All Souls Post “Winds” Video; Songs for the End of the World out Now
Hey look, I’ve been out here telling you to check out All Souls‘ new record, Songs for the End of the World (review here), since before it even had a release date, so don’t put on the video for “Winds” below and be like “Holy crap this is amazing I had no idea I need to buy both this band’s records right now why didn’t anyone tell me?” because the truth is even with 2020’s great many distractions, you’ve had ample warning. The video for “You Just Can’t Win” (posted here) came out in February. That’s before lockdown. And “Winds” was a pre-release single too in July. Really, plenty of warning.
However! — and I put that exclamation point there to emphasize what I’m about to say — if the video below for “Winds” is what gets you on board with Songs for the End of the World or All Souls in general, you’re by no means late to any sort of party and that’s only a good thing. You’ll note they’re a band with many associations — Antonio Aguilar and Meg Castellanos were in Totimoshi together, Tony Tornay drums in Fatso Jetson, Erik Trammell plays in Black Elk, and they record with Toshi Kasai whose done records for the Melvins among an entire planet of others, and they toured with Tool which I hear is a good thing for bands to do if they like playing in front of people and/or just want to hang out with Danny Carey, who I hear is a nice guy — and that theme continues here as the esteemed Josh Graham (formerly visuals for Neurosis, videos/art for Soundgarden, also of A Storm of Light and IIVII) brings a visual grace to work in accord with the song’s melodic flow, particularly resonant in the back-half instrumental stretch.
You’ll note the intersection of geometric shapes and environmental themes, something from Songs for the End of the World that ties to Graham‘s visual style as well. That makes the two parties an even better fit, and while it may be another choice association in All Souls‘ collection thereof, the truth about the band and about Songs for the End of the World is that what makes it all work is the songs and the performances themselves, as the group ties rare emotionality to sociopolitical ideas and remains heavy while digging into a nuanced approach that is even more their own now than it was on their 2018 self-titled debut (review here).
I hope my going on about it doesn’t delay you watching the video, which really is the point of this post. Just know that you’re not late just because the album’s already out — the internet makes everything seem over once it exists — and that this band is something special.
Album stream’s also down at the bottom.
Enjoy:
All Souls, “Winds” official video
Los Angeles quartet All Souls share an official video for “Winds” from their new album Songs For The End of The World today. The video is directed by Josh Graham (Soundgarden, Neurosis visuals) and is available to watch/share HERE.
A stunning animated video for album track “You Just Can’t Win” was released earlier this year. Watch the dark portents via YouTube.
All Souls formed in Los Angeles in the winter of 2016 and have gone from playing local gigs to performing in theaters and arenas. Featuring Tony Tornay (Fatso Jetson, Josh Homme’s Desert Sessions, Deep Dark Robot with Linda Perry) Antonio Aguilar and Meg Castellanos (Totimoshi) and Erik Trammell (Black Elk), they were recently hand-picked to tour with Tool, The Jesus Lizard, (the)MELVINS, and Meat Puppets.
