If a lot of the mindset and mantra behind Above & Past over the past quarter-century has been rooted within the thought of connection, then their fifth artist album, Larger Than All Of Us, is greatest summarized in a single phrase: reconnection. It’s been seven years for the reason that trio launched their final digital dance album, Frequent Floor. Now, in 2025, the trio returns with a set of 16 new tracks showcasing their signature emotional songwriting and melodic depth.
On the coronary heart of the album is the sound and sentiment encapsulated within the title monitor, a sweeping, embracing, anthem of encouragement and inclusion. Take heed to the one here.
How The Music Got here About
Within the studio with Justine Suissa, a foundational Above & Past member of the family, Jono discovered some chords, “and Justine actually preferred and related with them”, he says.“She tends to jot down fairly quick, and her phrases come collectively fairly shortly.”After that preliminary writing session between Jono and Justine a number of years in the past, the music remained within the vaults as so many do. However when it got here time to place collectively the album, the band fell again in love with it.“It’s a quite simple monitor by way of its instrumentation, but it surely’s acquired rather a lot in it by way of the association,” says Jono. “It’s acquired a center eight part, which is sort of widespread in additional traditional music buildings, and normally doesn’t seem in clubbier tunes.”
“We determined that ‘Larger Than All Of Us’ could be the title monitor as a result of we thought it will join with followers in a type of traditional Above & Past sense,” says Jono. “So regardless that it’s a downtempo music, we wished to ensure a model of it was within the Coachella set, so we made a membership combine for it that ended up being some of the highly effective moments within the set.”
“The Above & Past household, the Anjunafamily: it’s greater than us. It’s the way in which that our neighborhood treats one another and the tales that come out of that,” says Jono.“Once we began eager about calling the album, ‘Larger Than All Of Us’ I used to be immediately pondering that that’s precisely what’s occurring right here,” says Paavo.
Alongside the discharge, Above & Past have launched their ‘Bigger Than All Of Us’ gallery, the brand new house for reminiscence sharing, storytelling, and celebrating the impression of Above & Past’s music and the Anjunafamily neighborhood. The web site launches alongside the ‘Larger Than All Of Us’ single launch, forward of the album’s full launch subsequent month.
To rejoice the album launch, Above & Past will embark on a 13-date amphitheater tour throughout North America, starting August 15 in Vancouver and concluding October 4 at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA. The tour consists of stops in New York, Chicago, Toronto, Boston, Atlanta, and extra. Purchase tickets for Above & Past’s North American Summer season Amphitheater Tour here.
The ‘Larger Than All Of Us’ album is offered July 18 and may be pre-ordered on vinyl and CD, in addition to on limited-edition coloured vinyl and movie disc by the Anjuna Music Retailer. You possibly can pre-order the vinyl, CD, and limited-edition merchandise bundles here.
