After releasing their 5^th studio album Re-Animator to a pretty solid commercial and critical response in 2020, Mancunian art-rock outfit Everything Everything have continued to ride the wave of consistently top-quality music since their debut in 2010. Their consistency as songwriters constantly pushing their own boundaries has, in my opinion, led to some of the best art-rock of the 2010’s. Now the group are gearing up to release their 6^th LP Raw Data Feel on May 20^th, you can check out any pre-order details here.  To mark the occasion, the group have shared with us our first impression of the album with a relatively gloomy, almost stripped back take on an Everything Everything track; ‘Bad Friday’. Watch the A.I. influenced video below.

In an interview with NME, frontman Johnathan Higgs explained, “This song is about being a victim of violence, explaining it away through the gauze of a ‘crazy night out.’” Adding, “We wanted the video to have a monochrome Ink Spots classicism to it, disrupted by elements of A.I.-generated imagery. This reflects the approach to writing and producing the song – the minimalistic combined with the surreal and disorientating.” According to a statement released by the band, they have added an element of A.I. to their music writing, apparently taking “the entire terms and conditions of LinkedIn, the ancient epic poem Beowulf, 400,000 4Chan forum posts and the teachings of Confucius,” to add a bit of a digital edge to the project. The lyrics, artwork, and aesthetics have also received the A.I. treatment.

This is probably the reasoning behind the release of their new limited-edition lyric book being called “CAPS LOCK ON: Lyrics + Debris 2007-2022”. Really rolling with the current theme. Described by the band as “a full-colour, hardback edition presenting the lyrics to all songs released by the band including b-sides, rarities and new album Raw Data Feel” as well as a “treasure trove of previously unseen images featured alongside the lyrics, including behind-the-scenes archive material of notebooks, chord sheets, set lists and photos.”

Very happy to announce @donothingband, @ph0ebegreen, @lizmusic and @lobjectifband
will be supporting us on our Spring 2022 tour

Tickets on sale now: https://t.co/ktsqVGnGB0 pic.twitter.com/D2OuLEboqZ

— EverythingEverything (@E_E_) February 8, 2022

This all comes alongside a pre-arranged UK tour scheduled for March and April. You can find more information on any of the dates here. See the listings below.

30/3/22 – Tramshed – Cardiff
31/3 – Rock City – Nottingham
1/4 – O2 Academy – Leeds
2/4 – Newcastle University – Newcastle
4/4 – SWG3 Galvanisers – Glasgow
5/4 – O2 Academy  – Liverpool
7/4 – Waterfront – Norwich
8/4 – Academy – Manchester
9/4 – O2 Academy – Birmingham
11/4 – O2 Academy – Bristol
12/4 – Dome – Brighton
13/4 – The Roundhouse – London
16/4 – Academy – Dublin