Mountainhead
Studio album by
Everything Everything
Released1 March 2024 (2024-03-01)
Length54:53
Label
Producer
Everything Everything chronology
Raw Data Feel
(2022)		 Mountainhead
(2024)
Singles from Mountainhead
  1. "Cold Reactor"
    Released: 26 October 2023
  2. "The Mad Stone"
    Released: 17 November 2023

Mountainhead is the upcoming seventh studio album by British band Everything Everything. It is set to be released on 1 March 2024 through BMG.

Background and theme

Their third release in the span of two years, following Raw Data Feel in 2022 and a reissue of their debut album Man Alive in 2023, Everything Everything announced Mountainhead on 26 October 2023.[1] The band wrote, recorded and produced the project in Stockport with the help of guitarist Alex Robertshaw. As opposed to their previous album which made use of Artificial intelligence to create content, Mountainhead entirely avoids "plug-ins and effects".[2] The "synthetic pop album" explores "notions of capitalism and social fracturing" from a futuristic point of view.[3]

Lead vocalist Jonathan Higgs explained that the album revolves around a simple concept, taking place in a fictional world "wherein all of society is consumed with the building of a giant mountain". However, the twist in the story is that the people would have to dig a deep hole and live in it in order to build the mountain. Furthermore, at the bottom of the pit lives a giant golden snake that they have to escape.[2] It represents an "alternate society" where those at the bottom have to work relentlessly to keep the elite "elevated".[4] According to Higgs, the goal was to create "an easy but strong metaphor" that can apply to multiple things.[5] To him, a "mountainhead" signifies an individual that believes in continuous growth of a mountain "no matter the cost, and no matter how terrible it is to dwell in the great pit".[2]

Promotion

In promotion of the album, the band is set to embark on a UK tour in March and April 2024.[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jonathan Higgs, Jeremy Pritchard, Alex Robertshaw, and Michael Spearman

Mountainhead track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Wild Guess"4:02
2."The End of the Contender"3:26
3."Cold Reactor"3:51
4."Buddy, Come Over"4:05
5."R U Happy?"3:29
6."The Mad Stone"3:45
7."TV Dog"2:10
8."Canary"4:23
9."Don't Ask Me to Beg"4:14
10."Enter the Mirror"3:42
11."Your Money, My Summer"3:15
12."Dagger's Edge"3:43
13."City Song"5:53
14."The Witness"4:55
Total length:54:53

References

  1. ↑ Chelosky, Danielle (26 October 2023). "Everything Everything – "Cold Reactor"". Stereogum. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Beaumont, Mark (30 October 2023). "Everything Everything on their apocalyptic new album: "I can't see much good in the future"". NME. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  3. ↑ Carter, Daisy (30 October 2023). "Everything Everything announce new album Mountainhead". DIY. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  4. ↑ Kelly, Tyler Damara (30 October 2023). "Everything Everything announce their seventh studio album, Mountainhead". Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  5. ↑ Ackroyd, Stephen (27 October 2023). "Everything Everything: Making mountains". Dork. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "The most anticipated new albums of 2024". Radio X. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
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