The Fat Angel Sings

First saw All We Are supporting Public Service Broadcasting. The Liverpool-based trio announced they’d be playing new tracks and then move forward to now (well, a couple of weeks back to be fair) and Guro, Luis and Richard have shared something new online.

“Burn It All Out” feels like it could well act as a bridge from the laid back, psychedelic grooves of their eponymous debut album to the harder edged, more thunderous sounds that were trailed live. The opening guitar lines are gentle and swirly like a kaleidoscopic rainbow, then the beat and bass join in and that wonderfully familiar All We Are vibe begins to permeate your soul. Your shoulders move, your feet tap and your head bops as the compulsion to move and boogie along becomes overwhelming. The vocal floats like an intoxicating and heady aroma, hypnotising all who hear it before suddenly, the guitar has become harder, the rhythm more frantic and the bass heavier. Without you even realising, everything around you has been lain to waste and as you stand, amongst the rubble and ruin, you can only applaud and cry out for more.

A follow up album is on the way, so that more we crave so much will hopefully be with us soon.

The debut track, “Utmost Good“, from Liverpool’s All We Are.  There’s been nothing much from the group whatsoever, leaving us with nothing but sad faces. Fortunately, the band is back to end the misery and drought with the release of their brand-new effort, “Feel Safe”, and, as far as letting down goes, there’s none of that here, because there’s no way you’re not going to love how the trio harmonizes over disco-inspired and slow-grooving instrumentation. It’s everything you love about that throwback sound, yet, it’s still polished enough to fit right into 2014. Lets hope to hear more from this band this year next year I’m hoping for a full tour and lots of festival dates , sure they will be one of the bands to see in 2015.

All We Are are one of those bands with a geographical backlog that could make even the most seasoned gap-year students jealous. The threesome met at university in Liverpool but hail from Ireland (Richard, drums), Brazil (Luis, guitar) and Norway (Guro, bass). They’re basically the most jetsetting group I’ve seen since Il Divo burst on to the scene back in 2003.

Most recently the band have isolated themselves in the Norwegian mountains and the Welsh countryside. They’ve been writing their debut album, working with producer Dan Carey (M.I.A, Hot Chip, Bat For Lashes), and probably wearing a buttload of jumpers to keep them warm.

One of the first tracks to come from those sessions is “Keep Me Alive”. is an exquisite slice of comforting upbeat pop. Obviously the production is incredible, but I would argue it’s the voices – pulling you in, claiming to “hear nothing but your breathing” – that make this one of the most heartfelt and yearning tracks of the year.

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The band making this sound is the Liverpool-based trio All We Are, who formed at the city’s talent-producing Institute For Performing Arts, Lipa. Then they were offered to tour with another great Scouse trio – Stealing Sheep.

After hearing their blend of beautiful, drowsy melodies I contacted them to find out more. They all met at Lipa’s international students orientation day – remembering they “had name tags and everything”. Bassist Guro Gikling is from Norway, drummer Rich O’Flynn from Ireland and guitarist Luís Santos from Brazil.

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The band making this sound is the Liverpool-based trio All We Are, who formed at the city’s talent-producing Institute For Performing Arts, Lipa. Then they were offered to tour with another great Scouse trio – Stealing Sheep.
After hearing their blend of beautiful, drowsy melodies I contacted them to find out more. They all met at Lipa’s international students orientation day – remembering they “had name tags and everything”. Bassist Guro Gikling is from Norway, drummer Rich O’Flynn from Ireland and guitarist Luís Santos from Brazil.