Name: Re-Animator
Brand: Everything Everything

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

EVEV001LP

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Colour

White

Colour details

Milky White Vinyl.

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Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Housed in Gatefold Sleeve with 12 Page Booklet.

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2020-09-11

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

The Orchard

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

5056167122531

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / white

EVEV001CD

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4 Panel Digi with 12 Page Booklet.

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5056167122548

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Everything Everything

Genre GB

Indie Pop / Shoegaze

Label GB

Everything Everything Records

Everything Everything is a British indie rock band known for their eclectic sound and thought-provoking lyrics. Formed in 2007, the band consists of lead vocalist Jonathan Higgs, bassist Jeremy Pritchard, guitarist Alex Robertshaw, and drummer Michael Spearman.

Their music combines elements of art rock, pop, and electronic music to create a unique and captivating sound. With their intricate instrumentation and complex song structures, Everything Everything has gained a reputation for pushing the boundaries of traditional indie rock.

Since their debut album "Man Alive" in 2010, the band has received critical acclaim for their innovative approach to songwriting. Their albums have consistently topped charts and garnered them a dedicated fanbase worldwide. With each release, Everything Everything continues to evolve their sound while staying true to their distinctive style.

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The band’s approach to Re-Animator was to streamline the creative process by focusing on harmonies and melodies over synths and programming. Inspiration came thick and fast: wonderment at the wider world despite the horror of its politics; existentialism and the prolonged, if fading, youthfulness of being in a touring band; and the ominous threat of climate change.

All things which contribute to a sense of one door closing while another awaits. Extensive reading shaped such ideas further, especially regarding frontman Jonathan Higgs’ fascination with the eminent psychologist Julian Jaynes’ theory of the bicameral mind. It argues that early in human evolution, the two sides of the brain were next to each other but functioned independently. In essence one side would hear the other sending instructions via a disembodied voice -a zombie-like state of pre-consciousness.

“This idea of the divided self captivated me,” said Higgs. “Jaynes attributes this to the origin of gods, people ascribing deity status to this voice they could hear in their head. All this blew my mind, and I started thinking of ways I could make this a central concept.

It really touched me. So across the whole record there are millions or references to this theory – to having a split brain, two selves, hearing voices.” Fittingly, the album also emerged in two stages. A year of writing and demoing was followed by two weeks recording at RAK last December with producer John Congleton (St. Vincent, Sharon Van Etten, David Byrne). 

He complemented the band’s back-to-basics nature by encouraging them to record quickly and decisively. It’s a looser, less cluttered sound that heightens their focus on the fundamentals of songwriting.

Re-Animator

Music GB

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