  cover art   Cry Baby  (Ever; US: 2 Oct 2007; UK: 24 Sep 2007)
Ungdomskulen. Supposedly, the word means “middle school” in
Norway. Supposedly. The band Ungdomskulen has taken that word
and transformed it into something much more, however. It’s
through their debut release Cry Baby that they are reinventing
the music dictionary and the compass, thus melding the worlds of
the musician and the explorer. Thus, in the creation of their
music, they are also destroying all sense of direction. Still,
it’s very easy to listen to two minutes from this album and cast
Ungdomskulen aside as a dance-punk band or just another indie
group hopped up on speed and happiness. It’s a little too easy
to do this and if you do, you’ll probably be regretting it for a
long time.  Art and especially artists come in many different
forms and it isn’t always the depressed, brooding ones who are
totally devoted to the music. Ungdomskulen are three guys,
Kristian Stockhaus on vocals and guitar, Øyvind Solheim on
drums, and Frode Kvinge Fla