All People - s/t

Name: All People
Album: s/t
Year: 2016
Style: Math Rock, Indie Alternative,
Similar Bands: Walkmen, Dismemberment Plan
"One-Word" Review: Diverging Soundscapes
Based Out Of: New Orleans
Label: Community Records

 Cover, Record, Lyrics/Notes

Record, Back

All People (2016)

1. Slow 3:40
2. Plain Essential Language 2:20
3. Naught 3:29 (single)
4. Fearful / Sick 2:19
5. Moonsteps 3:12 / 
6. Start Again 2:03
7. Balloon 3:06
8. New Rain 3:18
9. Of You 3:34

Album Rating (1-10):6.5

Members & Other Bands:

• Ross Farbe - Recording
• Chris George - Recording
• Carl Saff - Mastering
•  Josh Campbell - Guitar (New Lands)
• Robert Landry - Drums (New Lands, Rooks, Static Masks, Keeping)
• Daniel Ray - Vox, Keys, Trombone (Fatter Than Albert, Flaming Tsunamis, Vox & the Hound, Thou, Rooks, We Are the Union)
• Greg Rodrigue - Vox, Bass, Synth, Album Layout (Fatter Than Albert, The Rooks, Keeping)
• Dorka Hegedus-Lum - Photos

Unknown-ness: Never heard of this band. The mesh hanging in the winter treetops looks like blood diluting in water. I anticipate the music to resemble a cold, songscape of sound, the kind that tells a story while simulating a vast open tundra

Album Review: Rodrigue and Ray founded the Community Records label this album was put out on. This is their third album as All People and release #65 for the label. The songs do wander around, exploring their heavy elements and light synth in conjunction. The result is a bit of a schizophrenic sound: tugging the listener in multiple directions, even throwing in some brass to give it a distinct New Orleans flair. The vocals are not the center of attention, but seem to be sung because someone else determined songs need vocals.

Stand Out Track: Balloon

Links:
Community Records
New Noise
NOLA article
Ghost Cult
Impose
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WKDU - review
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