Standing as an emblem of trustworthy to goodness rock and roll, Allbrook Station are a bunch of like-minded pals, and with their debut single, ‘Chimerical’, they got here along with a imaginative and prescient to create nice music.
Allbrook Station is an American pop rock band shaped in 2024, shaped in Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah consisting of lead singer Burke Louis, bassist Jessie Gomez, drummer Nate Smeding, and guitarists Randy Slaugh, and Jr “Frank Zoo” Gomez. Moreover, Randy Slaugh is a GRAMMY-nominated, Billboard #1 music producer and composer.
Allbrook Station channel the likes of Linkin Park, and Think about Dragons, amongst many different artists they grew up listening to and loving, and so they’ve taken this inspiration and crafted their very personal arena-ready tackle rock, with all of the urgency and presence of those decades-established bands. Debut single, ‘Chimerical’, tells a story of affection that isn’t solely unattainable, nevertheless it’s additionally harmful to the purpose of ruination. It’s uncooked and compelling, with the guitars, drums, and atmospheric manufacturing giving the monitor a moody vibe that makes it laborious to work out the place precisely it sits on the spectrum of pop/rock/steel genres.
There’s a vulnerability to Burke Louis’s voice, which is someway additionally defiant, as he realises, within the phrases of co-writer Jessie Gomez, “one thing that may very well be excellent, by no means will probably be”. Singing of a relationship that’s poisonous, and unravelling, Louis describes it because the “tiresome phantasm of forgiving the identical errors over and over”. The love was by no means actual, and because it fades away, the narrator is determined to claw again his time, peace, and objective – “You set me via hell simply to observe me burn,” and, “Get used to this life alone”.
Not solely is ‘Chimerical’ the band’s debut single launch, nevertheless it’s additionally their debut music video. We’re launched to Allbrook Station with a totally immersive, nearly cinematic expertise, with dynamic digicam work, and hanging atmospherics, proper from the get-go.
Beginning with textual content on the display screen, asking, “Do you consider an individual can save themselves?”, answered by “Depends upon which self they’re keen to combat for…”, after which, “and which one they’re keen to let go”. We see the band, as they stand round a pod, which is revealed to comprise Burke Louis. The band then carry out, fully misplaced within the second and the music. Because the chorus, “can you’re feeling it?” the whites of every band member’s eyes vanish. Louis, caught within the pod, lastly opens his eyes, and realises the hell he’s been via. He’s now not captive, he’s breaking free, now not a prisoner of affection.
Watch the video for ‘Chimerical’ under. Discover out extra about Allbrook Station and their music on-line on their official web site, Fb, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok.
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