Ten years is a long time to wait for a sophomore album. I won’t get into why it took so long or what happened in-between here. Here, we’re just gonna see if Pedals was worth the wait. Opening with “Wring it Out”, it sounds as if Walter Schreifels and Rival Schools haven’t missed a beat since United By Fate came out in 2001. There’s a solid bounce right off the bat laid down by Sam Siegler (drums) and Cache Tolman […]
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Not Too Cool for Schools (Rival Schools, Brighton Music Hall 3/6/11)
This past Sunday evening Rival Schools took the stage at the newly renamed and slightly redesigned venue now known as Brighton Music Hall. With the band’s original line-up of Walter Schreifels, Ian Love, Sam Siegler, and Cache Tolman together Rival Schools tore through old favorites like “Travel by Telephone” and “Good Thing” along with jams from the new record Pedals including the single “Wring It Out”. They also jokingly played a ska versions of their own’ “Good Thing” and Metallica’s […]
