It's been out in the US for over a year, but has only been available officially in the UK for a matter of months.
Initially, the things that sprang to mind when listening to Everything All The Time were The Flaming Lips, Grandaddy The Decemberists and a tiny little bit of Neil Young.
And therein lies the problem. This is a good album, no question, but the sheer variety of influences don't quite meld into something entirely convincing as their own characteristic sound.
Another niggling downside is that it's all a little too one-paced. It's certainly not a coincidence that the stand-out track, Wicked Gil, is the moment where they most let loose and give us something a little more up-tempo than the majority of the album.
Someone on Amazon called it what Arcade Fire might sound like if they were more commercially minded. A fair point, but whilst this might be, at large, more "radio friendly" than Arcade Fire, it can't match their grandiose and enchanting sound. A promising debut but there's some way to go yet. Having said all that there is enough here to suggest that they could well really get it right next time around.
Initially, the things that sprang to mind when listening to Everything All The Time were The Flaming Lips, Grandaddy The Decemberists and a tiny little bit of Neil Young.
And therein lies the problem. This is a good album, no question, but the sheer variety of influences don't quite meld into something entirely convincing as their own characteristic sound.
Another niggling downside is that it's all a little too one-paced. It's certainly not a coincidence that the stand-out track, Wicked Gil, is the moment where they most let loose and give us something a little more up-tempo than the majority of the album.
Someone on Amazon called it what Arcade Fire might sound like if they were more commercially minded. A fair point, but whilst this might be, at large, more "radio friendly" than Arcade Fire, it can't match their grandiose and enchanting sound. A promising debut but there's some way to go yet. Having said all that there is enough here to suggest that they could well really get it right next time around.
