I really feel for these guys. All Time Low should be filling stadiums and making girls faint by now. They have everything it takes to be a huge boy band for the past tween set. Everything but proper management. They just cant seem to catch a break.
Each release is better than the next and their live shows are so ridiculously fun that you never want to go. The banter coupled with the simplistic beats and up beat tunes are intoxicating and energizing. Yet they're still in tiny clubs playing the same limping band of scene kids and it makes me furious and it makes me sad. What the hell can we do to help All Time Low get the recognition they deserve?
They have parted with their 'major' label Interscope and here is the sad statement from the band…heartbreaking. Will someone please promote these guys better?
A good chunk of this record deals with our signing, and eventual split with Interscope. It was the usual story that we promised ourselves we’d never let happen: Band signs with label, label throws everything into the making of band’s new album, team working the record gets fired or moved to another office, record gets delayed, record loses steam, band leaves label. I don’t fault the folks at Interscope for any of this. The people we worked with were amazing, and really believed in us. Even the people who eventually came in to try and pick up the pieces left in the wake of massive restructuring, were genuinely trying to help. Unfortunately we got lost in the mess of big business and higher-ups making deals. Lesson learned. No hard feelings. It’s not for us. We asked to be released from our contract, and they understood why. The other, and more important theme of this record, is self discovery and confidence. It’s about being sure that you’re not sure, and being OK with that— realizing that life is an adventure, and to face it boldly and unabashedly. I think this theme even plays into the former quite a bit; Don’t let anyone mess with you aspirations.