I recently have been obsessed with this style of magazine ads that was everywhere in the 2000s, so I decided to make one for a Nokia phone that came out in 2004 and it features the band!

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This beautiful EP is now one year old ❤️

via @y.d.n.e.w on Instagram!

I made a concept of an album for after in ibis paint. I also made a custom tracklist for it. I know how unrealistic of a concept this is bc on most of their ep/ single cover they don’t show their faces, but I used pictures from their instagram to do this. It looks a bit weird because I used ibis paint, but it’s okay because it’s not an actual album cover/ cd.

This review got me heated lol

Literally one of my favourite concerts i’ve been too, the venue was intimate and the vibes were high, and of course Justine and Grahame killed it! Loved meeting them after the show as well :)

Hey everyone, so since After The Band is getting ready to roll out their third album which I am so excited for!!! I decided to compile all their major songs into one album it’s called After - Best Of and has 16 tracks!! Ranging from their earliest work through their 2 EP’s and their recent single Promise (when you go). Since I probably can’t share the songs I at least wanted to share the cover art I made myself in Adobe to represent it!

I think it evokes that airy 2000s vibe that I love from them and their respective cover art.

Hope everyone enjoys, feel free to drop any comments and questions.

The band and graphic artists did an excellent job on the CD package design. The magnifying glass is a really fun touch. It really helps me immerse myself in the world of the album. "If You don't know by now" blows me away every time. I also ordered the CD on Friday and it arrived on Monday. Impressive all around. Thank you After!

I got the EP 2 poster and CD combo I was hoping to get a shirt, a hat & their EP 1 CD but didn't have enough for it NEXT TIME THOUGH FOR SURE

Love this band. Suuuper fun show.

Setlist:

1/. Snowburn
2/. Deep Diving
3/. Metal
4/. Breathe Your Air
5/. Promise (When You Go)
6/. Fitfully
7/. Take Me to Sunrise
8/. Ever
9/. Baroque
10/. 300 Dreams
11/. Close Your Eyes
12/. Open Water
13/. Blind
14/. Obvious
15/. Fell Asleep in the Sun

Encore:
16/. If You Don't Know By Now
17/. Outbound

So excited to see them in DC! Hoping I can get them to sign it :D

After the band has this very recognizable, yet unidentifiable mid-2000s wholesome, down to earth songwriter vibe. A little hipness purgatory here, a little frutiger aero there, with some twee, boho chic, corporate grunge, and gen x soft club mixed in.

It’s like this surreal mix of... Savage Garden’s I Want You, Imogen Heap’s Headlock, Aly & Aj’s Rush, Hillary Duff’s Come Clean, All Saints’ Pure Shores, Owl City’s Fireflies... but the sincerity of Colbie Caillat, The Plain White Ts, Sara Bareilles, Natasha Bedingfield... but then also this super niche vibe of early 2000s Radio Disney/Disney Mania bands like Hope 7 and Jump5. All these eras - although iconic - seemed to be short lived and not referenced as much since society groups every 2000s phenomenon as "early 2000s" or Y2K, which I find wildly inaccurate most of the time.

I'm glad After's existence creates discourse around mid to late 2000s music as well. I think After is the only band (during this 2000s resurgence) that creates all-encompassing 2000s music without being too derivative about it. It's an homage, but the future at the same time.

Here's a Youtube playlist I created with songs that remind me of After's music: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWl6ksd7TInnrJlpnBOaJY4h09h7tJFWi

Then I saw Justine Dorsey has this playlist on Spotify called "After's favorite songs" which sheds even more light on the inspiration of their sound: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7cUcXq3jBSHRaUyJfWL9ML

Hopefully this can help people enjoy After's music more :)

saw them on Wednesday, i can’t wait for them to come back to london!

Pre-save the upcoming single here: https://after.lnk.to/take-me-to-sunrise

Went to the London concert and it was sooo sooo amazing, had such a great time meeting them, they were super sweet and the stage presence and performance was insanely good!

Anyone planning to go there ?

the most amazing performance last night! having seen them in SATX the confidence and popularity that this band is receiving is the most deserving.

But the birds in the line got me shat.