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A Classic Education - Badlands & Owls

It starts with a melody that digs into you, or puts its arms around you and drags you out into the desert or the dancefloor, promising to push any loneliness away beyond the great curtain of the night. But unexpectedly, this song has its own sunrise (00.53) and that's where it goes, violins and raking guitars, and vocals curling like the first clouds of a bright morning, all together in one paling sky. This is the kind of song that could really mess up your sleep pattern, just because it demands to be heard as soon as you get back from the disco, or before the blue of night yellows out into morning. But it is a beautiful way to start, and there's no way you could hear it and stay in bed.
A Classic Education are another of my favourite new bands, living and writing in Bologna, Italy, where they have recorded with Jeremy Warmsley, and supported bands like Arcade Fire. They sound a little nocturnal.