Everything Everything

Everything Everything is a little-known British band, but I get the feeling they're going to blow up, and It's incredible to be on the front lines of that. With four albums in seven years (and two of those in the past two years), they're pushing hard to hone their craft and make it big. Following a British tour, they played five shows in the U.S., so we flew down to L.A. from Seattle to see them. They're that good. Before I really get into them, I need to mention the openers. The first opener, with no merch and not listed on the ticket info, was a young woman named Teischa. Originally from Perth, Australia, she was on a world-wide bender of shows. And she was incredible. I am not usually a fan of female singers to be completely honest -- even those whose vocal chops I recognize, I don't often find any female voices that actually resonate with me. Teischa did. Her voice was haunting and soulful, and she filled up the stage by herself, transferring between playing piano and guitar. She wowed me with perhaps one of the greatest lyrics I've ever heard: "I'm not broken, but I'm not okay." Gurl. I mention the next opener for the opposite reasons. Hailing from L.A., The Palms were basically a boring L.A. band. They weren't untalented by any means, but especially compared to Teischa and Everything Everything, seemed to have no soul. I honestly just found it an odd pick from such an artistically magnificent band, but perhaps the Brits were not in charge of the opening acts. As for the Brits themselves, I honestly was too enthralled with their performance to be able to critique anything. I know they played my two favorite songs -- Kemosabe and Distant Past -- but I couldn't be bothered to remember the rest of the set list. Their energy filled the room to the point that the actual songs might not have even mattered. (It helped that the venue was extraordinarily set up with great acoustics and just the right amount of filled.) I have generally have a lot of anxiety at shows (will they play my favorite song?? How much longer will they play for?? What if I have to pee??) but Everything Everything entranced me in a way that all those things didn't matter. In fact, I did have to pee, and I don't feel like that interrupted my experience in the least. I came out of that bathroom dancing already. After the show, the band immediately came out and was incredibly nice and loving to all their fans. Alex met them, and was pretty overwhelmed by his emotions. 10/10 would travel to see them again. I wanna be there when they blow up. As a side note, if you haven't heard this band's music, would highly recommend. It is truly indescribable.

The Teragram Ballroom is a crazily intimate space for the bands that they get; when I've been, this also means they attract people who are there to see that band, and psyched, and giving off a good vibe. _Everything Everything_ is, I THINK, a terrific band. _Everything Everything_, somewhat more 'objectively', put on a terrific show. They did a good long set (about 90 minutes? little less?) bouncing easily between old and new songs, and engaged the very lit-up crowd without long talky digressions. The songs were 'like' they are on the albums, for familiar resonant, but bigger and louder and more crashing, like you want from a live show. 10/10 wld _everything everything_ and Teragram again

So, we first discovered Everything Everything when they opened for The Joy Formidable in Boston. Everything Everything returned to the Boston area, played the Sinclair in Cambridge, and they were amazing. Hugely talented musicians and they put on a great show, both times. LOVE. Buy their records, you won't be disappointed! The music and lyrics are interesting, but most importantly, you will want to dance and bop your head for most songs. They are terrific live, not to be missed! So happy to have found them.

The show was absolutely incredible. The members of EE played with so much vigor and had a bunch of moments when they included the crowd at key parts of their best songs and they mixed things up a little with a few songs that gave the show its own flavor. Fantastic showing and I cant wait for them to come and play again in the future <3

This performance was absolutely stellar. Musically, they were flawless, and they exuded confidence throughout the entire set. The crowd loved it, and the band clearly responded to the positive vibes. I've listened to these guys since the Man Alive album's singles, and always wanted to see them live. Now that I have, I can't wait for the next time. Also, totally dug the matching jackets.

Everything Everything, touring their excellent second album, Arc, are one of the most original guitar bands of the past few years. Hailing from Manchester, UK, they combine a distinctive unique sound with beautiful melodies and an angelic singing voice. They are even better live than on record. It was an excellent experience and supporting act, Brooklyn's Dinowalrus, with their psychedelic-electronica blend, were also very good. http://prinpi.wordpress.com

Johnny Flynn was amazing! I wish he had played for longer! You guys should have him back again soon, but just a solo show maybe. I know a lot of people in the area, and people who came to that concert would love it! But the other 2 bands before him weren't that great. Especially the 1st guy.

I had listened to a bit of each band the week before the show, giving their recording's a few spins each. But I came to see Everything Everything after hearing about them earlier this year. I personally believe that their debut album is the best debut this year and certainly one of the best albums to come out in 2010. Porcelain Raft and The Chapel Club are talented, no doubt, but not dynamic, each rather repetitive. I did like Porcelain Raft's voice and lyrics, too bad he didn't have a backing band. I was really bored by Johnny Flynn, he can certainly play, and his voice is very good, he has an "old soul," but I just wasn't inspired, it was middle of the road, typical folk stuff, yawn. I did really like Dominant Legs though, they have some nice songs and their voices go well together. But, Everything Everything torn it up, they were by far the superior band and put on the best show. Yes, I came to see them, but as I said I tried to give each band a fair listen before hand and I am open to new music, that being said, EE was by far the better performance. They were tight, they were flawless, and they had great stage presence!