There’s always that one band you listen to in your early teen years that you never forget.
When I was 13, I discovered All Time Low and fell completely in love.
I usually like one or two songs by a band. Four songs TOPS.
But All Time Low…they were different for me.
To date, they’ve recorded 4 albums and one EP.
The Party Scene (2005)
This album is no longer available. There are only 1,000 known CD copies.
EP: Put Up or Shut Up (2006)
So Wrong, It’s Right (2007)
Nothing Personal (2009)
They also released a “Straight to DVD” album of a live concert in New York City in 2010, along with a full-length DVD about their lives backstage and on the road.
In 2011, they released their latest album Dirty Work.
The album cover was also released in red.
They are the only band I’ve ever listened to that I have liked every single song they’ve written. Well almost every song, I’m not a huge fan of three songs. But other than that, I love all their music.
Until Dirty Work came out.
One thing I thought was absolutely fabulous about All Time Low, was that they never used autotune, except for one song (a version of “Coffee Shop Soundtrack”) that was CLEARLY supposed to sound super strange and synthesized.
Their latest album featured autotune and it was much more… pop that they used to be. The lyrics were still pretty dynamic and poetic. But they took on a co-writer for some reason.
Their three original albums are absolutely brilliant. The lyrics make me want to laugh out loud they’re so beautiful and strange and wonderful. Frontman Alex Gaskarth is truly a spectacular composer and lyricist. So I have faith in him and I’m sure their next album will be back to their original marvelous magic.
Anyway, I’ve loved the band for a long time. The music is catchy and fresh without being too pop.
And Alex just has the most magnificent, smooth, gorgeous voice.
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