Hidden behind a TV screen shiny with reverb, Film School plays a soundtrack to young love. Their gentle melodies ring familiar as a sweeping score to sweaty palms and jittery nerves. In “Heart Full of Pentagons”, a quickened heart pounds to the soft “ba ba ba”s of vocalist and bass player Lorelei Plotczyk. As a camera zooms out, catchy synth notes skip and fuzzy guitars wail along to the melodrama of the photoplay. A male voice belonging to Greg Bertens enters the scene singing with a gentle earnestness that sighs of heartbreak.
More kids join the young lovers in “When I’m Yours”. Frenetic beats beg the shy kids to let loose on a checkered dancefloor, popping in technicolor synth beats. They dance in soft focus with encouragement from frenzied guitars and Bertens’ gentle prodding. The dancers’ feet fly as the music builds and Bertens cracks into an honest falsetto, pouring out his heart against a staticky screen.