Fission

On their fourth full-length, the California band returns with some new wrinkles that expand their shoegazing sound.

The first track on Film School’s Fission, “Heart Full Of Pentagons,” is a blandly pleasant mix of lush indie-rock, cooed vocals, and what could pass for a pre-fab Apple-loop beat. It’s hard to imagine someone either unabashedly loving or hating the song: As on the band's post-rock debut, Brilliant Career (which…

Film School changed quite a bit over the course of the band’s career, seemingly tweaking their lineup and fine-tuning their sound with almost every release -- all while retaining the same shoegaze and post-punk-inspired approach.