All The Young - Something More

As the year winds down, we’re using the last days of 2025 to revisit our favourite singles from autumn and winter that we didn’t get to review but couldn’t leave behind.

Image & Artwork courtesy of the band

Kicking things off are Stoke’s finest, All The Young, with their late November release ‘Something More’. Written by frontman Ryan Dooley, the single was produced by The K’s and Frank Turner cohort Gareth Nuttall.

Their last two offerings have witnessed the band mining personal anguish to inform their storytelling. ‘Demons’ examined the lived painful experiences of guitarist Thomas Crompton in a former band, whilst ‘Bad Blood’ sought to move on from the torment.

‘Something More’ follows in their footsteps as they embrace self-reflection. Monkey after monkey is pulled off their backs before the realisation that it’s them they need to step back from. The opening acoustic chords are straddled with Compton’s racing electric licks to signify that now is the time to acknowledge the journey they have been on and the good place they now reside in.

For a long time, ATY have been sonically free. Now, the shackles have come off matters of the heart and mind. The prospects of the third album being completely unrestrained are truly mouth-watering. 2026 might be the year they return to rock ‘n’ roll throne!

All The Young - Bad Blood

Cult icons All The Young have released their second single of 2025. ‘Bad Blood’ was self-released on the 13th June and follows the instant classic ‘Demons’.

‘Demons’ was a deeply personal record, one that examined the relationship of a rock n roll partner. This confessional style continues on ‘Bad Blood’ as they explore the break-up of lead guitarist Tom Crompton’s former band.

Image & artwork courtesy of the band.

Poignant guitars shimmer with echoes of the past as Dooley’s vocal searches the most agonising moments of the fallout. Although not technically about All The Young, it’ll be hard for fans to escape that feeling.

The notion that the third album has to be the masterpiece is probably a bit alien in 2025. For those like All The Young who straddle different eras, it’s still worth striving for. Something seemingly on their mind when Crompton’s solo comes. In both 2010 and 2022, we suspect they would have unleashed a wall of sound at this point. Instead, they unfurl a lighter, almost ethereal but warped moment of majesty to light up yesteryear’s torment.

Dooley’s vocal cadence is nothing short of masterful in 2025. Knowing when to refrain, when to hit the power of ‘Welcome Home’, and when to let his penchant for emotive melody to soar. He tugs on the heartstrings as he lets some couplets fade, and ramps up the bitterness in others when he steps on the gas.

If 2022’s ‘Tales of Grandeur’ was a return to form, then their third album is shaping up to be a masterclass in songwriting.

All The Young: Chinnerys, Southend

Stoke’s All The Young made their second appearance at Southend’s Indie Cult Club this past week, supporting My Life Story at Chinnerys.

Their unexpected return in 2022 threw up questions from fans. Where had they been? Why are they not massive? When they released the long-awaited second album ‘Tales of Grandeur’, it was as though they’d never been away. Back came the euphoric anthems. Back came hope!

With the heavyweight power of ‘The Horizon’ making Chinnerys feel like Wembley Stadium, that hope was not misplaced. The stomping glory of ‘Another Miracle’ put Ryan Dooley back a pedestal with the greats as his vocal yelps with emotion and digs in with rock ‘n’ roll’s defiance.

New single ‘Demons’ cut through their archetypal hedonism with DMA’s pop sensibilities and the kind of masculine self-reflection the world has been craving in the wake of Jack Throne and Stephen Graham’s masterpiece ‘Adolescence’. Few can say they wrote a good single thirteen years into their careers, ATY can boast a great one and Southend knew it.

On ‘The First Time’, if anyone was in doubt, ATY reminded Southend they have the perfect live anthem in their repertoire. Guttural emotion and explosive guitars washed over the room to set souls free.

All The Young complete their tour tonight at the iconic Sugarmill in Stoke. Roll on the next one!