Maybe This Is All In My Head

School ’94 “Common Sense”

The name of this band is School ’94, but the sound of it is a lot more indie ’84, so when I first heard it I was ready for the vocals to be fairly thin and twee, as that’s generally who gravitates to this aesthetic over the past 15 years or so. But nope! The vocals on “Common Sense” are full-throated and passionate, and really sell this state of being entirely unsure of yourself and fighting your own mind to get a handle on facts and feelings. A lot of lesser acts will try to get by entirely on the glimmery sound of the keyboards and the propulsion of the bass, but in the case of this song, it’s all supporting the drama of the vocal. Or should I say melodrama – this feels very “teen soap opera” in the best way.

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