| All Now (LP)

All Now emerges from a period of chaos for the band that was followed by a period of enforced quiet. The Staves released their third album, Good Woman, in February 2021; it was an album of love and loss, written during a disconcerting period of turmoil and pain. “There was a delayed reaction to trauma and these big changes out of your control,” says Jess of the period that came after Good Woman, as the band—like the rest of us—were forced to sit with their thoughts. 

The Staveley-Taylors were also still processing the death of their mother and other seismic changes: Emily took a backseat on this album (while still contributing vocals on a handful of tracks) to focus on motherhood, while Camilla reckoned with her own mental and physical health issues, including chronic pain and a series of operations due to endometriosis, which began to take an increasing toll.

Struggling after two years of deep solitude and pain following the release of Good Woman, The Staves did what they know how to do best: they got back to writing with the idea of going back to basics and focusing almost solely on each other and their guitars as a starting point.

It began with Jess, navigating this new landscape by harnessing her creativity on her own, at first in the studio in Hackney at the end of 2022, then slowly luring Camilla back to the next chapter of The Staves, before reaching out to Congleton, who the band had worked with on Good Woman.

Tracklist

A1        All Now
A2        I Don’t Say It But I Feel It
A3        Fundamental Memory
A4        Make A Decision
A5        The Echo
A6        I’ll Never Leave You Alone
B1        After School
B2        Great Wave
B3        Recognize
B4        So Gracefully
B5        The Important One
B6        You Held It All

*Audio and/or tracklist may vary slightly from the vinyl version.

Label: Nonesuch Records
Rel. Date: 03/22/2024
UPC: 075597906653

• Genre: Alternative
• Format: Vinyl
• Released: 03/22/24