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Echo & Bloom – All I Want (2022)

With their latest single ‘All I Want’, Echo & Bloom offer up a different feel compared to their debut EP. Bringing an easy listening vibe to their dream-pop sound, they draw you into a warm sonic embrace. As you relax into the comfortable warmth, the addictive tones of the melody have you bopping to their rhythm as this earworm of a track winds its way into your senses.

This single is not only an introduction to their newer sound, but it is also a showcase of what is to come from their next EP. Tayla Thomas and Mat Dwyer are the songwriting duo behind the music who pour their passion for music into every note. Reflecting on life experiences through their music, they offer a happy place to anyone who takes the time to listen.



‘All I Want’ gently mists over your skin with a soft sound that slowly grows through the opening. The opening is like the sun casting a golden hue over a misty meadow in the early morning. As the single progresses, the dreamy touches of the melody rise like the sun travelling across the sky. The tenderness of the opening gains a moving beat through the low levels that has you bopping to the sound. There is a slow-build feeling to the single as it carefully makes its way into your senses where it sinks its hooks into your soul. As the beats get you bopping to their rhythm, the softer tones continue to wind their way between them. This creates a fantastic flow of sound that is part dreamy softness and part catchy movement which come together to get you seriously hooked to the band’s new sound.

Matching the early morning feeling of the opening of the track, the harmonised vocals are a gentle whisper across the vastness of the misty meadows. There is a fantastic intimacy to the vocal line that draws you close to them. The intertwined vocals enhance the embrace of the performance while adding an emotional edge to the lyrics. Their performance carries a core of easy listening that you want to fall into. Through the lyrics, the duo have you falling into a loving affection where you know that all you want is the other person. It is a really romantic track that puts a smile on your face.

Echo & Bloom cast a dreamy pop spell over your senses as they draw you close for a warm and intimate hug through the gentle tones of ‘All I Want’. The melody awakens like the rising of the sun, before gaining the perfect injection of moving beats. Using harmonised vocals, the duo draw you into the romance of the lyrics, without any effort.

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