My Education

Formed in Austin in 1999 by Brian Purington, Eric Gibbons and Sean Seagler, three refugees from San Angelo, TX, My Education flirted briefly withthe idea of vocals but soon decided they were never necessary to begin with and became a purely instrumental outfit. With the addition of keyboardist Kirk Laktas (Stars of The Lid, Ultrasound, etc.), viola virtuoso James Alexander (Cinders) and Floridian transplant guitar god Chris Hackstie (Saturated, Loring), the lineup stabilized and their first album 5 Popes was recorded at the Bubble with Chris "Frenchie" Smith (Sixteen Deluxe, Young Heart Attack) at the helm. After three years of blood, sweat, and tears My Education finally completed their second CD, Italian, which was released on Thirty Ghosts Records on April 26th, 2005. Rolling Stone Senior Editor David Fricke soon chimed in with critics all over the world in their admiration of this fine record, which has been described as everything from "...swirling and swaying and leading your ears and your soul into a trippy, calm world, where the sky is glowing a beautiful shade of pink and the sun is always setting on a cold winter's eve" (Joseph Kyle, mundanesounds.com) to "careening around mischievously, like the score to a fictional film" (Chris Elkjar, trust-me.ca) and "slow-cooked noise bombs (that) left everyone in a daze" (Audra Schroeder, Austin Chronicle.)

Website: http://www.myeducationmusic.com/