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  • Summary: The third full-length release for the British duo of Andrew Phillips and Marcus O’Dair features guest appearances from Elisabeth Nygård, Adrian Crowley, Seamus Fogarty, and John Surman.
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  1. Uncut
    Jun 16, 2015
    80
    It's all accessible as the countryside, with a sweeping sense of the arcadian. [Jul 2015, p.76]
  2. The Wire
    Jun 17, 2015
    80
    Everyone Was A Bird is a lot more than a pictorial guide set to music. [Jun 2015, p.46]
  3. Jun 16, 2015
    80
    Though Phillips' lyrics are often chilly, abounding with images of freezing water and fallow fields, there's a genuine warmth here remarkably absent of pretense or the weepy e-bow heroics that post-rock has grown so fond of.
  4. Mojo
    Jun 16, 2015
    80
    Winsome, pastoral electronic vignettes that loop and swoop. [Jul 2015, p.91]
  5. Q Magazine
    Jun 16, 2015
    60
    As much an art piece as it is a pop record, EWAB would make the perfect accompaniment to an afternoon flat on your back at a sun-strafed festival. [Jul 2015, p.106]