They started in the mountain ranges of Norway. Then they relocated to a remote cottage in North Wales. Then finally, they returned to their Liverpool meeting-place; a fitting homecoming for the band, and a fitting starting point for their self-titled premier album, All We Are. The band’s geographic placelessness is matched by its varied musical styles and the diverse ethnic heritages of its members. With a vocalist from Norway, a drummer from Ireland, and a guitarist from Brazil, the trio seems like a recipe for stylistic contradiction. But this opposition is exactly where All We Are finds its comfort zone. While the album as a whole manages to fuse a potpourri of sounds and storylines into one cohesive track-list, a closer look gives evidence to the band’s masterful play of diverse acoustic energies against one another.

The same slippery and nomadic dynamics that make up the band can be heard in its music—hard to get a read on, almost an internal juxtaposition. All We Are jumps from roiling energy to liquid resonance with an energy unbecoming of its drowsy tone. From the whispering beckons of vocalist Guro Gikling in “Stone,” All We Are escalates to the bouncing pop rhythm of “Honey.” But before long the trio regresses back to the simmering guitar chords of “Go,” whose distant lyrics coo to us: “Too many minds that don’t belong; just hold on to this song.” By the second to last track, “Something About You,” the band has withdrawn even further into the eerily distant threads of a guitar, low but heavy drumbeats, and hushed lyrics. The mixture of sounds borders on oxymoronic. But this is exactly how the band displays its mastery of music—in its negotiations between stylistic confusion and delicate composure.

The band name, All We Are, may connote crude sparseness, but the album is rich with velvety lyrics and full of intricate orchestration. The album tells of intimacy and individuality; it serves as both a comfortable refuge and a perilous seduction. All We Are could not be farther from needing its disclaimer of a name—the album is everything we need, and more.