Interviews About Albums: We As A Company - First Summer (2025)

In this new interview, we sat down with the Italian Alternative Rock/Shoegaze/Stoner Rock band We As A Company to ask questions about their album, "First Summer".

1. What can you say about this new record?

That’s a tough one. Recording your own music is always full of surprises — the outcome is never what you expect. What we can say for sure is that First Summer captures exactly who we were at the time we recorded it. It’s a snapshot, nothing more, nothing less.

2. What is the meaning of the record’s name?

We all know that moment in life when you’re fully living in the present. Everything feels possible, and the future doesn’t even exist yet. That shift into adulthood happens without you realizing it — it’s only after the fact that you notice the change.

First Summer is about that first summer — maybe the one right after school ends — when life is all about what you’re living in the moment. There are so many questions, but also a surprising amount of certainty, clarity, and the urge to change the world. It’s not part of any plan — it’s just instinct.

We tried to stay in that space with every song, without overthinking, without trying to provide answers.

First Summer is just a picture of that moment.

3. Which one is the composer of the record?

All the songs were written, arranged, and performed by We As A Company, as a collective. Some members are more permanent than others, but we like to see ourselves as something fluid. So, to put it simply, all the songs are by We As A Company.

4. If you had to pick one song, which one would you pick?

That’s another hard one. If we had to choose, probably the title track — First Summer. It was written thinking about that first summer without someone important — someone we love — who’s gone for some unknown reason.

It could be loss, or a breakup, or someone leaving, or maybe even feeling disconnected from yourself. It’s not clear. But the feeling we put into it — that’s what really matters.

5. Is there a special message in this record? If there is what it is?

Trying to explain the “message” of an artistic work almost ruins it. If the message doesn’t come across on its own, then something didn’t work.

That said, beyond this specific album, what we try to do is shine a light on the reality we’re living in — and for us, that’s a political act. If we had to sum it up in three words, we were defeated.

There’s no use pretending anymore. We’re fragmented individuals caught in a narcissistic spiral, unable to act together. We’ve lost the power to shape the world around us. And no — it hasn’t always been like this.

History is full of people who came together and changed things, for themselves and for the future.

Today, we’ve lost any real connection to a collective body. We’re just people staring into mirrors, asking others to look into that same mirror — the one where we see ourselves — hoping, even just for a moment, to be seen. To be contemplated. To not be alone in our reflection.

Are we stuck in this defeat? Hard to say. Maybe. But we can still begin again — through real relationships, through collective efforts that don’t reduce others to extensions of ourselves. It’s not much, but it’s what we’ve got — before the algorithm erases us from history.

6. Are there some lyrics that you'd love to share?

Lyrics matter a lot to us. Anyone who wants to dig into them can find all of them on the First Summer Bandcamp page. The CD comes with a lyrics insert, and anyone who buys the cassette will get a printed lyric sheet too.

7. Which inspirations have been important for this album? Like musically or friends, family, someone you'd love to thank especially?

The emotional inspiration is just... life — all of our lives. It’s impossible to sum that up in a few words. First Summer is just a reflection of who we are.

Musically, of course, we have our influences. But we’d rather let people listening to the record figure out for themselves which sonic worlds our music comes from.

8. Something to add?

To anyone out there writing music: keep writing songs. We need them.

Independent music has drifted pretty far from the idea of the song as a form — and we think that’s a real loss. The song is a beautiful, noble format. Its core is connection.

A song can never just be a narcissistic exercise. It’s the form that best expresses the world we live in — immediate, fragile, explosive.

Write songs and give them to the world. Help us save ourselves.