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All Things Blue offer up a chaotic look at modern day life on their energetic debut Get Bit. They’ve embraced the craziness of this year and set it to funky and fluid music: switching from psychedelic, to rock, to pop, they’ve got all avenues covered. The Los Angeles based band have created an album fitting to those moments of frantic isolation where all you want to do is scream, reflect, sing, or maybe perform a combination of the three. The choice is yours: choose wisely.

After slowly releasing a string of welcomed singles throughout the year, Get Bit is finally with us. It's a journey of woozy beach rock and psychedelica that aims to give us a trippy guided tour out of 2020. It offers up an introspective look on the current state of society and allows itself to be open to interpretation. With lyrics both melancholic and witty, frequent and refreshing experimental instrumental breakdowns and some just lovely existentialism this record offers something for everyone, especially if you love a good shout.

Opener ‘Get Off My J-Bone’ begins the album with mellow synths and almost whispered vocals. It’s a dulcet yet layered introduction to the record: not as loud as you might expect but a solid taster of what the album has to offer.’Tipsy’ takes a minimalist lo-fi route, with the powerful vocals of frontwoman India Coombs standing tall as the tracks vibrant centre-piece. There’s something spectacularly unique about her voice, it's both sweet and snarling with equal measures of menace and melancholia.

‘Legend Of Chav’ displays All Things Blue’s louder side. After a slightly soulful opening, a quick countdown causes the track to burst in cacophonous noise. Synths, guitars and drums battle for centre stage in a fiery showdown of musical prowess. It’s a big track and delivers just the right amount of noise.

Throughout the rest of the record we’re treated to excitingly jagged grungy openings (‘Scratch’), mellow and thought provoking commentaries on the state of the environment (‘Lully’) and elegantly drowsy psych numbers (‘Buddha And Penelope’). It’s an album that's purposefully a bit all over the place, and that is so very, very welcomed.

All Things Blue demand attention, and they deserve it. Whether they’re discussing politics, climate change or good old fashioned existentialism, their music will always emerge as a meaningful and powerful doorway to some very much needed escapism.

Get Bit arrives 11 December via Terrible Records/Flexible Distro.

More about: All Things Blue