Transatlantic pop-rock quartet, AS IT IS release “Live, Laugh, Love, Los Angeles,”the latest single from their forthcoming self-titled album, out on July 17th via FLG. A bombastic blast of E-Street band inspired Americana, which sets politicized, dark social commentary in stark contrast with rousing saxophone hooks and driving grooves.
Speaking of the track, the band shares:
“We weren't planning on releasing another single before the album. In fact, this song wasn't even on the original tracklisting. But, during album tracking in January 2026, the news and our social feeds were flooded by the ICE raids across the USA. Multiple murders by ICE agents in Patty's home state of Minnesota, and almost one mass shooting per day. We watched the USA descend into violence whilst the 'Rich Televangelist' at the top stoked the fires further. The song was about Patty's relationship with America and being an American in the current political climate, but with that added real-world context, it suddenly became even more urgent and essential, not only to the album but to the album campaign. As tensions continue to rise and the global resurgence of the far right continues, we felt that this song, its message, and the video deserved their moment to be seen, heard, and felt. Fu*k Fascism."
Watch the Official Video for "Live, Laugh, Love, Los Angeles" Below:
To create art for art’s sake is as pure an intention as a band can have. Writing a song that may never even see the light of day, but speaks to the very reason that you want to create in the first place. Putting joy, connection and fulfilment above anything else, and reaping the rewards that come from pushing such human endeavors. It’s a noble and selfless position to place yourself in, one that sits at the very root of why we all fall in love with music in the first place.
For AS IT IS, it was an absolute necessity to do things like this.
It is everything that AS IT IS was, is, and will be, and it means the absolute world to them.
“You can never manufacture genuine connection with people,” Ben remarks. “Just find what is honest to you and honest to your journey, and that’s all any artist has to offer to the world. This is our reality, and reality is looking a bit more positive these days. We’re a band known for four quite depressing albums. But days fluctuate, and things change. That’s mental health. But to be able to look at everything with a different and more positive outlook on the future is all that we wanted to say.”
“This is the spirit and intention of the joy that formed AS IT IS in the first place,” Patty adds. “It is reconnecting with the kids that we were when we started to write songs. And now, we’re showing up with life in our eyes. We can listen to and support each other. This is the most in control and confident the band has been in a long time, but also the most proud. In the past, I had no choice but to be in AS IT IS. This new era of the band is my choice. Our choice. A choice. But in having it back, it means having maybe the biggest piece of myself back, too.”
AS IT IS Live:
JUNE
7th - Dordrecht @ Bibelot Poppodium
8th - Hamburg @ Betty
9th - Berlin @ Badehaus
10th - Hradec Králové @ Rock For People
11th - Cologne @ Mtc Club
13th - Donington @ Download Festival
JULY
13th - Bristol @ O2 Academy (W/ Boys Like Girls)
15th - Glasgow @ O2 Academy (W/ Boys Like Girls)
17th - Manchester @ Academy (W/ Boys Like Girls)
18th - London @ O2 Academy Brixton (W/ Boys Like Girls)
19th - Brighton @ Resident Music (In-Store & Signing)
20th - Birmingham @ Hmv (In-Store & Signing)
21st - Bury @ Wax And Beans (In-Store & Signing)
21st - Leeds @ Brudenell Social Club (In-Store & Signing)
22nd - Nottingham @ Rough Trade (In-Store & Signing)
23rd - Kingston @ Upon Thames Circuit
24th - Bristol @ Rough Trade (In-Store & Signing)
25th - Sheffield @ The Arundel Emporium (In-Store & Signing)
25th - Liverpool @ Jacaranda Baltic (In-Store & Signing)
SEPTEMBER
3rd - Torquay @ Burn It Down Festival
AS IT IS are:
Patty Walters - Vocals/Guitar
Benjamin Langford-Biss - Guitar/Vocals
Alistair Testo - Bass
Patrick Foley – Drums