Everything Everything is fine and we are not going back: "Raw Data Feel" album review 

I know you don’t really listen to the older stuff when you just discover a band, but this time I really think you could love their earlier work. « Get To Heaven » is an incredible pop rock album loneliness, politics and terrorism. But their first two albums « Arc » and « Man Alive » are also amazing, even though they kind of live in the shadows of Get To Heaven. I personally prefer them over the latter. As they release more and more albums I’m starting to realise that they might be my favorite band of all time, alongside Radiohead (yes they’re that good)

On the point of are these guys popular in the UK: kind of? Their 2015 album Get To Heaven was everywhere here, especially the tracks Distant Past and Regret which hit the radio. Since then, they’ve maintained a weird middle ground between cult band and mainstream mainstay, but this album seems to be a bit of an upwards spike for them (managed to get #4 on the charts, only beaten by Harry Styles, Ed Sheeran and Kendrick Lamar!)

Found this as an EE fan and subscribed, love how matter of fact you are about everything and you explain why you mean what you mean perfectly. Well played sir

YESSSSSS thank you, this is one of my absolute favorite albums of this year and this was a fantastic analysis. Quick note: you are pretty much spot on with the characters, they all represent something of Jonathan Higgs. Higgs himself said that Kevin represents a part of his childhood that feels lost, and one that he strives to regain, which is why Kevin's Car feels so comfortable. There's really no bs with this band, not a lot of crazy easter eggs with all of those names and stuff like that, it's actually very introspective

Wow, wow brilliant review! I really think Jon (lead singer) would like this, its almost as if you've completely torn apart the album and put it back together, analysing every component and possibility. I really think you should listen to Get To Heaven (their 3rd record), its their most popular record, also highlighting very large issues which I won't spoil! Then you have their sophomore album 'Arc' from 2013, which looks more directly into Jon's mind and his depression along with other things. Overall, Raw Data Feel does not in any way paint a picture for what this band is; every album is a turn in another direction, where they show-off their skills in all aspects of music making. I really do think Everything Everything are the best Art Rock/Pop band from 2010 onward as all six albums deliver a different recipe of almost perfection. Thanks again for this review, was a joy to watch

So happy to see you cover this album. It's easily one of my favourite albums of the year and one of Everything Everything's best overall. If you want another album from them similar to this one, then you need to check out "Get to Heaven". It's a lot darker and more confrontational lyrically but musically it's just as vibrant and fun. It's also their most critically acclaimed album as well so it's recommended listening either way.

Pitchfork gave this fun and unique pop masterwork a dazzling 4.8 out of 10. This is not a joke. They actually hate this band. It’s incredibly infuriating.

Interesting that you mention the potential influence of Snow Crash on Pizza Boy, as "The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind", which was the inspiration for Everything Everything's last album (Reanimator), was apparently a major influence on that book.

i could listen to professor skye talking about my favourite bands for hours 🥰 if you like everything everything, you have to listen to get to heaven. it's one of the best indie and art-pop albums of the 2010s.

Despite how catchy and poppy everything everything is, they are not nearly as popular as I think they should be

Of all the great music released this year I honestly think this is my AOTY and my favorite record of the band's career

What a great review! I want to take a listen to it now👍

Knew you'd love this album! I hoped you'd review it. As a philosophy nerd myself this album has become one of the most interesting & thoughtful releases this year for me :)

My aoty so far; great video didn't know you were gonna review it glad you like it

luv u skye

Just adding to the fire of suggestions you should really listen to and review get to heaven! This was great though. Jon would like it

That ding at 22:13 after 'Yes It Is' was kinda spooky

Damn crazy you uploaded this, just tried to listen to this for the first time today. It honestly wasn’t my thing, and I don’t really like any song except Jennifer. Still extremely cool to hear your take

Loved this review back when you posted it, it’s what introduced me to your content. Everything Everything just dropped a new single “Cold Reactor” for their upcoming album Mountainhead! I’d love it if you had the chance to check it out. The album drops on March 1st.

Professor you should really check out their album Get To Heaven. It's awesome, I was always blasting that back in 2015, I think it's as good as this album and you're really gonna like it

Great video as always! :) definitely check out their album Get To Heaven if you get the chance, it's their masterpiece in my opinion and one of my favourite albums

New album is a killer album as well

Hey Professor. You should listen to Field of Reeds by These New Puritans, seems right up your alley.

Hi there! 'preciate the defense of Genius and those reddit nerds because I am absolutely That Person. And yes, I think I am about ten years younger than you. This review was interesting and you found things that I hadn't quite put together yet. I liked your calling bullshit on the AI thing. I think that was kind of a gimmick and a Trojan horse, and I mean that in a good way. It's about obscuring things. I think you hit the nail right on the head when you said that the music gives you that vague familiar-but-can't-quite-place-it feeling that AI gives you. Like that "name one object in this picture" meme from a few years ago, which I think was actually my first experience seeing an AI-generated image. I think the word you meant when calling Metroland Is Burning almost like a satire of '80s pop was that it's a musical pastiche. It's that thing Weird Al does when he doesn't do a "parody" of a single song but he'll make a song in the style of an artist. I was kind of surprised that you saw that and recognized it as subversive in songs like Metroland, I Want A Love Like This, and Bad Friday but skimmed over Shark Week. There's a lot going on in that one that goes way back into their older stuff but I get a sense that there's more to it than that. I couldn't tell you why though. You blew my mind when you pointed out the aquatic theme though! I had kind of seen a connection between leviathan, sharks, and a lamprey as being scary sea animals/monsters but you pointing out that it's water just helped me make a couple of other parallels too. Thanks for giving me a whole new layer to ponder! I'm intrigued by this "Snow Crash." Wikipedia says it was heavily influenced by Julian Jaynes' "The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind", which is EXACTLY what EE's last album was inspired by! That's awesome! I think you've solved the Pizza Boy mystery! I know everybody is recommending Get To Heaven and you should definitely listen to that and every single thing they've ever done, but because of the things you said about "sex robots" I want to recommend the song "Supernormal" to you. It was written during the same time as the songs on RE-ANIMATOR, the one about the bicameral mind (and of course it's really about a number of other things but mostly Jonathan Higgs singing about his feelings), and released on an EP that came out after that album. So it's one of the last songs they released before Raw Data Feel. I think you kind of bridged a gap there. To answer your questions: Yes, they are consistently this good and I don't really know how big they are in the UK but they're so unknown over here that it makes me feel crazy. Also: you should skip the weird reddit fan theories and be careful reading the Genius annotations for Get To Heaven and RE-ANIMATOR if you do reviews for them because I want to see how your interpretations are different from mine!

Our fam just got over a bad cold too. Yuck. Anyway! Idles just dropped a "Live from the basement" set on RU-vid today. You should definitely check that out. The whole set is songs from Crawler and is very good!

They remind me of Radiohead too. Their name even comes from the first two words on Kid A. You should def listen to some songs from their masterpiece Get to Heaven

We getting boldy soon?

Great review, but Manchester is the third city