Things are looking up for Everything Everything at Glastonbury this year. They’ve played the festival three times before, in 2010, 2011 and 2013 and always from the warm and welcoming John Peel stage. This year, ready to blow a few minds with their new album Get To Heaven - which features former Zane Lowe hottest record in the world Distant Past - they take their place on the Other Stage. It’s a welcome boost for a band that started out with the express intention of making futuristic pop music in an age of data saturation, using contemporary RnB techniques.
Their stuttering early singles Schoolin’ and MY KZ UR BF were particularly difficult to ignore, making firm fans of Huw Stephens, Annie Mac and Zane Lowe. Having reached the longlist for the ±«Óătv’s Sound of 2010, their first album Man Alive went on to be nominated for the Mercury Prize. The band reacted to the attention by re-scoring the album for an orchestra and playing an emotional show at London’s Union Chapel. They may not be repeating this trick from the Other Stage, but it will always be worth keeping an eye on them, just to see what they’re up to now.
Things are looking up for Everything Everything at Glastonbury this year. They’ve played the festival three times before, in 2010, 2011 and 2013 and always from the warm and welcoming John Peel stage. This year, ready to blow a few minds with their new album Get To Heaven - which features former Zane Lowe hottest record in the world Distant Past - they take their place on the Other Stage. It’s a welcome boost for a band that started out with the express intention of making futuristic pop music in an age of data saturation, using contemporary RnB techniques.
Their stuttering early singles Schoolin’ and MY KZ UR BF were particularly difficult to ignore, making firm fans of Huw Stephens, Annie Mac and Zane Lowe. Having reached the longlist for the ±«Óătv’s Sound of 2010, their first album Man Alive went on to be nominated for the Mercury Prize. The band reacted to the attention by re-scoring the album for an orchestra and playing an emotional show at London’s Union Chapel. They may not be repeating this trick from the Other Stage, but it will always be worth keeping an eye on them, just to see what they’re up to now.
