All Our Friends

A genre-bending journey that plays off the juxtapositions of addiction and depression hidden in a scene of aesthetic beauty, All Our Friends, the debut album from STUMPS, is a thoughtful, humorous and crushing love letter to how our environments shape us. There was an element of obscurity in the formation of the Sydney three-piece. Born out of a friendship forged in the fires of Sydney’s underground music scene, a severe laceration to the index finger of singer-guitarist Kyle Fisher while working in a bar, was the catalyst to STUMPS becoming a band on the brink of a breakthrough. A strenuous 10-month rehabilitation program hampered Fisher’s plans of moving to the United States in 2017, and with Merrick Powell (bass) and Jonathan Dolan’s (drums) formative hardcore-punk band Perspectives calling it quits that same year, three individuals at a crossroads saw opportunity. Dolan and Powell still had the will to create music, and with Fisher seeking a constructive output while dealing with the frustrations of a long-term injury and cancelled plans of a life abroad, the trio coalesced around a handful of songs written during his rehabilitation. The evolution of STUMPS from a band finding their feet, to drawing comparisons to Gang Of Youths and City Calm Down from some of triple j’s biggest names, was further developed on a pivotal writing trip taken during the winter of 2019 to Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales. With the additional contributions of two old friends, Fletcher Matthe

Tracks

1~1~Mt. Pleasant
1~2~Ive Had Enough
1~3~This Is Why We Fall Apart
1~4~Makes Me Alright
1~5~Laugh About It
1~6~2020
1~7~Mouth Static
1~8~Daffodils
1~9~Suburbia
1~10~Culture Tourniquet
1~11~Conversation, Conversations
1~12~The Bore

Details

Format: Vinyl LP
Artist: Stumps
Release Date: 04 December 2020
Genre: Alternative
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Distributor: Sony Music