The Newest Noise for Your Listening Pleasure! | By Nicholas Senior
Ceres
Melbourne, Australia
We Are a Team | April 26 | Cooking Vinyl Australia
RIYL: Rain on your wedding day. Falling in love. Happy tears.
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We Are a Team is the cutest damn thing. It’s a happy emo record—no, that’s not quite right. This is a full-on joy of an album, because it oozes the feeling of being elated after overcoming turmoil. If that all sounds quite ironic—don’t you think?—wait until the magic of We Are a Team washes over you. This is the type of record that grabs the listener immediately and brings them into its world. Ceres’ upbeat musical style is dynamic and even more resonant than their love-struck lyrics, yet none of it feels tacky or cheesy. Vocalist and guitarist Tom Lanyon’s earnest nature radiates from his tales of happiness. “This record started once I fell in love with someone,” he explains. “It’s such a contrast to where I was in my life throughout writing [2016’s] Drag It Down on You. I’m in a much better place. It’s pretty much a time capsule of the giddy first year of falling in love, and I’m so glad it exists.”
