RE-ANIMATOR
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100
Re-Animator packs global anxiety and paranoia into exquisitely crafted songs. A superb album.
5y
85
As a group, Everything Everything has always worn that indie art pop weirdness on its sleeve and its still refreshingly intact here, Re-animator is yet another flamboyant feather in the cap of a band that refuses to phone it in.
5y
82
Unmistakably Everything Everything. Truly weird, truly original, truly special.
2y
80
As with each album in the quartet’s canon, Re-Animator requires (and deserves) repeated listening. Once that is achieved then the dividends start to pay, and this darkly shaded album is revealed as a very different string to be added to the Everything Everything bow.
5y
80
Lyrically wild songs of fatbergs and doom
3y
80
Re-Animator picks up where 2017's A Fever Dream's absurdist satire of populism left off without ever going over old ground. The instrumentals stay restlessly creative too, this time absorbing hip-hop cadences, wistful fiddles and dreamy post-punk.
5y
80
Deceptively simpler instrumentally, harmonies come to the fore, gliding and guiding you to a sense of peace worlds away from the chaos of today. One decade in, this band are as fascinating as ever. Plenty of (new) life in them yet.
5y
80
Everything Everything continue on their quest to make intricate yet seamless electronic art pop.
5y
80
A record of sustained power, ‘Re-Animator’ manages to pull together many of the band’s finest elements, offering something complex yet accessible.
5y
80
The band’s fifth album is, at times, a shadowy beast, and it’s sure to leave a mark.
5y
80
On the surprisingly huge Manchester band’s fifth album, frontman Jonathan Higgs channels his inner Thom Yorke, and writes the biggest song of his career.
5y
80
Throughout, RE-ANIMATOR's crisp, melancholy anthems, if less colorful than prior albums, remain captivating.
5y
70
No matter how surreal or ludicrous as Everything Everything can get (in a good way), there is always an intellectual social commentary within.
5y
70
It feels more focused than their previous records, compared to how they usually work, but even at its best it misses some of the spark they’ve had since Ark.
5y
68
The latest from the Manchester cult favorites lacks the overwhelming chaos of their best music, but it’s their most thoughtful work yet.
5y
60
Re-Animator reaches its best when Everything Everything sound like Everything Everything, instead of masquerading as someone else.
5y
60
Re-Animator finds Everything Everything taking a few more risks than on A Fever Dream, but hits similar lows.
5y
60
As a whole, Re-Animator is just, well, fine. It’s the sort of album you expect a band to drop at this stage in their career: safe, with one or two more adventurous moments. For some other bands that would be okay, but Everything Everything are definitely capable of more.
5y
It's no surprise that this new album is dreadfully good, but it's always surprising to see how Everything Everything has always pushed the limits of their creativity, without ever losing its flavor. Intelligently written, Re-Animator is electrically powerful through the guitars, deeply touching to the beat of the synthesizers.
For those of you familiar with the Manchester-based band, you'll know that musically, although they've evolved over the course of albums without really getting off the ... read more
Oh, it’s gonna be like that huh?
Look, before I go on: Just listen to this album. It’s some of the most euphoric sounding electronic rock you’ll hear all year. If your a fan of acts like Radiohead or just want to see what the fuss is about with this band, this album should be right up your ally. Just listen to it.
That being said...goddamn!
While i’ve never admitted to being an Everything Everything stan (even though I adore Get to Heaven a lot like nearly everyone ... read more
Bright and beautiful like an Arizona sunset, Everything Everything follow up their decade long, 4-album run with a strong burst into 2020. Welcome "Re-Animator" to this humble discography!
Swimming in nostalgic and dreamy chord progressions, the band leans into the pop aesthetic even more with crisp arpeggiated synths and drowning-in-reverb vocals. Even though it may seem like they perfected their sound on their widely-agreed magnum opus "Get to Heaven", they are ... read more
god i love the lyricism on their albums so much, violent sun is like probably their best song too
re-animator is very likely the weakest album EE have released yet. despite that, it is still a solid 7-8/10 because these guys are simply just too goated with the sauce
re-animator mostly suffers from just being a bit plain and it's production style feeling kinda empty? for the most part? idk it's hard to describe why this album doesn't hit as much for me. it starts off incredibly weak, with 4 back to back songs that aren't terrible but are awfully mediocre for EE's ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Lost Powers 3:41 | 84 |
| 2 | Big Climb 3:54 | 83 |
| 3 | It Was a Monstering 4:34 | 76 |
| 4 | Planets 3:57 | 77 |
| 5 | Moonlight 3:40 | 76 |
| 6 | Arch Enemy 3:51 | 88 |
| 7 | Lord of the Trapdoor 4:26 | 78 |
| 8 | Black Hyena 3:58 | 81 |
| 9 | In Birdsong 5:13 | 86 |
| 10 | The Actor 4:04 | 75 |
| 11 | Violent Sun 4:00 | 90 |
Total Length: 45 minutes
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5mo
Just realised how badly the production on In Birdsong kills the studio version dead; there's a live session on the Everything Everything YouTube channel and it's so far ahead of the studio release that it's not even funny
Just lacks the intensity and oomph
Just lacks the intensity and oomph
6mo
I get why people think this is derivative (I mean to be fair, it absolutely is). I still think this album is hella underrated on here. Between Lost Powers, In Birdsong, and Lord of the Trapdoor, this album has some incredible songs on it. I also.. don't mind that it sounds like Radiohead I guess? I think it's a valid complaint, but I'm such a big fan of that sound that I'm down with most things that tap into it.
11mo
When this dropped I fucking hated the shit out of it, and even though I still think it's their worst album it certainly wormed its way into my heart