Better Out Here is an escapist saga. While the world was seemingly unraveling, the band worked together arranging and recording these compositions. During an extensive series of sessions, tucked away in the mountains of North Carolina, it became apparent to the collective that things were, in fact, better out there— together, creating music, and discovering their sound. The album’s upbeat warmth and danceable instrumental sections are woven together through reflective, introspective, sometimes dark, and often cynical subject areas. Perhaps a nod to the late Walter Becker, master of the tongue-in-cheek.
The album displays the band’s conglomerated sound, as the pieces draw upon the members’ diverse catalog of influence. In addition, London-based Alexander Bone, frequent collaborator of Tom Misch and Cory Wong, contributes an enthralling saxophone lead during the bridge of High Tide. From the Allman-invoking guitars on Wildfire, the sexy, soulful vocal intonations of Free Time, to the baião, seven-part Brazilian percussion section in Window to Your Soul Remains, the band delivers it’s self-titled, “high-energy jam soul” sound to every listener. A sound unencumbered by the boundaries of genre and relentlessly exciting to hear. A sound they are excited to finally share with you.
