We All Want To - We All Want To (Album)
We All Want To's self titled album defies expectations, a deliberate attempt to confuse those who wish to dissect it, the message is 'shut up and listen'. In a music world of image marketing and genre classification this is a pleasant surprise. Self-classified as “German Pop” - if this is what they are aiming for they are sure to follow a long tradition of successful Brisbane bands. This debut album comes hot on the heels of their EP Back to the Car. The recording is polished, yet not annoyingly pristine – just as we would want from a talented home-grown live act.
Tim Steward from Screamfeeder has a very distinctive raw voice which is now teamed up with songbird Skye Staniford, who is also with a band- Golden Virtues. They perfect the boy-vs-girl vocal harmony in melodromatic power pop, with subtle narrative lyrics and a sound that could have come out of any foreign port. Should one dare relate them to anything else? This is strictly original music but the sound will get you all nostalgic about their obvious influences – as frequenters of sweaty festival mosh pits of the noughties and nineties. As with their Indie Pop/Rock compadres from the Stars, The Clouds to the Shout Out Louds, music from We All Want To cannot be dumbed down by explanation.
Stand out tracks are the happy clappy 'A la mode' with plenty of flutes and some vocal percussion – Skye's looped composition is like a break in the weather. The drums laid on top are particularly fancy.
The musical composition on 'Fleas' is quite diverse and breaks into a real shindig. 'Trigger Fingers' is sensational, starts off small and sparkly, and builds to a brilliant crescendo of fuzz guitar – on the high of Skye's voice. The driving rock mantra is going to 'Get your trigger fingers ready, everything's about to change forever'.
This five piece band meld together their diverse musical pasts in tunes like 'June and July' and digital bonus track 'Brink of Badness' on the darker side. 'Mostly Dry,' another digi bonus is the most original piece on the album, laid back electric with subtle lyrics.
'Japan' begins with a nice little pop tuneage, then kicks it to a new level with bass, drums and vocal enslaught. There are those who believe Pop is a naysay word, to them I say this is powerful stuff and quite masterful in originality.
You can listen to the the album on www.screamfeeder.com/ the site to find Tim Steward's music projects. We All Want To hear them live!
