I was watching an Omar Rodriguez's interview, randomly, and he told with no issue the few bands that he was listening to recently. I didn't expect such a bomb as this album is. Everything Everything is that band, that in the middle of growing pop music, catchy sounds, cheap arrangements and boring vocals, stands up to save the world. And of course, there's no better band I'd want to start this blog with.
The experimentation is infinite. EE has opened a door which nobody touched before, and turning their way will probably bring suicide. But only they know what they want to be. But this album already exists, actually since a couple of years. But still is the only band I've heard, that combines indie music with extreme experimentation so well and so sexy.
Indie is all about giving something new and these guys fulfilled any indie-head's expectation. The freshness of Man Alive never expires, not even gets a little bit rotting. You can probably listen to MY KZ, UR BF and enjoy that perfectly designed drums, flirting with that bass riff, all while Higgs spits out experimental vocals powered by a volcano's fire...or something, (Hey! Who says guitars have to get the whole attention? This is no Metallica!) jump to NASA is on Your Side, with its terribly nailed slow motion and electronic sound, jump back to MY KZ, UR BF and Wow! Still awesome! You get me?
So yeah, there we find a problem. Most people say they can't stand the non-stop falsetto that Jonathan uses. And now I'm talking directly to Ian Cohen from Pitchfork who gave to this band a sad 3.8 out of 10. Dude, fuck off.
I don't care about the falsetto. I even like it, because I'm tired of bands trying to reach the most perfect voice, usually recurring to Autotune. The only really bad thing I find on this album is that its 52 minutes get short when you listen to it uncountable times.
So I didn't say anything but I said a lot. I simply rate Man Alive with 9 out of 10. Because it has it all but still can be more. I can't wait for the next one and I hope they haven't turned to another direction, way far from the infinite experimentation.
If you didn't listen to it yet you're wasting your time!
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