From private playlists to public rooms
All Your Friends started as a home-studio project that blends bright synth lines with close-to-the-bone lyrics. After time writing and sharing tracks online, they shaped a lean live band that keeps the focus on melody and groove. Expect a set that moves between slow-bloom intros and pulsing dance breaks, with likely picks like
Night Bus,
Echo Apartment, and
Borrowed Jackets. The room skews late-20s to early-30s, with friends pointing out quiet lines to each other and moving to the kick more than the strobe.
Small clues, big payoffs
Fans have noted that the group sometimes opens with taped city sounds that match the venue's neighborhood, a small scene-setter that warms the start. One early demo many reference used only a cheap drum loop that later became the backbone of their show opener. Visuals tend to be simple color washes that lift with the choruses, letting the vocals do the heavy work. For clarity, the songs mentioned and production ideas here are inferred from recent shows and might shift from night to night.
The wider scene around All Your Friends
Clothing, signs, and small rituals
You will see soft tees, loose trousers, and a few thrifted blazers, plus small shoulder bags that hold a water and a film camera. People trade favorite lyric lines before the set and later echo short tag phrases between songs, more like a cozy call-and-response than a roar. Merch tables lean toward earth tones and serif fonts, with a zine-style booklet and a modest enamel pin line moving fast.
How the night unfolds together
During quiet songs, phones go down and eyelids half-close, then the beat returns and the room slides into a side-to-side sway. A small cluster near the front often starts a soft handclap on second verses, which the band notices and leans into. After the show, folks compare playlists and swap notes on where the project might head next, like friends leaving a film and talking through the best scene.
How All Your Friends build the night, sound first
Voice, keys, and pocket
On stage
All Your Friends keep the vocal up front, dry in verses so words feel close, then wider with echo in choruses. The keys carry most hooks while a live bassist doubles the synth bass on key drops so the room gets thicker without turning muddy. Drums sit in a steady mid-tempo pocket, with pad hits adding sparkle and short fills that cue the crowd.
Smart changes that land live
They like to trim intros compared to recordings, getting to the first chorus faster so energy rises early. A neat quirk is that a couple of songs play a half-step lower than the studio takes, making the singing warmer and easier to join. When they stretch a bridge, they build loop by loop rather than soloing, so the lift comes from layers, not flash.
Kindred spirits for All Your Friends listeners
Melodic kin
Fans of
MUNA will recognize the blend of candid storytelling and bright, modern pop textures.
The 1975 appeals for the slick guitar-synth mix and playful pacing that flips from hush to bounce.
Glass Animals share humid, sample-friendly grooves and a knack for turning tiny hooks into crowd chants. If you lean toward dreamy detail and layered harmonies,
The Japanese House lives in a nearby lane.
Live energy overlaps
Together these artists hint at shows where songcraft leads and dance energy follows, which is the lane
All Your Friends tends to live in.
