A time to tear down and a time to build up. This time around, there’s a lighter touch to Higgs’ lyrics, but they’re still caught in the same denseness. Weirdly, if you go on or any other lyric website, some randomer has taken a guess at the lyrics and its become the norm, and makes the explanations. For everything there is a season, A time for every activity under heaven. Throughout, frontman Jonathan Higgs continues his frenzied account of troubled modern times, but doesn’t get bogged down in angst like he did on the second half of the band’s previous album, 2013’s Arc. One Day (When We All Get To Heaven) from the album Glory Song. Take for instance the ‘60s-strut of winning single Respect, or the gentle respite offered by No Reptilesnear the end of the album. But the best of the heady pop songs are stacked at the front of the album, and they dish up enough hooks and twists to appease chin-strokers, clubbers and radio listeners in equal measure.Įven better are the triumphant tracks, which resist trying to cram too many ideas into a single song. Producer Stuart Price (Madonna, Kyle Minogue, Take That) pushes all the elements to the fore, which works against the compositions at times. The band’s exhaustive splicing of genres and layers has a tendency to overwhelm, but their third album Get To Heaven takes strides toward a more accessible, less scattered sound.Ĭompeting with Get To Heaven’s maximalist compositions is the overstuffed production.
True to their band-name, Manchester four-piece Everything Everything cram a great deal into their music and yet, it’s often never enough. Watch: New Singing Lesson Videos Can Make Anyone A Great Singer Oh, thinkin' about all our younger years There was only you and me We were young and wild and free Now nothing can take you away from me We've been down that road before But that's over now You keep me comin' back for more Baby, you're all that I want When you're lyin' here in my arms I'm findin' it hard to believe We're in heaven.