''All at Once'' is the second studio album by American indie-rock band

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. The album was released on April 26, 2011, by Island Records.

Content

The band contrasted the material on the album with the material on its first album, which songwriter Mikel Jollett described as consisting entirely of "sad songs about girls." ''All at Once'', by contrast, contains "only three sad songs about girls." The material features expanded use of keyboards and is louder in many parts, but also contains acoustic songs. All the songs were described as autobiographical except "Welcome to Your Wedding Day," which was penned in response to the

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. "All those people died and then everyone was on the news like, 'I don't understand why they don't appreciate our presence,'" Jollett said. "That's not really autobiographical as much as it is about how it's stupid to think people would be thankful for you bombing them."

Track listing

Personnel

* Mikel Jollett –

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guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

, keyboards * Steven Chen – lead guitar, keyboards * Anna Bulbrook – keyboards,

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, backing vocals * Noah Harmon – bass * Daren Taylor – drums

References

2011 albums The Airborne Toxic Event albums Island Records albums Albums produced by Dave Sardy {{2010s-alt-rock-album-stub