Never Happy, Ever After
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| Studio album by As It Is | ||||
| Released | 20 April 2015 | |||
| Recorded | October–November 2014, St. Cloud, Florida | |||
| Genre | Emo,pop punk | |||
| Length | 36:17 | |||
| Label | Fearless | |||
| Producer | James Paul Wisner | |||
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Deluxe edition album artwork
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| Singles from Never Happy, Ever After | ||||
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| idobi Radio | 9/10 |
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Never Happy, Ever After is the debut studio album by British pop punk band As It Is. Following four self-released EPs, the band signed to Fearless Records in October 2014. A week after the signing, the band went to record with producer James Paul Wisner in St. Cloud, Florida, United States. Never Happy, Ever After was released through Fearless on 20 April 2015.
As It Is was started in spring 2012 by vocalist Patty Walters, who posted an advertisement stating that he was looking for musicians to be in a pop punk band using the online service Join My Band. Guitarist Andy Westhead and drummer Patrick Foley replied to the advertisement and were accepted into the band. Walters met guitarist Ben Biss while at university in Brighton. As It Is self-released three EPs. Following the release of a music video for "Can't Save Myself" in early February 2014 the band went on its first tour. The band's fourth EP, This Mind of Mine, was a crowdfunded effort, released in March 2014. On 2 October, it was announced the band signed to Fearless Records, the first UK band to do so. Walters called Fearless "one of my favorite record labels." Bands on Fearless "have played a huge role in my life, inspiring me massively".
Rock Sound contributor Rob Sayce noted that the album was influenced by All Time Low's Nothing Personal (2009). Sayce wrote that the album "was another milestone release for UK pop-punk, and those sky-scraping choruses bore the unmistakable mark of ATL." The band spent "a stupid amount of time on really making sure that is was the record we wanted", according to Walters. During the writing process, the band members had not seen their girlfriends in a few months. Walters called this "the hardest thing" he has had to face. "Dial Tones" was Walters and guitarist Ben Biss' way of handing the guilt the pair of them were facing. The bridge for the song was written at the Playhouse Theatre in London. The group demoed vocals for the song in the bar of the theatre.
A week after signing to Fearless, the band went to record in a studio located in St. Cloud, Florida, with producer by James Paul Wisner. Recording was done over the course of five-and-a-half weeks. Working with Wisner was "a huge learning curve" for the band, according to Walters.
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