Everything Everything Announce A.I.-Assisted New Album 'Raw Data Feel', Share Lead Single Bad Friday
Tuesday, 08 February 2022
Written by Jon Stickler
Everything Everything have shared details of their ambitious new album.
The follow-up to 2020's 'Re-Animator' is called 'Raw Data Feel' and will arrive on May 20 via the art-rock band's own imprint Infinity Industries/AWAL. It was produced by the group's guitarist Alex Robertshaw and Tom Fuller.
For some of the record's lyrics, song titles and artwork, frontman Jonathan Higgs created an A.I. programme, which he fed with selected pieces of information, including "the entire terms and conditions of LinkedIn, the ancient epic poem Beowulf, 400,000 4Chan forum posts and the teachings of Confucius."
Part of the end result can be heard on lead single Bad Friday, which is fast and poppy, while showing off Higgs' dramatic vocal range. It comes with a video directed by Kit Monteith and Higgs, available below. Higgs commented:
"This song is about being a victim of violence, explaining it away through the gauze of a 'crazy night out'. We wanted the video to have a monochrome Ink Spots classicism to it, disrupted by elements of A.I.-generated imagery. This reflects the approach to writing and producing the song - the minimalistic combined with the surreal and disorientating."
To tie-in with the release, the the four-piece will publish a companion limited edition lyric book called CAPS LOCK ON: Lyrics + Debrid 2007-2022 through Faber Music.
They've also revealed the support acts for their upcoming UK and Ireland tour, which gets underway at the end of March. They'll be joined by Do Nothing, Phoebe Green, Liz Lawrence and L'objectif on select dates. Tickets are on sale.
'Raw Data Feel' tracklist:
1. Teletype
2. I Want A Love Like This
3. Bad Friday
4. Pizza Boy
5. Jennifer
6. Metroland Is Burning
7. Leviathan
8. Shark Week
9. Cut UP!
10. HEX
11. My Computer
12. Kevin’s Car
13. Born Under A Meteor
14. Software Greatman
Everything Everything Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Wed March 30 2022 - CARDIFF Tramshed
Thu March 31 2022 - NOTTINGHAM Rock City
Fri April 01 2022 - LEEDS O2 Academy Leeds
Sat April 02 2022 - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Newcastle University
Mon April 04 2022 - GLASGOW SWG3 Galvanizers
Tue April 05 2022 - LIVERPOOL O2 Academy Liverpool
Thu April 07 2022 - NORWICH Waterfront
Fri April 08 2022 - MANCHESTER Manchester Academy
Sat April 09 2022 - BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy Birmingham
Mon April 11 2022 - BRISTOL O2 Academy Bristol
Tue April 12 2022 - BRIGHTON Brighton Dome Concert Hall
Wed April 13 2022 - LONDON Roundhouse
Thu April 14 2022 - STOKE Keele University Ballroom
Sat April 16 2022 - DUBLIN 3Olympia Theatre
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