{"id":74192,"date":"2018-12-28T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T12:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=74192"},"modified":"2018-12-28T13:24:41","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T13:24:41","slug":"interview-all-ears-avow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/interview-all-ears-avow\/","title":{"rendered":"All Ears Avow: &#8220;Life is too short to just accept things the way they are&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-74625\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/AllEarsAvow-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"AllEarsAvow\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/AllEarsAvow-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/AllEarsAvow-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/AllEarsAvow-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/AllEarsAvow-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/AllEarsAvow-465x310.jpg 465w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/AllEarsAvow-695x464.jpg 695w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/AllEarsAvow.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since their formation in 2013, <b>All Ears Avow<\/b>, the college friends turned bandmates, have produced three EP\u2019s; showcasing their evolution of honing in on their own unique, crisp sound. There is a real furore surrounding <b>AEA<\/b> at the moment, where the band have been repeatedly coined as ones to watch in 2019. As\u00a0they finish off a storming year, including hitting the milestones of gaining over 30K plays on Spotify and recognition as one of HMV\u2019s &#8220;Next Big Thing&#8221;, their new EP <i>&#8216;Skin &amp; Bones\u2019<\/i> is five tracks of alt-rock dynamite.<\/p>\n<p>The Swindon outfit have been plugging away for years, having toured extensively whilst supporting the likes of Milk Teeth and Mallory Knox. With these runs having seen the band grace larger stages, singer Claire Sutton states how the creation of <i>\u2018Skin and Bones\u2019<\/i> as a significant milestone in the bands career, <i>\u201cWe were really hands-on with the whole project even making the artwork ourselves which involved two semi-naked people and lots of powder paint. We\u2019ve just been having a wicked time just making all kinds of art with our mates.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"All Ears Avow - Skin and Bones (Official Video)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J9uST8nvSWM?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Musically, the four-piece have naturally progressed into pop territory. This growth sees the quite frankly <i>addictive<\/i> additions of the stomper <i>\u2018Got Lucky\u2019,<\/i> matched with the unstoppable towering melodies in <i>\u2018Fake\u2019<\/i>. With this polished production bridging their sound into alt-rock accessibility, Claire explains how <i> \u2018Skin &amp; Bones\u2019<\/i> encapsulates the band\u2019s shared tastes in comparison to previous works, <i> \u201cI think it\u2019s a truer reflection of our collective music taste, so in that way, it\u2019s more honest. We were always trying to confine ourselves to being a straight-up rock band but actually, we were all listening to a lot of other stuff.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u2018Skin &amp; Bones\u2019<\/i> has a heightened sense of identity, where <strong>AEA<\/strong> have graduated from producing sounds of what is expected in the genre to championing their own style. With five years under their belt, Claire reflects on one of the biggest challenges she has faced when creating their work, <i>\u201cProbably realising that we don\u2019t have to keep fulfilling this rock genre checklist when making music. The second we let that go of that, we\u2019ve all been much more satisfied in the music we\u2019re coming out with.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p>With this overriding message of optimism, the brimming narrative of personal growth is one that resonates. <i>\u201cI just think that the second we stop pushing ourselves to be better or do better, we leave ourselves open to falling into a mindset that&#8217;s negative which is obviously a huge problem for every person on this planet,\u201d <\/i> says Sutton <i>\u201cIt\u2019s an easy hole to get into and a very difficult one to get out of.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"All Ears Avow - All Your Pieces (Official Video)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AgqFoC0wx7o?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This idea of flipping negativity on its head and using that energy to change your overall outlook on life is something that Claire is impassioned by. <i>\u201cI don\u2019t believe we have to put up with things like that and if we want it to change, we\u2019re the only ones that are responsible for it. <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cI lost my mum almost 10 years ago to cancer, she was 47 and had just been through a divorce from a marriage she wasn\u2019t happy in. I learnt from it that life is too short to just accept things the way they are. We don\u2019t have to be in that career, we don\u2019t have to be with that person, we don\u2019t have to be depressed or anxious. We have the power and I want more people to know that.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p>It appears that <b>All Ears Avow<\/b> have found their formula to creating catchy material that evokes elation. From slick production to innovative inspiration, this four-piece are certain to be staples in your playlists to come.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8216;Skin &amp; Bones&#8217;<\/i> EP by <b>All Ears Avow<\/b> is out now.<\/p>\n<p><b>All Ears Avow<\/b> links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/allearsavowband\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEAOfficial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/aeaofficial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by\u00a0Ffion Riordan-Jones (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FfionAbigail_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@FfionAbigail_<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With their new EP &#8216;Skin &#038; Bones\u2019 being five tracks of alt-rock dynamite, we spoke to All Ears Avow vocalist Claire Sutton to discuss the EP and how it is truer reflection of their collective music taste.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":74625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[1865,15784,16392],"class_list":["post-74192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interviews","tag-all-ears-avow","tag-ffion-riordan-jones","tag-skin-bones-ep"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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