As It Is - I WENT TO HELL AND BACK (Clear Vinyl)

‘I WENT TO HELL AND BACK’, the new album from the Brighton-based alt-rock group (Patty Walters, Ronald Ish, and Alistair Testo), might have come to life over a two year period where each and every member questioned their life choices and wrestled with a world in a constant throng of chaotic uncertainty, but the band’s fourth album couldn’t sound more excited. The fourteen tracks are powerful, playful and fearlessly chase the unexpected. It’s the sound of a band still having fun Walters formed As It Is in 2012 with “no expectations and very few ambitions. We were just hoping to have some fun and be part of the thriving punk scene here in Brighton.” Nine years later and the group are adored players in a global scene. “I’m so proud of the band we’ve become.”

The band burst into the scene and dropped Never Happy, Ever After in 2015 and followed with 2017's okay. In 2018, they returned with the critically lauded studio album The Great Depression. Having perfected their blend of pop, punk, and rock over time, As It Is have truly found their groove with ‘I WENT TO HELL AND BACK’.

1. IDGAF

2. I LIE TO ME

3. HOW ARE YOU

4. I CAN'T TAKE IT

5. I'D RATHER DIE

6. I MISS 2003

7. I'M SICK AND TIRED

8. I WANT TO SEE GOD

9. IN THREES

10. I HATE ME TOO

11. I'M GONE

12. I DIE 1000X

13. I CAN'T FEEL A THING

14. I WENT TO HELL AND BACK