The Ant Hill Kids – All Together Now!
Buffalo lofi-folk act The Ant Hill Kids have surfaced again with their second full-length album, All Together Now!, which officially saw the light of day back in March. This collection finds the group digging deeper into their unique “cult-folk” niche, a space where the unstructured spirit of freak folk meets the unhurried, reflective nature of slowcore. From the get-go, the album wraps you in a warm, fuzzy blanket of lo-fi production. It has that unmistakable, intimate feel of a passion project born in a bedroom or basement, where the raw edges are part of the charm. All Together Now! is our album of the week. All Together Now! takes a noticeably moodier path than the band’s 2024 self-titled debut. The Ant Hill Kids embrace this darker vibe, building their songs around an instrumental core that feels both earthy and subtly inventive. Acoustic guitars pull double duty as the primary instrumentation and[...]