Part of the so-called ‘new complexity’ movement of bands that includes the likes of early Foals, alt-J and Wild Beasts, Everything Everything have nevertheless been ploughing their own furrow since they burst onto the scene back in the latter part of the last decade. Makers of a distinctively British sound that fuses 90s dance with guitars, synths and drums in creating a crisp, often forceful, sometimes subtle noise, their creativity and adventurism shows little bounds. Whereas their previous album, Get To Heaven, was an almost invariably danceable affair, where all the tracks were performed live, in A Fever Dream, they have decided to be less vigilant about that aspect: instead preferring to let the music speak more for itself, and to let instincts take over. This was also apparently a survival mechanism, as it seems Get To Heaven seriously took it out of the band, and led to some potentially long-term inter-relationship problems.