In 2016, after a handful of performances and rehearsals, AASS decided to record their first EP, in the Big Dog Recordings studio of Tim van Doorn in Antwerp. That worked out a little too well. In one intense weekend AASS recorded more than an hour of useful material. Live, without overdubs. Heavy music, according to the jazz method: 1 or 2 themes, a fixed text, a few cues and a lot of improvisation, trying to capture the moment together. The best tracks are now bundled on their debut album: A Soundtrack for New Memories, which was released in January 2018, on the DIY label BandBus Records.
Whereas this material could be labelled as radioheadish post-rock, the new material is more poppy, but still weird and heavy. AASS are on a continuous mission to reinvent themselves.
