This is the closer to RE-ANIMATOR and on my first listen I was slightly sceptical. I found it to be a good song but not as a strong closer, but then with further listens... it clicked.
Violent Sun feels like watching the sun come crashing down onto the Earth. It's a happy-sounding song, but with a very dark plot. It feels like standing on the edge of the world, watching as the sun comes plummeting towards the Earth, you're standing with your loved ones one last time, and you feel ok, you feel ... read more
now,
"And you realize you don't know how long
That the river has been sweeping you along
Past the dreams and the color and the moment
And the way the light is entering your eyes
And the problem that you're having with your mind
And the tears and the venom and the plasma
And the patterns in her rippling hair
Are collapsing into animal prayer
And you might get out if only you could read them
And you heard it from the whispering wall
Like the miracle of anything at all
There's a way that ... read more
EE are 4/4 on their singles for this new album! It's a pity they've had to push it back a bit, but at least we know that it's got a good handful of bangers in the mix
Violent Sun is relatively straightforward, follows some standard Pop song ideas including verse-chorus repetition a slightly different bridge and even a key change. However, a good artist is capable of using these basic building blocks and still making something entertaining. Everything Everything are more than just good.