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The Model School
Genre: Rock, Pop
Region: Sydney, NSW
Members: Brendan Wixted - Guitar,Keys,Vocals. Elvis Castro - Electric Guitar. Craig Allan - Bass. Chris Frost - Drums & Percussion.
Sounds Like: REM, Velvet Underground, Magnetic Fields
Influences: Big Star, REM, Tom Petty
Artist Website: themodelschool.net/

Unearthed Artists We Like: World Champion , Community Radio , Bored Nothing


The Model School release an adrenaline-fuelled new single, Streets I Left Behind, on August 1 to remind us that their unique ability to knock out catchy songs bursting with melodic hooks and resonant lyrics remains wonderfully intact. The single - which they are giving away as a free digital download - heralds a new direction for the trimmed down four piece, featuring raucous guitars, driving drums and bass, and a chest-pumping anthemic chorus which would leave the Boss reaching for his sweat-soaked headband.

Recorded at Linear studios in Sydney's inner west, the single is the first off their new album Backwards Down The Highway, which is due September 2013. Singer Brendan Wixted explains the origins of the song, "This is a song about leaving ...it was written on the road, about the road - for the road....a kick to the suburban head". The Model School have two critically acclaimed albums to their name - Alarm Clock Radiation (2006) and Memory Walls (2009). New single Streets I Left Behind is available now from Bandcamp and themodelschool.net

UPDATE : Pictures of Summer & Purple AM Radio are also taken from the forthcoming album. Grab a free copy here or over at bandcamp where you also get the artwork for each song !

"Sydney has soul after all" - NZ herald
"nostalgic and surreal....great addictive songs" - alt media.net
"one of our finest songsmiths" - Melbourne Herald Sun
"The Model School has a genuine charm" The Age

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NEXT SHOW - Saturday August 9 @ OAF (Gallery Bar), SYDNEY
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Played on triple j Played on digital radio Streets I Left Behind
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Played on digital radio Pictures Of Summer
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Played on digital radio Purple AM Radio
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Streets I Left Behind
rating:  4/5
a toe tapper indeed - this song is catchy as and i just want to sing along maybe dance in a cool kinda way
triplej



Streets I Left Behind
rating:  4/5
A great slice of guitar pop. That whole idea of leaving something behind is expertly captured in the restless energy of this song.
triplej



Streets I Left Behind
rating:  4/5
I was a fan of your last album, and you're retaining that current of melody and joining in some anthemic new parts. Driving track! It reminds me of a...
triplej



Pictures Of Summer
rating:  4/5
A master class in pop guitar - great vibes. Sounds like sunny days and the girl you're into.
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