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Sharp-cut alt-pop with School of X in Store VEGA

There are both noisy guitars, soaring synths, forward-looking drums and big pop tunes when School of X unleashes the wild creature of alt-pop at Store VEGA on March 11, 2027.

Behind the project is Rasmus Littauer, who over the years has made it his specialty to allow the beautiful and the quirky, the energetic and the melancholic to coexist.

That's the tension that runs through School of X's music. The melodies are carried forward as a shot of pure euphoria, while the lyrics revolve around longing, doubt and the pursuit of something that may not exist at all. On the acclaimed 2024 album Seventh Heaven, the contrasts were unfurled in an exuberant mix of indie pop, rock and synth. Reviewers heaped a lot of praise after the release, and also heaped praise on School of X turning its great melodies into musical energy performances on the live stage:

“School of X matched the audience's Friday mood to its energy discharge of a concert at VoxHall, with Rasmus Littauer's delicate, bright vocals cutting clear through in even hard-hitting rock cuts,” Soundvenue wrote in reference to Littauer's concert at Voxhall in 2025.

Since Seventh Heaven, School of X has continued to push for its own expression.

In 2026, he has released the singles' Dreams', which has triumphed on the radio, and the synth-heavy 'Not Enough Time', where Hans Philip guests with laid-back, Danish-language vocals. The new songs point into a new chapter for School of X, where the dreamy coexists with the more organic and immediate.

Rasmus Littauer has gradually established his name as a significant figure on the Danish music scene. He was among VEGA's Chosen in 2017 and has in his career both released music as School of X and made his mark as a musician and collaborator for Liss, Trentemøller, MØ and Deb Never, among others.

Now he returns to Store VEGA with new songs and a new concert experience. Under the title The Darkness You Used to Believe In, Flushed Away Like Foam on the Ocean Blue Tour, School of X heralds a more personal approach to both the music and meeting the audience.

“The new songs that have come out this year and the songs that are coming out are very personal and are about some of the most important issues in my life and what is going on right around me,” says Rasmus Littauer.

And precisely the meeting with the audience will become an important part of the upcoming tour:

“The feeling of being closer to the audience in spirit and at the same time giving more of myself in the music, has made me want to do a tour that will give as much as possible both ways. I'm looking forward to unfolding that next year.”