All at Once is the second studio album from Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

 based indie-rock band The Airborne Toxic Event

The Airborne Toxic Event

The Airborne Toxic Event is an American indie rock band from Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California. It consists of Mikel Jollett , Steven Chen , Noah Harmon , Daren Taylor and Anna Bulbrook...

, released April 26, 2011.

Track listing

All songs written by Mikel Jollett, unless otherwise noted.

1. "All at Once" - 5:16
2. "Numb" (Harmon, Jollett) - 4:05
3. "Changing" - 3:20
4. "All for a Woman" - 3:45
5. "It Doesn't Mean a Thing" - 2:07
6. "The Kids Are Ready to Die" - 4:11
7. "Welcome to Your Wedding Day" (Harmon, Jollett) - 3:42
8. "Half of Something Else" (Harmon, Jollett) - 6:01
9. "Strange Girl" (Harmon, Jollett) - 3:24
10. "All I Ever Wanted" (Chen, Jollett) - 4:17
11. "The Graveyard Near the House" - 4:55

iTunes

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-only bonus track

12. "The Kids Are Ready to Die (Alternate Mix)" – 4:27
13. "Tokyo Radio" – 2:39
14. "Parson Redheads" (Pre-Order only) – 2:39

Amazon MP3 exclusive track

12. "The Kids Are Ready to Die (Alternate Mix)" - 4:27
13. "Halie" - 3:41

Content

The band contrasted the material on the album with the material on its first album, which songwriter Mikel Jollett described as consisting entirely of "sad songs about girls." All at Once, by contrast, contains "only three sad songs about girls." The material features expanded use of keyboards and is louder in many parts, but also contains acoustic songs. All the songs were described as autobiographical except "Welcome to Your Wedding Day," which was penned in response to the Deh Bala wedding party bombing

Deh Bala wedding party bombing

- Investigation :An investigation ordered by President Karzai and led by a nine-man commission of the senate found that 47 civilians including the bride had been killed, this was also confirmed by human rights officials....

. "All those people died and then everyone was on the news like, 'I don't understand why they don't appreciate our presence,'" Jollett said. "That's not really autobiographical as much as it is about how it's stupid to think people would be thankful for you bombing them."

Personnel

• Mikel Jollett – vocals
  Singing
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  , guitar
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  , keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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• Steven Chen – lead guitar, keyboards
• Anna Bulbrook – keyboards, viola
  Viola
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  , backing vocals
• Noah Harmon – bass
  Bass guitar
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• Daren Taylor – drums
  Drummer
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