Brighton quartet School Disco return with 'Happen', and from its opening hypnotic pulse, there's an immediate sense of gravity shifting. This is darker, more meditative territory for a band known for their high-octane performances alongside Wolf Alice and Lime Garden.
Recorded live at Farm Road Studios with minimal overdubs, 'Happen' captures raw spontaneity—sprawling verses punctuated by fuzz-heavy guitar and shifting time signatures that build to a relentless, angular instrumental break. It sits comfortably between Meddle-era Pink Floyd's expansiveness and the controlled chaos of Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, channelling influences from Black Sabbath to CAN into something unmistakably their own.
"Happen was the first track written in a new batch of songs," explains Rory Lethbridge. "The bones of it were written and recorded in a day while me and Harry were jamming at Studio Nunn." That immediacy shows—there's an urgency that feels both deliberate and instinctive, born from creating something new for Love Thy Neighbour's Triptych weekend lathe cut series.
The result marks what Lethbridge calls "the line in the sand between Denton Rock and whatever we were going to do next." It's lyrically sparse but emotionally weighty, technically complex yet accessible, brooding without losing its driving intensity.
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