“Wild Ones”, the new album from Across The Board, represents their fourth original project and fifth studio album, compiling a collection of songs celebrating autonomy and uniqueness. Using the analogy of the “Lone Wolf” who strives for independence yet understands the necessity of “The Pack”, ATB explores the power of self-expression through songs, “Alpha Wolf”, “Graffiti” and “Monster”. As an uncontrollable, often beautiful, sometimes devastating force on our planet, “Storms” are a part of our world that often dictate massive destruction followed by renewal and regrowth. ATB’s songs “Eye Of The Storm” and “All Gone” use the storm to explore our vulnerability in life to chaos and change—from being a “Wild One” within, tamed by the storm outside, we look to our history for answers, and the “Eye of The Storm” for refuge.
This is our message with this album:
Don’t be afraid to take your life to the edge—the edge of excitement, the edge of passion, the edge of fantasy, the edge of being genuinely kind. Be brave and run beneath the moonlight, be free and dance in the sun. Take the flame from those who can no longer carry it and be the one who steps out from behind the curtain to howl at the moon with abandon. Life is a journey without a rearview mirror, a process of progress and the evolution of your dreams. Fear is nothing more than an excuse for the faint of heart to avoid chasing joy, and the cage that binds your creativity from busting at its seam. You are as captivating as you are unique, and as exquisite as you are rare. So run with your pack, and lead with the heart of a lion.
