Beauty School Announce New Album (‘From Now On’)

Leeds-based sextet Beauty School have shared details of their new album, ‘From Now On’. Set for an October 3rd release on Slam Dunk Records, the record follows 2022’s debut album, ‘Happiness’.

Nevertheless, Beauty School have grown since with ‘From Now On’ set to show their collective ambitions. Pulling influence from 90’s American radio-rock bands such as Jimmy Eat World and Third Eye Blind, the six-piece combine it with a deeply personal collection of songs. It’s threaded together by a cathartic tone and a theme of vanquishing relatable struggles.

“’From Now On’ is defined by struggle, the struggle to overcome grief, loneliness, and the mental health struggles that we all experience in one way or another,” Beauty School shares. “It’s also about living in this strange, corporate-driven world that can feel confusing and soul-crushing at times.”

Across its 14 songs, ‘From Now On’ touches on isolation and listlessness, substance abuse, workplace neglect, nostalgia and mortality. Simultaneously, it marks a sense of personal maturity for the members of Beauty School. Frontman Joe Cabrera cites the reality of working in the music industry, balancing personal lives, the passing of family members, and “the anxiety of the rug being pulled out from beneath us” as contributing factors to the writing of the album. “Those are the themes that are woven into all the new music we have written. We are angrier, and we are changed, but we are more ambitious than we have ever been. We have come through some really tough times to get here,” says Cabrera,

In addition to the new single, ‘Lately,’ (more on that below) ‘From Now On’ will feature ‘Reaper’ (featuring The Wonder Years’ Dan Campbell), ‘Day of Iva’ (feat Rae Brazill from Artio) and ‘When I’m Feeling Down’.

1. A Part of Everything
2. Seeds for the Roses
3. When I’m Feeling Down
4. Gloom
5. Reaper (ft. Dan Campbell)
6. Lately
7. Old Rotten Teeth
8. Okinawa
9. The Fall
10. Day of Iva (ft. Rae Brazill)
11. Astel
12. Armitage
13. Cowboy Milk
14. From Now On

Pre-order ‘From Now On’ here

Hear Beauty School’s New Single – ‘Lately’

To mark the announcement of ‘From Now On,’ Beauty School have shared a new track called ‘Lately’.

Its melodically rich guitars are combined with Joe Cabrera’s passionate words of self-destruction. Co-written with guitarist Dan Shaw, the track was influenced by Dan’s experience of being stuck in a mundane job and relying on substances to cope.

“The playful nature of the melodies contrasts heavily with the themes of drug use, workplace neglect and corporate life. I had recently started a job in which I was told I’d have incredible opportunities, but the reality was very different. There was this expectation that I would work harder than everyone else, putting in extra hours without any support,” explains Shaw. “When I reached out for help, it was like I was being ignored, and instead, I was given PowerPoint slides… To manage this, I spent most of my downtime smoking, and when I wasn’t smoking, I was drinking to get to sleep on an evening. This took me down a spiral I struggled to remove myself from. ‘Lately’ is a comment on how much of a toll corporate life can have on a person and how poor support mechanisms in modern life lead to drug misuse and dependency.”

‘Lately’ Lyrics

You swore that you’d make me feel seen
See that’s what’s bothering me
It’s bordering negligence
For a holiday with your friends

My pondering the space between
Left me with nothing, nothing but envy
I’m circling, everything’s closing in
Dine in alone again, silence is heavy and

Lately I’ve been baking
I’ve been wasting all my time
I’ve been dying to survive
I’ve been dying to survive
Lately I’ve been toking
Smoking all the fumes I am
Crush my mind in to a can
‘cause lately I’ve been falling apart

A stained cedar cabin under trees
A friends break a patio for three
That’s what hits so deep
You’ve left no room for me
I was hoping the grass would be greener
Now I wake up to go back to sleep
Work my hands ‘til they bleed
Then mend them with corporate speech

Deep in the haze (haze), it’s poetic
Who am I kidding it’s fucking pathetic
I’m caught in a loop, dependent on you
And now I’m awake (awake), I’m obsessive
When I’m high, I fucking regret it
My mind is tomb, a crypt made for two

Lately I’ve been falling apart
Lately I’ve been falling apart
Lately it’s hard to lament
Lately I feel like this might be the end
Ten steps backwards again
Until then, lately I’d been on the mend
Lately I’m empty, I’m spent
Insufferable lately, I can’t comprehend
Lately It’s hard to pretend
That I’ve got some fight left inside of me
Lately I needed a friend