School of Language is a side-project of David Brewis, an English singer, songwriter, & musician. With his brother Peter Brewis, he formed Field Music, a rock band based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear in 2004. Prior to Field Music, he was in the band New Tellers.
During a hiatus from Field Music from 2007 to 2009, Brewis worked on solo material under the name School of Language. This release was recorded in 2019. The title 45 refers to the 45th President of the US, Dumbass Trump. Thematically it is a darkly witty & poignant anti-Trump concept album. But don't get me wrong. It's not at all depressing. It is much funkier than its subject could ever be, thanks to grooves, licks, & a general vibe lovingly influenced by the likes of The Meters, James Brown, Talking Heads, & Prince. But it's also spot-on lyrically, thanks to incidents, themes, & quotes ripped from the headlines, cribbed from Hillary Clinton, borrowed from assorted swamp dwellers, & nicked from the Donald himself, all delivered via Brewis's tenderly soulful tones & soaring falsetto.
I've Got the Numbers
Nobody Knows
A Beautiful Wall
Rocket Man
Rex
The Goldwater Rule
Adult in the Room
And Even if I Did
Lock Her Up
The Best People
The fix is in,
NØ
45
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