Everything Everything - Get to Heaven

I have a soft spot for this band. Way back in 2013, a musically virginal Josh Whitmore entered the LCR for the first time to see Everything Everything, and has been converted ever since. This album opens with nothing but Johnathan Higgs’ vocals over some quiet synths, the intro track To The Blade builds, with Higgs throwing accusations at you “So you called him a liar, you called him a piece of dirt”. Each song on this album feels like an attack, aimed at a different person each time. The pounding beat of Blast Doors burns consumerism as Higgs shouts “Let’s shoot a starving porno for the yuppies in a circle”. Every word is filled with a hate that is absent on previous EE albums. The single Regret with its infectious vocal refrain and caveman-like drums is a perfect approximation in EE’s new sound. Unfortunately, The track Zero Pharaoh, whilst interesting instrumentally, has easily the least interesting lyrics on the album. There is a certain anger here, one that beats through all of these songs. If this album was written about the end of our world, then the end of the world has never sounded so good.