Atlas & Oracle has a sound that’s difficult to describe, maybe because there are no two songs on their debut album that sounded alike. They pushed boundaries last year as the only band in history to take the guitar out of ska, and now they’re putting it back in- but with a spin that’s just as unique as before. 2023 will be a year of both skanking and synths, with plans to blend genres and electroacoustic sounds in new an unexplored ways.
Live This Way tells a story of feeling exhausted in an exhausting world. We get caught in vicious cycles of feeling depressed, then feeling ashamed, then feeling more depressed. But when we can summon the courage to take a moment and look around, sometimes a funny thing will happen- you’ll find other people who feel the same way. So why do we feel so alone?
The shifting lyrics of the chorus focus on a common theme of wanting a world where we can all feel good about ourselves, while the explosive bridge serves as a reminder to fight like hell until we get there. Everyone has different ways of contributing to the fight, but everyone is going to be needed to change the world.