It Was The Tail End Of The Summer

If you hadn’t heard, Allo Darlin’ announced this week that they were splitting up, with a final farewell concert to be held in December (sadly, I don’t think I’ll be getting home in time for it!).

I first heard Tallulah on the back of Simon Sweeping The Nation’s post back in January 2012. I was in Marina Del Rey, lost in a Courtyard Marriott, walking to Santa Monica every morning to Activision’s offices. I was miserable being back after the Christmas break, and this song just hit me like an anvil as I was getting dressed that morning.

I'm wondering if I've already heard all the songs that'll mean something And I'm wondering if I've already met all the people that'll mean something

And there I sat, half-dressed, trying not to cry, at least 4000 miles away from anybody I knew, and 6000 miles from home. Thus automatically disproving the first assertion above, but hey, it was 7am and I had only just got out of the shower.

Given that the band now occupies various different countries, the break-up is not entirely surprising. Given that I’m the US, I feel very lucky that I managed to see them on two different tours on this side of the Atlantic.

Plus, they really liked the chocolates we made for them:

@carsondial they were amazing! thank you so much!

— Allo Darlin' (@allodarlinuk) 16 September 2016

And I’ll leave this here:

And I wonder if you would wanna go there with me When I'm finished over here If you're not finished with me