As they look ahead to the release of their debut album ‘Horrors’ on 10th October, Swindon’s All Ears Avow have revealed another hooky taster of what’s to come with the full-length. The new single, titled ‘A Night Like This,’ is out today. Vocalist, guitarist and production mastermind Claire Sutton says: “Ultimately this song is about peer pressure and being led astray on a wild night out. It’s about struggling not to give into temptation and resisting letting go but gradually being swayed into it and realising you can let go of responsibility and accountability – at least for one night. It was written while watching a TV series called ‘Sweet Pea’, where the main character was swept up into psychopathy and murdering people that inconvenienced her and it was incredibly (and disturbingly) empowering to her. As I was writing it, I realised the song was this giant analogy for vampires and other creatures of the night who thrive when the sun goes down.”
The ominous soundscape that envelopes ‘A Night Like This’ wends its way between siren sounds, 80’s-esque pulsing electronics, creepy whispered lyrics, Sutton’s pure melodic vocal, danceable guitar parts and riffs that feel they could pierce your skin as easily as a vampire’s fangs. The accompanying music video for the track is in-keeping with its blood-sucking theme. As Sutton says, “Being a die hard Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan and the song being an analogy for vampires, pretty much as soon as it was written I was having visions of doing some sort of spoof of the tv show. But the song is so pop and very Lady Gaga inspired so it was also screaming out for some serious moves to happen. This obviously led to us going on a mission to try and tie all that together. I’m pretty sure the boys hate me when I come up with these outlandish ideas for our videos but I promised them they didn’t have to try and learn the dance and I guess I won them over with that hahaha. It would have been a complete mess if it wasn’t for Beth Cooper’s last minute choreography skills and pulling the team she had together to make the dream happen. We absolutely adore how it came out. It was really hard work, lots of fun and totally worth it – but I won’t be reaching for the headset mic any time soon. I shall stick to playing my guitar!”
The track follows the release of the album’s lead single ‘Young Horror’, which received love from BBC Radio 1 Introducing Rock with Alyx Holcombe, Total Rock, Distorted Sound, Already Heard & more. ‘Horrors’ also features the recently-released single ‘Dark Skies’ – an uncompromising, arena-ready rock song, which emanated from the intense chaos of a panic attack – and the previously-released ‘Bird On A Wire’, and ‘Sinking’.
Sutton wrote, produced, mixed and mastered ‘Horrors’, which she performed with her bandmates at her own facility Western Audio Studios. “Things happened that we didn’t expect,” says Claire, of the experience of recording ‘Horrors’, continuing: “like me screaming on one of the songs, which we never thought would be in our wheelhouse… There’s an energy running through the entire album that we never let drop. But because it’s a bigger record than anything we’ve done before, there’s room for ebb and flow, and that’s allowed us to stretch out creatively and really put our passion on display. The album explores themes of societal control, brainwashing, obsession, incompetence, self-confidence, and hopelessness. We realised it was about the horrors of life – both external and internal – and how, in many ways, life feels like one big horror show we’re all battling through. Calling the record Horrors summed everything up.”
See All Ears Avow live:
18/09 – FUEL ROCK CLUB – Cardiff
19/09 – The Flapper – Birmingham
20/09 – Tap ‘n’ Tumbler – Nottingham
21/09 – The Grace – London
25/09 – The Tunnels – Frome
26/09 – The Winchester Gate – Salisbury
27/09 – Listen Up Festival – Basingstoke
17/10 – The Lousiana, Bristol
30/10 – The Victoria, Swindon – ‘A Night Of Horrors’ – Album Launch
31/10 – Johnnys, Watford
01/11 – The Portland Arms, Cambridge
16/11 – Reading Rising 2025, The Face Bar, Reading
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All Ears Avow are:
Claire Sutton (Vocals, Guitar)
Jake Willcock (Guitar)
Joe Bishop (Bass)
Sean Ivens (Drums)
