"Slow, building, and methodical, Film School's intelligent rock hybrid delivers the skull-crushing dynamics of a fast, loud indie rock band with the smarts and charm of the lo-fi pop counterparts, blending the two into a rich, simmering pot of twisted, left field rock." - In Music We Trust
"Film School recalls the morose beauty of Damon & Naomi and Galaxie 500 and the death-bliss drone of My Bloody Valentine. " - Magnet

"There are a modest four citizens in Citizens Here and Abroad: Chris Groves and Chris Wetherell from indie sensation Dealership, and Dan Lowrie and Adrienne Robillard formerly of Secadora. They took their pledges of citizenship sometime after meeting at a 1998 Secadora gig, where Chris G. became disgusted at Dan and Adrienne's zealous patronage of the dive bar's coin-operated mixed-nuts dispenser. The result doesn't sound like a combination of its parent bands. They're less heavy than the Secadora but darker than Dealership, pulling together influences from the Fall, Stereolab, Sonic Youth, and scores of others, yet sounding like none of them. Besides playing bass, Chris G. sings and works a tiny 1982 Casio keyboard, often in tandem with a 1970's Fresno Unified School District xylophone. Adrienne, who also sings, toggles between standard and baritone guitars. Dan's guitar effects are layered, and Chris W. balances steady drums with atmospheric percussion to fill out the sound." - Malka Geffen, East Bay Express