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Everything Everything announce AI enhanced new album
By Andy Malt | Published on Tuesday 8 February 2022
Everything Everything have announced that they will release their new album, ‘Raw Data Feel’, in May. And for this record they’ve brought in a new collaborator – some AI software.
For the lyrics, song titles and artwork on the album, frontman Jonathan Higgs created an AI programme, which he pumped full of selected pieces of information, including the entire terms and conditions of LinkedIn, the ancient epic poem ‘Beowulf’, 400,000 4Chan forum posts and the teachings of Confucius. What it spat out afterwards is what you’ll hear Higgs singing.
How successful this experiment is can be heard, at least in part, on new single ‘Bad Friday’, which Higgs says “is about being a victim of violence, explaining it away through the gauze of a ‘crazy night out’”.
This feeds into the theme of the whole album, he adds, which is about trying to turn horror and trauma into something positive.
“It’s the sound of the record as well”, he explains. “A lot of technology meeting organic sounds. I think there is a certain type of interaction between [guitarist and album producer Alex Robertshaw’s] technology and the human that is using it which is quite unique. I’m really not ashamed to say I think it’s amazing”.
The album is set for release on 20 May. The same day, the band will release a new book of lyrics, titled ‘CAPS LOCK ON: Lyrics + Debris 2007-2022’.
And if that wasn’t enough already, the band have also announced tour dates, starting at the end of next month. Here are the dates:
31 Mar: Nottingham, Rock City
1 Apr: Leeds, Academy
2 Apr: Newcastle University
4 Apr: Glasgow, SWG3
5 Apr: Liverpool, Academy
7 Apr: Norwich, Waterfront
8 Apr: Manchester, Academy
9 Apr: Birmingham, Academy
11 Apr: Bristol, Academy
12 Apr: Brighton, Dome
13 Apr: London, The Roundhouse
14 Apr: Stoke, Keele University
16 Apr: Dublin, Academy
Watch the video for ‘Bad Friday’ here:
