{"id":84269,"date":"2019-06-18T14:00:55","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T13:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=84269"},"modified":"2023-04-07T14:26:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T13:26:50","slug":"review-all-better-how-it-all-worked-out-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-all-better-how-it-all-worked-out-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: All Better &#8211; How It All Worked Out EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-84300\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/all-better-EP-compressor-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/all-better-EP-compressor-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/all-better-EP-compressor-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/all-better-EP-compressor-465x465.jpeg 465w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/all-better-EP-compressor-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/all-better-EP-compressor-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/all-better-EP-compressor.jpeg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>It feels as though pop-punk and emo bands are finally starting to realise that, if they want to get anywhere, it\u2019s going to take more than the absolute bare minimum. The likes of WSTR and Weatherstate have made good strides at developing their sound to reach that point, but <b>All Better<\/b> look to be quicker to the punch than most. Their reticence to describe themselves as pop-punk is one thing, but a fantastic command of melody and pathos-driven writing has earmarked them as ones to watch.<\/p>\n<p>That buildup has culminated in <i>\u2019How It All Worked Out\u2019<\/i>, the sort of deliriously infectious and likable EP that could catapult this band to stardom in no time. What\u2019s more, <b>All Better<\/b> make it look so easy as well, with enormous, pop-driven melodies and Nicholas Burdett\u2019s easygoing vocal style that crystallises with such a richness and potency. There\u2019s an exquisite pop core to <i>\u2019Losing Forward<\/i> and <i>\u2019Let Go\u2019<\/i>, and paired with the scrappiness of <i>\u2019Toxic Little You\u2019<\/i>, the progressions made are genuinely fantastic.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"All Better - Weird (Official Music Video)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TIze9hS1pPA?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>Even if the writing can dip a bit too liberally into the well of modern emo and alt-rock, <b>All Better<\/b> do so much with what they\u2019ve got already that it hardly even matters. They\u2019ve got a command of musical vibrancy that\u2019s already wildly beyond their years, and when it\u2019s played with self-assuredness, it makes these six tracks feel even more fat-free than they already are. There are no wild shifts into left field, but mastering what they\u2019ve got is more than enough for <b>All Better<\/b> to stand out.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s easily enough to take them further forward; rarely does a band sound as much like the finished article this early on, but <i>\u2019How It All Worked Out\u2019<\/i> is indicative of the potential that <b>All Better<\/b> have. A few bits and pieces to tighten up notwithstanding, this is a band ready for prime time, and to see what they could do on that sort of platform is tremendously exciting.<\/p>\n<p>4\/5<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8216;How It All Worked Out&#8217;<\/i> EP by <b>All Better<\/b> is out now on <b>Real Ghost Records<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All Better<\/strong>\u00a0links:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/allbetterband\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/allbetterband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Luke Nuttall (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nuttall_luke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@nuttall_luke<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;All Better make it look so easy with enormous, pop-driven melodies\u2026 this is a band ready for prime time&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":84300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,2269],"tags":[15265,15783,17197,15029,576],"class_list":["post-84269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","category-ep-review","tag-all-better","tag-ep-reviews","tag-how-it-all-worked-out","tag-luke-nuttall","tag-real-ghost-records"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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