Led by Candace Clement (Footings, Bunny’s A Swine) and featuring Jon Shina (Jon Shina/ICICL) Will Meyer (Stoner Will & the Narks, Bucket) and Noah Dowd (True Jackie), All Feels is a band which utilises the various tastes and experiences of its members to create something unique. Latest album This Place Is A Message, coming later this year on Flower Sounds, does not, therefore, settle neatly in any single genre and mood, but instead mines the fertile ground where they overlap and intersect. There’s nostalgia, introspection, frustration with the way of the world. Sincere emotion and sardonic humour, melody and dissonance, lightness and weight. To hear the album is to appreciate the band living up to their name. Ten songs. All Feels.
Latest single ‘Possessed’ gives a glimpse as to what to expect. “A coming-of-age bop for the elder millennial crowd,” as Clement explains. “A 90s inspired reflection on growing older and growing out of the things you once loved and the often unbreakable connections we have to habits we try to shake.” As you might expect from such a description, the result is one of contradictions. A bittersweet track where the only conviction is that of uncertainty’s continued grip. But for all of the doubt and wistfulness, there’s an undeniable sense of fun running through the track too. As though perhaps the only solution left is to surf atop the accumulated worries and hang-ups and lean into the forward motion.
