Everything Everything fight modern life on new album ‘Poison Pop’: “It’s about this drink that kills you, but you still want it”

Everything Everything have spoken to NME about their powerful new album ‘Poison Pop’ and opened up about being inspired by their earlier records to reject the “enshitification” of the world around them. READ MORE: Everything Everything – ‘Raw Data Feel’ review: A.I. bot’s lyrics outshone by pop gold 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. “We didn’t want to make the same album that we had just made, but also we were busy promoting an album from 10 years ago, which was quite an undertaking,” frontman Jonathan Higgs told NME. “‘Get To Heaven’ is a very aggressive record, and I’m 10 years older now, so it was a case of bei...