BRITTLE DREAM

TRACKLISTING


A1. School is Cool - Uh-Huh
A2. School is Cool - Hell Or High Water
A3. School is Cool - This Time Tomorrow
A4. School is Cool - Comfort
B1. School is Cool - Strange Romance
B2. School i s Cool - Five Hundred Years
B3. School is Cool - Touching People

C1. S chool is Cool - Whisper on the Wind
C2. School is Cool - Use To Be So
C3. School is Cool - Sing Along
D1. School is Cool - Puff of Smoke
D2. School is Cool - Even in the Darkest Time of Year
D3. School is Cool - Brittle Dream





INFO


"Album no. 5?! Have we really bee n around that long?" asks Johannes Genard. "I feel like I'm only just starting t o get how it all works."

When their fourth album, 'Things That Don't Go Right' was ignominiously cut short by the pandemic in March '20, Genard turne d around and started writing the next one. "If you don't keep plodding ahead, th en you've already given up," he says. The group's subsequent plodding quickly ev olved into a collection of 13 songs infused with energy, emotion, playful exuber ance and plenty of signature School is Cool elements.

Despite the new album's name - Brittle Dream - the atmosphere within the group is better than e ver. "After Matthias Dillen, our drummer since the very beginning left the group , Niels Meukens has seamlessly slipped into the role and is now fully acclimatiz ed. It's been awe-inspiring to witness his deep musical insight firsthand, not t o mention his willingness to take on a new project in such a short timeframe," s ays Johannes. "His contribution to this album was massive!"

School is Cool's fourth - and, as it turned out, aptly named - album, 'Things That Don't Go Right' hit the airwaves in 2020. After that, things actually did start to go in the right direction for the group. And following the release of hit singles l ike 'Close' and 'On the Halfway Line', the time is ripe for a new album.
Musically, the album breaks new ground while remaining true to that unique S chool is Cool sound we all know and love.