There was a lot that As It Is needed to consider when the band sat down to work on a new album. The COVID crisis was spreading uncertainty through their ranks, but so too were bigger existential questions on the table that were unique to just them. Vocalist Patty Walters, guitarist Ronnie Ish and bassist Ali Testo had to navigate a new path without founding member Ben Langford-Biss – who stepped down in 2019 to focus on new project Bleak Soul – as well as plot just how they would follow up The Great Depression, their theatrical third album that had significantly changed the perception of the band (having swapped upbeat pop-punk for a more conceptual, My Chemical Romance-esque emo sound). The road ahead was far from clear, and it left the trio with a pretty sta...
