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, Greater Than All Of Us, is finest summarized in a single phrase: reconnection. It’s been seven years because the 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 observe, a sweeping, embracing, anthem of encouragement and inclusion. Take heed to the only right here.
How The Tune Got here About
Within the studio with Justine Suissa, a foundational Above & Past member of the family, Jono discovered some chords, “and Justine actually appreciated and linked with them”, he says.“She tends to put in writing 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 track 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 observe when it comes to its instrumentation, but it surely’s bought quite a bit in it when it comes to the association,” says Jono. “It’s bought a center eight part, which is kind of frequent in additional traditional track buildings, and often doesn’t seem in clubbier tunes.”
“We determined that ‘Greater Than All Of Us’ could be the title observe as a result of we thought it could join with followers in a form of traditional Above & Past sense,” says Jono. “So although it’s a downtempo track, we wished to verify a model of it was within the Coachella set, so we made a membership combine for it that ended up being one of the highly effective moments within the set.”
“The Above & Past household, the Anjunafamily: it’s greater than us. It’s the best way that our group treats one another and the tales that come out of that,” says Jono.“After we began fascinated about calling the album, ‘Greater Than All Of Us’ I used to be immediately considering that that’s precisely what’s occurring right here,” says Paavo.
Alongside the discharge, Above & Past have launched their ‘Greater Than All Of Us’ gallery, the brand new house for reminiscence sharing, storytelling, and celebrating the affect of Above & Past’s music and the Anjunafamily group. The web site launches alongside the ‘Greater Than All Of Us’ single launch, forward of the album’s full launch subsequent month.
To have fun 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 contains stops in New York, Chicago, Toronto, Boston, Atlanta, and extra. Purchase tickets for Above & Past’s North American Summer season Amphitheater Tour right here.
The ‘Greater Than All Of Us’ album is on the market 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’ll be able to pre-order the vinyl, CD, and limited-edition merchandise bundles right here.
