The Tough Alliance
The new school
Service
Last year, The Tough Alliance released a couple of EPs that were so good that it almost makes me cry to think about them. I haven't longed to hear an album by ANY band like I longed for "The new school", since perhaps Oasis' stinker "Be here now". It was stupid of me to have such crazy hopes though, since no album ever released would be able to live up to these insanely high expectations. The album is very good, it contains a lot of excellent songs, don't get me wrong, but it also makes me wonder if perhaps TTA, like their label comrade Jens Lekman, work better on EPs than on full-length albums. Now, after initial disappointment, I've invested my confused hopes in the possibility that "The new school" is a grower.
- Simon Tagestam