Raw Data Feel (studio album) by Everything Everything

They've pretty much gone full pop with this album. I thought at first that I would hate it, but I have to say I enjoyed it. It's not exactly my cup of tea and I much preferred their earlier stuff but it's undeniably catchy and still displays some of the best attributes of their earlier work. No real weak tracks apart from the last one possibly. My favourites are Teletype and Jennifer.

“Raw Data Feel” comes with a bounce. The instrumentals are flighty electronics built on anxious energy. “CUT UP!” has a particularly swift synth line that gives the chorus a needed push. The lyrics are thematically cohesive and reinforcing. Little details of imagery or character are placed throughout each song, connecting them together. My personal favorite is the ubiquitous “Kevin”, representing a more naïve and younger version of the vocalist. Despite these strengths, every track is limited by one thing; the vocals. The entire album is sung in a strange flatness. It feels as if it’s unsuccessfully trying to pair a robotic monotone with impassioned speech. It dilutes every line, hiding the references and word play behind its spill. An instrumental version would have been greater at no fault to the writing.

From lleon79 07/23/2022 10:50

Wtf people? This album is really really good.

From Arthurknight 05/29/2022 05:45

Boring as fuck radio fodder from Everything Everything. Re-Animator showed some promise even if it wore its influences on its sleeve, but this is all the worst bits of Get to Heaven without any of the intrigue and the new addition of clean guitar riffs with early 2010s tremelo. As my partner said of it: “that sounds like something you’d hear in H&M.”