All Time Low - A Love Like War: Tempo and Instruments

Tempo

The song has an upbeat tempo. There is a constant tempo in the song that is maintained and sometimes increased to match the instrumentals. The tempo also helps keep up with the songs key focus - War. War is generally an event that picks up the Tempo of your heart, which is something that this song does. by having an upbeat tempo, you can replicate this feeling. This tempo is also boosted and made more clear by keeping the Tempo of the instruments up to match the lyrics and help create that fast heart feeling.

Instruments

The instruments used in the song also help to create the Tempo. The Drums create a sound that people can relate to a heart beat, which could sub-consciencly increase the heart rate of the listener. It also sets the beat for the other instruments and the vocals. The guitars, both the bass and electric create the sounds of war. the bass creates low booms, which could be related to explosions and the fast strumming of the electric guitar could be related to automatic weapons. Finally the vocals are a very important factor in making the Tempo so effective. By singing the song at a faced pace helps to create a upbeat tempo, as it keeps the different sounds in the song together, reinforcing the tempo. It also adds a pinch of humanity to the song which can be related to war. Altogether, the instruments create a loud sound, which is something which can help show that the Tempo is upbeat, and is also relatable to war.

The instruments also make us feel anxious. The upbeat tempo creates an air of heightened threat as the fast beat is sub-consciencely increasing our heart rate, which makes us anxious.