Having just announced details of a UK headline tour that commences next March, Everything Everything share their new single ‘Violent Sun’. It’s the latest song to preview the band’s fifth album Re-Animator which follows on September 11.

The closing track on the new album, ‘Violent Sun’ feels like a first in the Everything Everything catalogue. It’s a propulsive rush of melody with a cinematic scale. The band wanted it to feel like the last song played on the dance floor. Frontman Jonathan Higgs commented, “‘Violent Sun’ is about the feeling that something terrible is approaching fast, and you want to hold on to this moment forever. It’s the last song of the night, and the last song of your life. You only have these four minutes to make it happen, so make it happen!”

That urgency also informs the accompanying video. Using a GoPro camera, each band member filmed himself frantically sprinting through their localities during lockdown. And there’s no let-up in the interspersed performance footage. At first glance, nothing is out of the ordinary as the band tear into the song, each wearing red jumpsuits that contrast the white background. But a closer look reveals a subtle reference to a traumatic moment in Everything Everything’s recent history. On the day lockdown was announced the band’s lock-up in Manchester caught fire, destroying much of their equipment. They used some of the burnt instruments in this video, their blackened embers chalking the backdrop.

See Everything Everything live in 2021

19 Mar | Nottingham, Rock City

20 Mar |Birmingham, O2 Academy

22 Mar | Norwich, UEA

23 Mar |Liverpool, O2 Academy

25 Mar |Manchester, Academy

26 Mar |Glasgow, SWG3 - Galvanizers

27 Mar |Newcastle, O2 Academy

29 Mar |Leeds, O2 Academy

30 Mar |Bristol, O2 Academy

1 Apr | London, Roundhouse

3 Apr |Brighton, Dome

5 Apr |Dublin, Olympia Theatre

‘Chicken Lily / Democritus’ is the debut release from Pixie Dot and Dash. Pixie is sixteen, deaf, and intellectually disabled.  Her life revolves around music, live music in particular. Starved of that outlet through lockdown, Pixie, together with her father Dash (Marky Edison, Muso’s Guide), their synthesizer Dot, and a motley crew of socially distanced musicians, took homeschooling to another level. While others baked banana bread, they made an album’s worth of post-industrial electro and invited the input of their favourite live acts.

‘Chicken Lily’ was Pixie’s first foray into the studio.  With a Daft Punk vibe and dark underbelly, it is markedly different to the kind of electro we’re accustomed to hearing.  Her background in metal and punk melded with an instinctual pop sensibility creating something unique.

‘Democritus’ was co-written, and produced, by Cormac Parle of Irish indie legends, Stoat.  He added bass synths, bass guitar, and his signature ranting vocals to the mix, creating a powerful, catchy tune. ‘Chicken Lily / Democritus’ is the first release from Pixie Dot and Dash, and the first from their debut album, planned for early 2021. Download the double A-side from Bandcamp from Friday September 4. Enter the code musos2020 at checkout for a 25% discount.