&#8217; which will be out via\u00a0Fortuna Pop. Fun and empowering,\u00a0&#8216;Try To Be Hopeful&#8217;\u00a0is <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=17956\" title=\"The Spook School shares new music video for &#8216;I Want To Kiss You&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17975,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[23,28,30],"tags":[2372,3777,3778,3779],"class_list":["post-17956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-music","category-new-release","tag-fortuna-pop","tag-i-want-to-kiss-you","tag-the-spook-school","tag-try-to-be-hopeful"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Spook-School.jpg?fit=800%2C531&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-4FC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18695,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=18695","url_meta":{"origin":17956,"position":0},"title":"The Spook School stream new album &#8216;Try To Be Hopeful&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"November 22, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The Spook School\u00a0are streaming their new album, 'Try To Be Hopeful,' in it's entirety on\u00a0Stereogum. 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