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Elements of [[shoegaze]],[{{cite web |last1=Connors |first1=Ollie |title=LIVE: ArcTanGent Festival 2015 |url=https://www.punktastic.com/live-reviews/live-arctangent-festival-2015/ |website=www.punktastic.com |access-date=25 December 2025}}] and [[post-metal]].[{{cite web |last1=MacLennan |first1=Matt |title=Holy Roar Records Files Pt. 10 – We Never Learned To Live’s The Sleepwalk Transmissions |url=https://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/2019/05/16/holy-roar-records-files-pt-10-we-never-learned-to-lives-the-sleepwalk-transmissions/ |website=Heavy Blog is Heavy |access-date=25 December 2025 |language=en |date=16 May 2019}}] |
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Elements of [[shoegaze]],[{{cite web |last1=Connors |first1=Ollie |title=LIVE: ArcTanGent Festival 2015 |url=https://www.punktastic.com/live-reviews/live-arctangent-festival-2015/ |website=www.punktastic.com |access-date=25 December 2025}}] and [[post-metal]].[{{cite web |last1=MacLennan |first1=Matt |title=Holy Roar Records Files Pt. 10 – We Never Learned To Live’s The Sleepwalk Transmissions |url=https://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/2019/05/16/holy-roar-records-files-pt-10-we-never-learned-to-lives-the-sleepwalk-transmissions/ |website=Heavy Blog is Heavy |access-date=25 December 2025 |language=en |date=16 May 2019}}] |
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Emotional, poetic[{{cite web |last1=Kamiński |first1=Karol |title=WE NEVER LEARNED TO LIVE discuss their new album! |url=https://idioteq.com/never-learned-live-discuss-new-album/ |access-date=25 December 2025 |date=22 June 2015}}] |
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Their songs put an emphasis on the texture of guitar tones, particularly a shimmer clean tone[{{cite web |last1=Tovey |first1=Steve |title=We Never Learned To Live – Silently, I Threw Them Skywards |url=https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-we-never-learned-to-live-silently-i-threw-them-skywards/ |website=Ghost Cult Magazine |access-date=25 December 2025 |date=13 July 2015}}] and [[reverb]]-heavy atmosphere[{{cite web |last1=Fleskes |first1=Tim |title=We Never Learned To Live - "The Sleepwalk Transmissions" |url=https://everythingisnoise.net/reviews/we-never-learned-to-live-the-sleepwalk-transmissions/ |website=Everything Is Noise |access-date=25 December 2025 |date=8 May 2019}}] |
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Their songs put an emphasis on the texture of guitar tones, particularly a shimmer clean tone[{{cite web |last1=Tovey |first1=Steve |title=We Never Learned To Live – Silently, I Threw Them Skywards |url=https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-we-never-learned-to-live-silently-i-threw-them-skywards/ |website=Ghost Cult Magazine |access-date=25 December 2025 |date=13 July 2015}}] and [[reverb]]-heavy atmosphere[{{cite web |last1=Fleskes |first1=Tim |title=We Never Learned To Live - "The Sleepwalk Transmissions" |url=https://everythingisnoise.net/reviews/we-never-learned-to-live-the-sleepwalk-transmissions/ |website=Everything Is Noise |access-date=25 December 2025 |date=8 May 2019}}] |
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Building epic soundscapes[{{cite web |last1=Kamiński |first1=Karol |title="Luma / Non Luma" - WE NEVER LEARNED TO LIVE return with a new intense track & video! - IDIOTEQ.com |url=https://idioteq.com/luma-non-luma-we-never-learned-to-live%e2%80%8b-return-with-a-new-intense-track-video/ |access-date=25 December 2025 |date=31 January 2019}}] |
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Building epic soundscapes[{{cite web |last1=Kamiński |first1=Karol |title="Luma / Non Luma" - WE NEVER LEARNED TO LIVE return with a new intense track & video! - IDIOTEQ.com |url=https://idioteq.com/luma-non-luma-we-never-learned-to-live%e2%80%8b-return-with-a-new-intense-track-video/ |access-date=25 December 2025 |date=31 January 2019}}] |
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[[Science fiction]] themes, inspired by [[the Truman Show]], |
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On their early material, they focused on a fusion of screamo and post-rock. With ''Silently, I Threw Them Skyward'' (2015), they began to focus more heavily on sung vocals, moving into a more [[progressive rock]]-informed take on post-rock.[{{cite web |title=One moment, please... |url=https://somewillneverknow.org/reviews/we-never-learned-to-live-silently-i-threw-them-skywards/ |website=somewillneverknow.org |access-date=25 December 2025 |language=en}}] |
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On their early material, they focused on a fusion of screamo and post-rock. With ''Silently, I Threw Them Skyward'' (2015), they began to focus more heavily on sung vocals, moving into a more [[progressive rock]]-informed take on post-rock.[{{cite web |title=One moment, please... |url=https://somewillneverknow.org/reviews/we-never-learned-to-live-silently-i-threw-them-skywards/ |website=somewillneverknow.org |access-date=25 December 2025 |language=en}}] |
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We Never Learned to Live's lyrics were emotional and poetic, focusing on [[Science fiction]] themes. ''Silently, I Threw Them Skyward'' (2015) was a [[concept album]] set in a [[fictional universe]]. They cited narratives influences including ''[[Cosmos (serial novel)|Cosmos]]'', [[Philip K. Dick]], [[H. G. Wells]], [[Terry Pratchett]], [[Douglas Adams]], [[Star Trek: The Next Generation]], [[2001: A Space Odyssey]], [[Battlestar Galactica]][{{cite web |last1=Kamiński |first1=Karol |title=WE NEVER LEARNED TO LIVE discuss their new album! |url=https://idioteq.com/never-learned-live-discuss-new-album/ |access-date=25 December 2025 |date=22 June 2015}}] and [[the Truman Show]], |
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They have cited influences including [[Alexisonfire]], [[Reuben (band)|Reuben]], [[Hundred Reasons]],[{{cite av media|title=Loud Noises Podcast: Sean Mahon (We Never Learned To Live) interview + The Hell & Anti-Flag review |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=017Q7I7_uvs |access-date=29 November 2025 |date=21 January 2020 |time=1h44m |quote=We all started playing music together with those sorts of bands being our favourite bands... Alexisonfire, I'm still listening to Hundred Reasons, I'm still listening to Reuben all the time.}}] [[Thursday (band)|Thursday]],[{{cite web |title=We Never Learned To Live |url=https://www.letsgosussex.com/sussex-sounds/weneverlearnedtolive |access-date=25 December 2025}}] I Built the Sky,[{{cite web |last1=Mills |first1=Matt |title=Less Matrix, More Truman Show: Inside the Sci-Fi Hardcore of We Never Learned to Live - Stereoboard |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/223738/9 |access-date=25 December 2025 |language=en}}] post-rock and [[hardcore punk]][{{cite web |last1=Kamiński |first1=Karol |title=A PURIFYING CATHARSIS: AN INTERVIEW WITH WE NEVER LEARNED TO LIVE |url=https://idioteq.com/a-purifying-catharsis-an-interview-with-we-never-learned-to-live/ |access-date=28 November 2025}}] |
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They have cited influences including [[Alexisonfire]], [[Reuben (band)|Reuben]], [[Hundred Reasons]],[{{cite av media|title=Loud Noises Podcast: Sean Mahon (We Never Learned To Live) interview + The Hell & Anti-Flag review |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=017Q7I7_uvs |access-date=29 November 2025 |date=21 January 2020 |time=1h44m |quote=We all started playing music together with those sorts of bands being our favourite bands... Alexisonfire, I'm still listening to Hundred Reasons, I'm still listening to Reuben all the time.}}] [[Thursday (band)|Thursday]],[{{cite web |title=We Never Learned To Live |url=https://www.letsgosussex.com/sussex-sounds/weneverlearnedtolive |access-date=25 December 2025}}] I Built the Sky,[{{cite web |last1=Mills |first1=Matt |title=Less Matrix, More Truman Show: Inside the Sci-Fi Hardcore of We Never Learned to Live - Stereoboard |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/223738/9 |access-date=25 December 2025 |language=en}}] post-rock and [[hardcore punk]][{{cite web |last1=Kamiński |first1=Karol |title=A PURIFYING CATHARSIS: AN INTERVIEW WITH WE NEVER LEARNED TO LIVE |url=https://idioteq.com/a-purifying-catharsis-an-interview-with-we-never-learned-to-live/ |access-date=28 November 2025}}] |
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