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Aug 17, 2017Altogether, A Fever Dream is confrontational, warped, emotionally and aurally high-contrast, and full of turmoil, but reliable in its infectiousness.
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Aug 18, 2017Bold, uncompromising and totally EE, A Fever Dream further cements the idea that the Manchester outfit will one day be considered as one of art-pop’s true greats.
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Aug 18, 2017It’s an intense, dizzy trip that takes quite some digesting, but with brilliant results.
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Aug 18, 2017Where Everything Everything’s previous releases were as bonkers-crammed full of a surfeit of different stylistic tics, flourishes, embellishments and more not only from song to song within each album but even in every individual track, here, a definite sound and style has been settled on.
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Aug 16, 2017Everything Everything continue to push their creativity and abilities as a group on A Fever Dream, shifting and adapting their sound while retaining their knack for melody, challenging rhythms and standout lyricism.
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MojoAug 1, 2017This is potent, frequently explosive stuff. [Sep 2017, p.87]
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Aug 18, 2017Everything Everything return with Fever Dream, a brave, boundary pushing album which shows many of their peers how things should be done.
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Aug 18, 2017A Fever Dream is by far the most focused, making good on frontman Jonathan Higgs’ recent claim to NME that the songs “need each other”.
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Aug 18, 2017A rare example of indie-rock insurrection in Britain, A Fever Dream--darkly glamorous, flamboyantly appalled--is a fine monument to the nation’s despair.
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Q MagazineAug 1, 2017It might just be Everything Everything's most human record to date. [Sep 2017, p.107]
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Aug 21, 2017They can sneak serious explorations of mental health, of the rise of ISIS, of the political machinations that erode the human connections between us, past their listeners because they have wrapped these high-minded concerns up in a package of eminently re-listenable, deliriously creative pop tunes.
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Aug 17, 2017In its subtler, more sophisticated moments, A Fever Dream is an astounding album: anxiety-inducing, perhaps, but also appropriate.
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Aug 2, 2017Just as the sophomore Arc was, this feels like a transitional curve towards something even greater. Nevertheless, it’s an exciting and very cohesive addition to an increasingly sprawling back catalogue. It expands an overarching narrative that becomes clearer, angrier, and more relatable with each step.
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Aug 21, 2017Musically, there’s a playful restlessness throughout, with rock and electronica constantly being twisted into imaginative shapes.
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Aug 15, 2017In the minesweeping of stylistic variation they’ve even ended up accidentally sounding like post-Absolution Muse on the harmonies-rich Desire. Despite this, there is still a wealth of texture and musical brio on offer here, framing the restrained development as a narrowing of the laser rather than a sign Everything Everything are hitting their limits.
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Aug 1, 2017This the best front-to-back album that Everything Everything has yet crafted, a cathartic, exciting art-pop record that resonates in the brain, heart and tapping toes. [Jul - Aug 2017, p.56]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 44 out of 51
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Mixed: 5 out of 51
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Negative: 2 out of 51
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