Today’s song is “Gone to Sea” by A Classic Education. A Classic Education come from Bologna, Italy. Part Canadian, part Italian. Formed two years ago by Canadian singer and guitarist Jonathan Clancy and his Italian mates Luca Mazzieri and Paul Pieretto, the band is now a six piece with the addition of Giulia Mazza, Federico Oppi and Stefano Roveda.
A Classic Education has been invited to play or toured with Arcade Fire, Modest Mouse, Lightspeed Champion, Okkervil River, Hot Club De Paris, Fanfarlo, Crystal Stilts. They have played a selection of London’s best club nights such as White Heat, Club Fandango and Twee As Fuck. In the summer of 2008 the band was invited to play the Indietracks Festival (Derbyshire, Uk) alongside bands such as Los Campesinos!, The Wave Pictures & The Wedding Present.
With their debut First EP (distro by Rough Trade), a limited edition 12″ that documented the first year as a band, they have gathered praise and hype from some of the most respected music blogs and websites in the world such as The Torture Garden, Drowned In Sound , Sixeyes, Chromewaves, Music Slut, Song By Toad, Sweeping The Nation, 17 Seconds, The Daily Growl, MBV, and Brooklyn Vegan.
The band played for the first time in North America in March of 2009, with a bunch of shows between New York and SXSW festival. The band was nominated by SPIN magazine and Brooklyn Vegan as one of the top performances of the entire festival.
For more information on A Classic Eduction check out their official website, MySpace, and Facebook. Get their music now on iTunes!