{"product_id":"scowl-we-all-angels-lp","title":"SCOWL ‘ARE WE ALL ANGELS' LP (Green Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSTREET DATE 04\/04\/25\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScowl is a band that sounds exactly like their name implies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVenomous, fierce, antagonistic. A sneer not to be crossed. Over the last five \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eyears, the Santa Cruz, California, band has firmly planted their flag in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehardcore scene with their vicious sound and ripping live show, sharing stages \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003earound the world with Circle Jerks, Touché Amoré, and Limp Bizkit, and filling \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eslots at prominent festivals like Coachella, Sick New World, and Reading and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeeds. But with their new album, Are We All Angels (Dead Oceans), Scowl is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eaiming to funnel all that aggression through a more expansive version of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethemselves. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMuch of Are We All Angels grapples with Scowl's newfound place in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe hardcore scene, a community which has both embraced the band and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emade them something of a lightning rod over the past few years. Standout \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esingle \"Not Hell, Not Heaven\" outright rejects the narratives cast onto them by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eoutsiders. \"It's about feeling victimized and being a victim, but not wanting to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eidentify with being a victim,\" explains vocalist Kat Moss. \"It's trying to find grace \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein the fact that I have my power. I live in my reality. You have to deal with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewhatever you're dealing with, and it ain't working for me.\" The band breaks from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea sense of disassociation to seek deeper connections on \"Fantasy.\" \"It's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eincredibly challenging to try to balance my love for the scene while also feeling, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein some spaces, extremely alienated and hated,\" Moss says. \"'Fantasy' is about \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efeeling like I don't know how to connect with these people anymore, because I \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehave shelled myself away so hard.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe album ends in a philosophical place on the closing, titular track, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Are We All Angels,\" asking questions like, \"Is this all there is?\" and ultimately \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eputting it on the listener to decide. \"It's about the personal struggle between \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003egood and evil. It doesn't matter how 'good' or 'bad' you are, there are systems \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethat will try to rewrite your narrative no matter what you actually do,\" explains \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMoss, noting that punctuation on \"Are We All Angels\" has been deliberately \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eomitted in an attempt to leave the statement open-ended. Are We All Angels is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe highly anticipated follow-up to Scowl's debut, 2021's How Flowers Grow, a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e16-minute primal scream over punishing riffs. But amidst the pounding chaos, it \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas the record's sonic outlier, a cleaner interlude called \"Seeds to Sow,\" that, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etrue to it's name, planted the seed for what was to come for the band. \"It kind of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elaid out this destiny for us, and I feel like now we're fulfilling that,\" says drummer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCole Gilbert. The band continued to expand their sound on 2023's widely \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eacclaimed Psychic Dance Routine EP, incorporating more pop hooks and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efavoring gentler singing over heavy screaming, paving the way for what would \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecome next. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eScowl's growth got a huge boost from producer Will Yip (Turnstile, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTitle Fight, Code Orange, Balance and Composure), who broadened the band's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003escope. \"Will would say, 'Everything you have here is correct, but it's in the wrong \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eplace,'\" says Gilbert. Moss adds: \"Will really helped restructure a lot of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ematerial. Some songs he tore apart to make more space for the really good \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehooks and choruses.\" But even through this more eclectic approach, Scowl \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eloses none of their edge, and still manages to convey the anger and frustration \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethat lies underneath. They are deeply committed to carrying the ethos of punk \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand it's sense of community. \"Hardcore and punk have sculpted how we \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eoperate, what we want to do as a band, and how we participate,\" says guitarist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMalachi Greene. \"At our core, we are a punk and a hardcore band, regardless of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehow the song shifts and changes.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003ePLEASE NOTE: DUE TO MANUFACTURING PROCESSES, PRODUCTS MAY VARY FROM IMAGE MOCK-UP. 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