All of This Will End

by Indigo De Souza

Overview

When last we heard from visceral indie rocker Indigo De Souza on 2021's traumatized Any Shape You Take, she was grappling with topics like dysfunctional relationships, death, and despair. Nearly two years later, there's still plenty weighing heavily on her mind, but, as the title suggests, All of This Will End finds De Souza in a more reflective place, having -- for the most part, at least -- come through on the other side. In fact, opening track "Time Back" is kinda sorta about just that, though she doesn't get there easily. After airily delivering lines like "I'm so tired of crying/I wanna get back up again" over a spacey keyboard pop, with words distanced by the use of voice filters, things get realer when the noise, bass, and drums kick in on a full-threated "Don't bleed me dry." Later in the song, she rants over a circus-like keyboard tune and the shrieks of children at play: "I'm sad/I'm tired/I want my time back," although she does add "Getting better/Still want to." She continues to say her piece on alt-rockers like "You Can Be Mean," "Wasting Your Time," and the shrieking "Always," but takes a decidedly philosophical, even accepting, turn on the more reflective "Losing" ("There is nothing I can do when the winds of change blow through") and a wistful title track that speaks of forgiveness. Along the way, De Souza delivers some surprises, like the disco-injected, explicit "Smog," the dreamily poppy, horns-accompanied "The Water," and the partly operatic "Not My Body," before ending the album on an earnest piano ballad called "Younger & Dumber" on which she forgives herself with the closing words "I didn't know better." ~ Marcy Donelson

Product Details

Release Date:	04/28/2023
Label:	Saddle Creek Records
UPC:	0648401035414
Rank:	40117

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Indigo De Souza   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards
David Hartley   Bass
Ryan Oslance   Drums
Avery Sullivan   Drums,Percussion
Alex Farrar   Bass,Guitar,Keyboards,Percussion,Drum Machine
Alex Bradley   Trumpet
Zack Kardon   Bass,Piano
Dexter Webb   Piano,Guitar,Keyboards,Drum Machine

Technical Credits

Josh Bonati   Mastering
Indigo De Souza   Composer,Producer
Alex Farrar   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Kimberly Oberhammer   Artwork
Dexter Webb   Composer,Additional Production
Emma Headley   Design