All Souls Post New Single; Ghosts Among Us Out This Fall
I love the phrase in the first verse of this song, ‘beckoning the wrecking crew,’ as sung by All Souls guitarist Antonio Aguilar, who shortly thereafter is backed by bassist Meg Castellanos and producer Alain Johannes in the chorus, further emblazoned by Tony Tornay‘s stomping snare. Listen for it if you’re fortunate enough to actually press play on the embed below. Something about the bounce between the harder ‘ck’ sounds and the melody that carries through the line. It’s a perfect moment emblematic of the many more that populate the band’s third album, Ghosts Among Us.
That record arrives in October as the band’s most vital argument to-date for why they’re so fucking underrated. Never mind that the beckoned wrecking crew is coming to smash apart the various traumas that might hold us back from being who we feel like we should be, just listen to the music. The passion and spirit in it. Yeah, it’s uptempo and well produced and the songwriting is tight and performances sharp — true of the whole album, by the way; I’ve heard it and won’t play coy in saying otherwise — but there’s a layer of resonance to All Souls that resides beneath the surface waiting to be found. It won’t come to you, Aguilar has never been so cloying a songwriter, but met on its own level, All Souls‘ craft offers rare depth of emotion and, yes, soul, to those ready to engage with it.
If that’s you, you get the prize and the prize is the music so fucking have at it. They’re on tour with Ape Machine starting tonight and headed to Ripplefest Texas:
All Souls share first single from forthcoming album, tour with Ape Machine starts 7/20
Hear/share “I Dream”
L.A. band All Souls share the first single from their forthcoming album Ghosts Among Us on all platforms today. Hear and share “I Dream” via Bandcamp, Spotify and others.
All Souls announce their forthcoming album Ghosts Among Us with Alain Johannes producing. The album was written and recorded during the height of the pandemic. The song “I Dream” is a meditation on trauma that haunts us and creating a mantra to break it away.
All Souls have shared the stage with Tool, the Jesus Lizard, Melvins and Meat Puppets. They are getting ready to hit the road again out to Ripple Fest in Austin TX.
Live From Total Annihilation split album with Fatso Jetson will be released August 19th on special CD/Vinyl/DVD packaging through Ripple Music.
All Souls’ 3rd full length Ghosts Among Us is slated to come out this fall 2022 on Oscura Records. Pre-orders are available HERE.
ALL SOULS / APE MACHINE TOUR 2022:
07/20 Permanent Records Roadhouse – Los Angeles, CA
07/21 Yucca Tap Room – Tempe, AZ
07/22 Rockhouse Bar – El Paso, TX
07/24 Ripple Fest/Far Out Lounge – Austin, TX
07/26 The Quarry – Bisbee, AZ
07/27 Brick by Brick – San Diego, CA
All Souls are:
Antonio Aguilar – Guitar/vocals
Meg Castellanos – Bass/vocals
Tony Tornay – Drums
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