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The All-American Rejects Talk With Rock Sound

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Jason Tate

The All-American Rejects talked with Rock Sound:

Well for starters, there was no big budget from a record label, so we recorded and produced the album ourselves in our individual creative spaces – Tyson [Ritter, frontman] in Tulsa, Scott [Chesak, former keyboard player] in Austin, and me in my studio in Nashville. Even though we were limited because of budget and geography, it was freeing to create something without the outside voices of A&R or anyone else for that matter. No pressure to write another ‘Gives You Hell’ or ‘Move Along’. We got to make the record that we wanted to make – as that band, but from where we are in our lives now.

Review: The All-American Rejects – Sandbox

The All-American Rejects - Sandbox
Adam Grundy

For a band that’s been fairly quiet for the past decade and a half, The All-American Rejects stormed back onto the scene pretty significantly with a DIY approach to the music business, and their viral pop-up house party concerts put them squarely back in the spotlight. Sandbox is the fifth studio album from the band, and their first new album in 14 years, that was capped off with 2012’s Kids In The Street. This record was produced by AAR band members Tyson Ritter & Nick Wheeler, with additional production credits from Scott Chesak. If you’re expecting big hooks and loud guitars, much like was found on Move Along and When The World Comes Down, you might be a little disappointed in the music found on Sandbox. For fans who have stuck around with AAR for this long, Sandbox isn’t as jarring of a listening experience as one would think. Instead, the band’s independent approach comes across as an artist comfortable in their own skin, and one who are still willing to take some risks to further their development.

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The All-American Rejects Breakdown ‘Sandbox’

All American Rejects
Jason Tate

The All-American Rejects talked with Alt Press about all the songs on their new album:

I wrote that hook for the Eels. E was trying to finish his record, and he was like, “Do you have any more songs?” I said no, but I was driving my son to school that morning, and right when I dropped him off, I heard the chorus for “Get This,” and [it] just came out. It was going fast, so I got home, and in 10 minutes, it was done. I sent it to him, and he was like, “I don’t think I can pull that off.” And I was like, “Good, because I want it.” That song, in the spirit of this record, was just pure fun. I showed Nick the demo, and he loved it. It came together the fastest out of all the songs. Super easy to put together. The good ones are easy. Sometimes everything about a song like that is just easy. It’s where we have always rung the bell as a band, just a fun song. It doesn’t mean anyone any harm.

The All-American Rejects Talk With Rolling Stone

All American Rejects
Jason Tate

The All-American Rejects sat down with Rolling Stone to talk about their new album:

They always say you have your whole life to write your first record. And I think this is the most honest thing that we’ve done. When we got on a major label — I’m a product of a broken household, and I was signed when I was 16. The first guy I met, the A&R, was my dad’s age. So you get this dynamic of “I wanna make Dad happy.” And then finally when I grew up and Dad kicked me out of the house, I thought about my life. This record’s got a lot of my personal shit in it. The thing that happens when you cross 30, life hits you in the face. Families change, relationships change. I had something to say. And Sandbox feels like — it’s very random musically, but I think we’ve always been that. We’ve made a lot more strong choices as a band to just say “What can we do where we’re not chasing some sort of major-label expectation?” And I think I’m really happy with the way the record’s turned out.

There’s also a video version.

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