Man Alive

Future Mercury Prize contenders continue to make it difficult for us to take UK hypes very seriously.

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Placed further down the prestigious BBC Sound of 2010 poll than fellow Mancunians Hurts and Delphic, art pop quartet Everything Everything have since quietly gone on to become the city's most celebrated new band, receiving nominations for both the Ivor Novello Awards and the Mercury Music Prize as well as earning favorable comparisons with indie greats such as XTC, Talking Heads, and Radiohead.

And it’s happening again, this time with Everything Everything.

<p>The Mancunians fill their debut album with ideas – in fact, reckons, <strong>Maddy Costa</strong>, too many of them for the music's good</p>

Album Reviews: Everything Everything - Man Alive