Fall In Love With One Outta Ten's Newest Album: Like You Never Left

Album Art: Like You Never Left

If you haven’t checked out LA-based indie rock band One Outta Ten yet, welcome to your new favorite band. Their music is dreamy, upbeat, a little nostalgic, and very coming-of-age coded. This newest album is no different. Like You Never Left will be stuck in your head and your heart from the first chord. I guarantee you won’t be able to stop listening.

The singles, Two of Cups, French New Waving Goodbye, and Distant Stars (Withstand), were the perfect introduction into the project. Each one carries its own story, but together they set up what the album really is: a full spectrum look at love. Not just the easy, butterflies version, but the complicated, growing-up version too. Each lyric is so raw and honest, tugging at your heart with every line.

This is genuinely a no-skip album. Every track brings something different. Some songs make you feel like you’re floating, others make you want to scream the lyrics in your car. There’s a clear early-2000s indie pop/rock influence in certain moments (in the best way), but everything feels like it has its perfect place in the album. One thing I really appreciate is how much space each instrument gets. The vocals never overpower everything else. The drums keep you engaged, the bass illuminates exactly what it needs to, and the guitar work throughout the album is unreal. There’s a recurring riff that pops up across multiple tracks, and once you notice it, it kind of ties everything together in a way that changes your perspective of the whole album. 

There’s also something about the energy shifts that keeps it interesting. Just when you think you’re settling into one vibe, they switch it up. Louder drums, a tempo change, and don’t even get me started on their bridges. Some tracks feel soft and cinematic, like they belong in a coming of age movie from the 2000s. Others feel raw and loud and a little angry in the best way.

My favorite part is just how real this album feels. The vocals aren’t overly polished to the point of losing emotion. You can hear the grit in certain moments, the excitement in others. It sounds like a band that genuinely cares about what they’re making. That love for their music is what pulled me in and handed me a lifetime fan club membership.

If you need me, I’ll be screaming these lyrics with the windows down on the highway for the foreseeable future! (Yes, I know it’s February and cold, what about it).

Give the album a listen! You’ll fall in love with these guys just as fast as I did!