Everything Everything fight modern life on new album ‘Poison Pop’: “It’s about this drink that kills you

Everything Everything falou com a NME sobre seu poderoso novo álbum ‘Poison Pop’ e abriu o coração sobre ter sido inspirado por seus discos anteriores para rejeitar a “enshitification” do mundo ao seu redor.

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The British art-rockers eighth album is the follow-up to 2024’s intricate ‘Mountainhead’. While its predecessor saw the band hone in on abstract themes and swap out lead guitars for experimentation with synths, their new record sees Everything Everything revisit their full-throttle, punk-leaning roots, fighting the world’s urge to embrace a world of “slop”.

Born from the members looking back at their earlier days, ‘Poison Pop’ was written as the band hit the road last year to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their third album ‘Get To Heaven’ – a blistering record that predicted the rise of the alt-right.

Throughout the record, the band tackle today’s harrowing societal concerns, from the addictive and insidious nature of social media,to the never-ending stream of rage-bait online, and our seeming acceptance of “AI slop” taking over art.

NME: Hi Jonathan. Congratulations on the new album. What’s changed for you over the past two years since ‘Mountainhead’.

Jonathan Higgs: “This felt like an unusually long gap for us between albums. We tend to just start again straight away, but this time we made a point of taking our time and ensuring that the songs were right before going any further with them.

O álbum realmente se concentra no que estamos vivendo agora em termos de impulsos de dopamina das redes sociais, IA e guerras culturais. Por que foi importante para você se aprofundar nisso.

As someone who has always been very aware of the world around them, how do you see the rising prominence of AI in music.

That point about the value also applies to the experience of being at a gig, and how that is something AI can’t replicate. Is that partly why these songs sound like they’re made to be played live.

Alguns desses temas são semelhantes ao que Fontaines D. C. abordou em seu novo álbum “Dopamine Chamber”. Você já conferiu e viu como eles abordaram isso.

In terms of what you were listening to when you were working on this music, how was it revisiting ‘Get To Heaven’ 10 years on? Did you see it in a new light.

O próximo ano marca 10 anos de ‘A Fever Dream’. Você já pensou em fazer algo para marcar esse marco.

O que você espera que as pessoas tirem da nova música.

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