In November, Ellas Kapell releases their new album “What’s It All About?” on Naxos/Prophone Records. The ten songs create a story about the most important moments in life; the beautiful ones, the difficult ones, the seemingly insignificant and the ones we have yet to experience - everything that comes together to constitute a life. In classic Ellas Kapell fashion the songs are carefully arranged to capture the atmosphere of each specific moment. The album also contains guest performances by internationally renowned musicians Karin Hammar on trombone and Magnus Lindgren on tenor saxophone.

“There is something special about being young and releasing an album about the different phases and events of life, since we (hopefully) have most of our lives ahead of us. When we play songs about growing old, or being in the final stages of life and looking back on the things we’ve done and people we’ve met, it is not yet self-experienced. That adds an atmosphere we often find before big events -anticipation. And we believe that is expressed throughout the album; anticipation of living a life full of euphoria, melancholy, excitement, calm etc.,” the band says.

The name of the album, “What’s It All About?”, refers to the first stanza of the song “Alfie”, which is also the second single of the album.

“A song asking all the big questions about life. With the stripped, yet grand, arrangement, we aim to reflect the wonder you might feel when facing your own existence.”