Raw Data Feel
by Everything Everything
  • Record Label: AWAL
  • Release Date: May 20, 2022
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. musicOMH.com
    May 23, 2022
    90
    Six albums in and Everything Everything continue to find new ways of developing their art, and yet the feeling remains they still have an enormous amount of potential to fulfil. Raw Data Feel, one of their very best achievements, gives a strong indication they are getting there.
  2. The Line of Best Fit
    May 23, 2022
    90
    Through a dizzying blend of experimentation, innovation and stylistic idiosyncrasy Everything Everything have created another peerless record with Raw Data Feel, one which proves once more that the horizons the band chases are theirs and theirs alone.
  3. Under The Radar
    Jul 6, 2022
    85
    Electronics to the forefront and AI involvement in the lyrics, however miniscule; and yet, there’s a warmth and humanity here that’s hard to fake, the product of a band that refuses to stay still.
  5. Record Collector
    May 23, 2022
    80
    In attempting to circumvent the human mind, Everything Everything have found their heart, and made their finest album yet.
  6. The Skinny
    May 20, 2022
    80
    The album is certainly on the weirder end of the EE spectrum. ... Another great Everything Everything album.
  7. New Musical Express (NME)
    May 20, 2022
    80
    A few good lyrics (“You’re in love with the future / I don’t know why”) and some bad (“Why don’t you listen to your momma? / She’s old”) stick out, but the narrative hook is stronger in theory than in practice. ... The music on ‘Raw Data Feel’ is the band’s best, catchiest and most focused to date.
  8. The Telegraph (UK)
    May 20, 2022
    80
    It sounds gimmicky, but far from it: Raw Data Feel is a thought-provoking experiment that aims to reshape the dissociation and damage caused by endless scrolling into fodder for the dance floor.
  9. DIY Magazine
    May 20, 2022
    60
    It’s a largely hit-and-miss pop record.
  10. Pitchfork
    Jun 1, 2022
    48
    Raw Data Feel might be the most confident album Everything Everything have ever released, but in a way that feels deeply hubristic. If this album were a person, it’d be that pompous, motormouthed philosophy undergraduate who treats seminars like extended soliloquies.

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8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 26 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 26
  3. Negative: 2 out of 26
  1. vallonicka
    May 22, 2022
    9
    I love Everything Everything, have since "Man Alive", this album is great, better than 95% of the stuff out there, but I've noticed when EEI love Everything Everything, have since "Man Alive", this album is great, better than 95% of the stuff out there, but I've noticed when EE releases a great album "Get To Heaven" or "Re-Animator", the next release isn't as great. That's how I feel about "Raw Data Feel", some great tracks, and it sounds as if EE wanted to prove that if they were around in the 80s' they'd be one of the top acts, so, it is super fun in that way, but some of the tracks are clunkers for me.… Full Review »
  2. Surein
    May 21, 2022
    10
    A master work from one of the greatest alternative bands of their time. If you already know the band, this will be one of your favourites ofA master work from one of the greatest alternative bands of their time. If you already know the band, this will be one of your favourites of theirs. The band manage to balance a mixture of their old albums with a completely new sound. If you haven't EE before, gear up. You're really in for a treat! STAND OUT TRACKS: Teletype, Jennifer, HEX, Kevin's Car, Born Under a Meteor.… Full Review »
  3. BrushedRed
    May 21, 2022
    9
    Easily their best since Get to Heaven. Each track has its own personality and it's their sonically most diverse since Get to Heaven. I have toEasily their best since Get to Heaven. Each track has its own personality and it's their sonically most diverse since Get to Heaven. I have to admit, over the last two albums, I'd been a little disappointed, but this shows they are back in full force!

    Each track is such a banger, full of danceable beats and grooves. My personal favorites are "Teletype," "I Want a Love Like This," and "Shark Week," but every song on this will be stuck in your head for days. I don't say this lightly, I expect this to become one of my favorite albums this year, very easily.    … Full Review »
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