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100
At their strange best, they sound like Radiohead with an ABBA obsession. A special album from a special band.
2y
91
Mountainhead is another remarkable entry into the quartet’s storied catalogue; one of the UK’s best bands once again showing everyone how it’s done.
2y
85
Seven albums in, Everything Everything continues to evolve in unexpected ways. And if it takes a detailed story and extensive world-building to get music this pure and lovable from them, may they continue boldly down the concept album path.
2y
84
With its paranoid and sinister belly coalescing with the joke-y casualness of its exterior, this is yet another successful record from one of the quintessential bands of the internet age, even if this listener didn’t quite believe in their vision until now.
2y
80
Centred on a dystopian concept, the follow-up to Raw Data Feel is nevertheless full of instantly catchy indie-pop numbers, bursting with energy and hooks.
2y
80
An album that continues the quartet’s knack for pairing potent socio-political commentary with delicious pop nous.
2y
80
It’s the best concept album you will hear all year about a subjugated society literally digging a hole that takes them further away from those at the top of the heap.
2y
80
Mountainhead is a one-of-a-kind album that brings out the best elements of experimentation, such as this can mostly offer.
2y
80
While it paints a dystopian future, it links to religion and capitalism in our own time.
2y
70
A new listener to Everything Everything may not be fully converted, but the synth-pop twinkles coating this record freshen up their sound.
2y
70
As bleakly dystopian as that sounds, the music is colourful and bursting with joyous melodies.
2y
40
Concept albums require such a delicate balance of commitment to the cause with a wider scope that is still considered the casual listener. In their attempt, Everything Everything fall flat in the middle, where weak messaging and overblown sounds manage to commit too much and not enough.
2y
If it was titled Radiohead, it would be a ten
This is my first exposure to the band Everything Everything. I’ve had my radar on their most praised album Get To Heaven for a while now, but with how I am picking albums to listen to I just never gave it a listen. I will definitely get on that soon, but with this record, I was fairly disappointed, but not entirely.
This is the seventh album from the British band Everything Everything. Coming two years after their last album Raw Data Feel, ... read more
Mountainhead is such a nice way to say "crack user"
Everything Everything is back with a new record, 2 years after "Raw Data Feel", they finally return. This is a band that I've been introduced to through "Get To Heaven", which was a brilliant project, it had lots of VIBES. So the only thing I was expecting out of Mountainhead here were just vibes that's it.
And that's indeed what I got. It feels a bit different than Get To Heaven, but that's not an issue. It's a ... read more
"A society that fixates on building the tallest possible mountain so much that the working class end up digging themselves into a hole while the rich people end up at the top of the mountain"
Where have I heard that one before
Interesting fact (for me only), I went to university with the keyboardist, Jeremy. He was a very nice person. It's nice that he is doing so well. The older I get the more I enjoy other people's success.
This is actually my first time listening to his band and I'm pleased to report that this is a really good record.
They've just been announced for Lstitude, so I'll probably get to see them up close soon enough.
Essential track - Buddy Come Over
After seeing a pretty poor review from theneedledrop on this album, but also seeing comments that disagree with his review (I do often disagree with Mr. Anthony Fantano).
I decided to give this one a go after rediscovering The Marías: both I had only head one song that I mostly enjoyed but didn't enthuse me. I'm glad I did give this album a go, it's pretty great.
Cold Reactor is definitely the most pop-like of all the songs on the album (complimentary).
This whole ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Wild Guess 4:02 | 82 |
| 2 | The End of the Contender 3:26 | 79 |
| 3 | Cold Reactor 3:51 | 87 |
| 4 | Buddy, Come Over 4:05 | 78 |
| 5 | R U Happy? 3:29 | 75 |
| 6 | The Mad Stone 3:45 | 75 |
| 7 | TV Dog 2:10 | 64 |
| 8 | Canary 4:23 | 70 |
| 9 | Don't Ask Me To Beg 4:14 | 75 |
| 10 | Enter the Mirror 3:42 | 77 |
| 11 | Your Money, My Summer 3:15 | 78 |
| 12 | Dagger's Edge 3:43 | 77 |
| 13 | City Song 5:53 | 81 |
| 14 | The Witness 4:55 | 73 |
Total Length: 54 minutes
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10mo
cold reactor was the first song i ever memorized all the lyrics from in EE's discography. such a special song to me
