A Classic Education

The Profile

Italian band formed from members of Bolognese post-hardcore group Settlefish; frontman Jonathan Clancy. After two EPs they released their first full-length Call It Blazing in 2011.

Call It Blazing (2011) was recorded on analog tape in New York by Jarvis Taneviere. The album cover and some lyrical inspiration reference Danny Lyon's photographic book The Bikeriders. Reviewers note an international, sixties-tinged sound and Jonathan Clancy's English pronunciation.

Bolognese band A Classic Education released the full-length Call It Blazing in 2011. The album mixes new wave, garage rock, surf-pop and shoegaze with a vintage, sixties-tinged sound recorded on analog tape. Frontman Jonathan Clancy's English pronunciation and evocative lyrics are noted highlights.