I Like Allie – Rare Instances Of Independent Thinking: Vinyl, LP, Album, Numbered, Special Edition, White Marble

Description

I Like Allie started out initially as Renato’s acoustic project becoming in 2014, with the arrival of Gio (drums), Fra (bass) and Luca (lead guitar), a full band. Since then, the band released the EP, “The Wounds You Leave”, with Paper+Plastick as well as a self-titled collection of all their released output on cassette via UK label Real Ghost Records. I Like Allie has played many shows, including a US East Coast tour down to The Fest, Hamburg’s Booze Cruise Festival and Bergamo’s Punk Rock Raduno.

The band’s sound is melodic punk rock, some might also say emo, but with a very personal style deriving from the band’s different musical tastes and the stories found in Renato’s lyrics that on this new release address issues such as peer pressure, social anxiety, and learning to let go of useless negativity. Musically, the record explores new avenues by trying to be more original and innovative while keeping the songwriting and the sound still spontaneous and honest.

For ‘Rare Instances of Independent Thinking’, the band entered Mobsound Recording Studios in Milan at the end of 2019 with long-time engineer and friend Alessandro Caneva (Fine Before You Came, Fratelli Calafuria) but recording proceeded over the course of 2020 with a few interruptions due to the Covid-19 Global Pandemic. The record was completed with mixing by Jeff Dean (Samiam, Braid) and mastering by Dan Coutant (The World Is a Beautiful Place, War on Women) and features guest vocals of singer-songwriter Laura Stevenson.

For fans of: Last Days Of April, Mineral, Samiam, The Get Up Kids, Saves The Day, The Lawrence Arms, Cross My Heart, Pop Unknown, Braid, Low Standards High Fives, About Leaving, Rydell, Tribute, Schema, Appleseed Cast & The Moirai.

I Like Allie are:

Renato Treves: vocals, guitar, backup vocals

Giovanni Salvati: drums

Francesco Lodola: bass

Luca Della Foglia: lead guitar and backup vocals

Track list:

A1 Opening Number
A2 Your Superpowers Are Stupid
A3 How Weak I Can Be
A4 Go Out There, Get Superpowers And Live Your Dreams
A5 A Reaction Paper On Salt
B1 Clichés Of Love Stories
B2 Charlie Brown Should Stop Believing
B3 The Chaser
Featuring – Laura Stevenson
B4 Rare Instances Of Independent Thinking
Featuring – Laura Stevenson