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THE SPOOK SCHOOL: SXSW DIARY

THE SPOOK SCHOOL: SXSW DIARY

Edinburgh indie-pop quartet The Spook School headed over to SXSW armed with a bag of factor 50 sunscreen,catchy tunes and a mobile phone camera. Here is their visual diary of their time in Austin.

THE SPOOK SCHOOL: SXSW DIARY

We made it to SXSW! Greeted at the airport by Austin’s world famous vending machines!

 

THE SPOOK SCHOOL: SXSW DIARY

We immediately befriended the locals. Here we are charming cactii (that’s the plural of cactus don’t you know!)

THE SPOOK SCHOOL: SXSW DIARY

Our tour manager was a legend. Always looking out for us.

THE SPOOK SCHOOL: SXSW DIARY

She even watched over us while we slept. Fist bump!

THE SPOOK SCHOOL: SXSW DIARY

When we weren’t busy playing shows Adam Todd’s DJ side project was really taking off.

THE SPOOK SCHOOL: SXSW DIARY

The shows we played were pretty dangerous…watch out Nye and Niall!

THE SPOOK SCHOOL: SXSW DIARY

We learned that wearing shades and being in the shade was super cool. Literally. The heat was killing us.

THE SPOOK SCHOOL: SXSW DIARY

It wasn’t all plain sailing. Niall and Adam fell out over a discussion about Austin’s best public bench.

THE SPOOK SCHOOL: SXSW DIARY

We even had to set rules for the shows.

THE SPOOK SCHOOL: SXSW DIARY

There was so much vegan food in Austin! Niall even tried to eat it through his nose!

THE SPOOK SCHOOL: SXSW DIARY

Our favourite Austin vegan restaurant Counter Culture had the best toilets! Fuck the gender binary!

THE SPOOK SCHOOL: SXSW DIARY

We learned to fit in with the locals. Howdy Niall!

THE SPOOK SCHOOL: SXSW DIARY

Adam even turned into one of Austin’s famous ‘Moody Banks!’

THE SPOOK SCHOOL: SXSW DIARY

Adam and Anna contested the inaugural SXSW ping pong tournament. It was declared a draw due to the ball not actually being able to bounce.

THE SPOOK SCHOOL: SXSW DIARY

After cramming in ten shows we were pretty tired.

THE SPOOK SCHOOL: SXSW DIARY

Some of us were so tired we gave birth to tiny dogs.

THE SPOOK SCHOOL: SXSW DIARY

We had the best time being sunburnt silly sausages at SXSW. Queer, tipsy, and the cutest four people to squish into a photo booth.

Spook Schools album ‘Try To Be Hopeful’ is out now on Fortuna Pop Records

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