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Debt Forever(Surprise Mind)
Add date: 1.28.2025
Release date: 1.24.2025
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Charm School is the latest project from Louisville, KY born artist Andrew Sellers and longtime collaborators Matt Filip, Drew English & Brian Vega. Sellers grew up immersed in the punk and hardcore scene in Louisville, forming his aesthetic by soaking up local Louisville legends like Slint, Will Oldham (Palace Brothers/Bonnie “Prince” Billy, etc.), Sunspring, Crain, Guilt, & Rodan. Throw in some Chicago flavor from The Jesus Lizard & Shellac, a little post-punk pepper from PiL & The Fall, & a dash of post-hardcore salt from Fugazi, and the influence recipe is complete.
The band’s first EP, Finite Jest, released in July of 2023, introduced listeners to a philosophically minded, crushingly loud critique of modern life’s increasingly maddening realities. The band’s debut LP DEBT FOREVER is just as loud, but improves upon Jest’s vision by boasting a broader range of material, more variety in terms of its themes, and far more sophisticated songwriting. Expressions of anger and frustration still abound, but you’ll also find a more subtle, world-weary cynicism wrapped in addictively salty, satirical humor.
From a production standpoint, DEBT FOREVER was helmed by a dream team of midwestern luminaries. It was tracked in Louisville by Cincinnati-based engineer John Hoffman (Beef, Corker, The Serfs, Vacation), mixed by Mike Bridavsky at Bloomington’s Russian Recording (Deerhoof, Built to Spill, WHY?), and mastered by Greg Obis (Stuck, Deeper, Wishy) at Chicago Mastering Service (owned by Bob Weston of Shellac, a man who’s musical past is weaved together with Louisville’s).
If there is any message in the record it is that life on this earth, more than ever, is devastatingly fragile, and one better be prepared for an even more destabilized future.
"Charm School has tapped into a well of influence that includes both The Fall and Pere Ubu and more modern No Wave-esque post-punkers Lithics and Protomartyr."
- Queen City Sounds & Art
Apple Music
Bandcamp
Spotify
Tidal
YouTube
Charm School is the latest project from Louisville, KY born artist Andrew Sellers and longtime collaborators Matt Filip, Drew English & Brian Vega. Sellers grew up immersed in the punk and hardcore scene in Louisville, forming his aesthetic by soaking up local Louisville legends like Slint, Will Oldham (Palace Brothers/Bonnie “Prince” Billy, etc.), Sunspring, Crain, Guilt, & Rodan. Throw in some Chicago flavor from The Jesus Lizard & Shellac, a little post-punk pepper from PiL & The Fall, & a dash of post-hardcore salt from Fugazi, and the influence recipe is complete.
The band’s first EP, Finite Jest, released in July of 2023, introduced listeners to a philosophically minded, crushingly loud critique of modern life’s increasingly maddening realities. The band’s debut LP DEBT FOREVER is just as loud, but improves upon Jest’s vision by boasting a broader range of material, more variety in terms of its themes, and far more sophisticated songwriting. Expressions of anger and frustration still abound, but you’ll also find a more subtle, world-weary cynicism wrapped in addictively salty, satirical humor.
From a production standpoint, DEBT FOREVER was helmed by a dream team of midwestern luminaries. It was tracked in Louisville by Cincinnati-based engineer John Hoffman (Beef, Corker, The Serfs, Vacation), mixed by Mike Bridavsky at Bloomington’s Russian Recording (Deerhoof, Built to Spill, WHY?), and mastered by Greg Obis (Stuck, Deeper, Wishy) at Chicago Mastering Service (owned by Bob Weston of Shellac, a man who’s musical past is weaved together with Louisville’s).
If there is any message in the record it is that life on this earth, more than ever, is devastatingly fragile, and one better be prepared for an even more destabilized future.
"Charm School has tapped into a well of influence that includes both The Fall and Pere Ubu and more modern No Wave-esque post-punkers Lithics and Protomartyr."
- Queen City Sounds & Art