War Songs
For a band that formed in 2001, this debut album has been a long time coming. Indeed it sounds like it was a rocky old road to get here. Littered with extreme highs and lows, the struggle makes it all that much more worthwhile and is documented well in Everything For Some’s music.
Citing influences as diverse as Public Enemy to the Deftones, it would be difficult to pigeon-hole these guys to a particular genre of music. Too metal to be just rock. Too punk to be just metal. Too hip-hop to be punk. And definitely far too edgy to be classed as the pop-rock that is Nu-metal.
Like a melancholy Rage Against the Machine, Everything For Some have built up a fearsome reputation as a live band. Their high-octane sound had acquired a huge fanbase up and down the UK. When they eventually got into the studio to record a 3 track demo, a couple of thousand sold like hotcakes! The first track “What You Need To Know” got picked up by a couple of rock radio shows including Radio 1 and was number 1 on Total Rock Radio’s Request Chart.
Needless to say, there are thousands of people waiting on this much anticipated debut album. For many, this would be too much pressure, but it sounds like these guys can deliver the goods.
Like true struggling artists, Everything For Some ran the rat-race. Battling to find space to rehearse and funding it all with menial jobs has only gone to serve as fuel for the music. All their bitterness and aggression manifesting itself in their own brand of hardcore.
Surprisingly political, their lyrics talk of deep consideration for their fellow humans, with animosity towards the world’s superpowers that increases with every track on the album..
For me,”What you need to know” is still the best track on the album. More riff driven than some of their other tunes, it has a lovely play on dynamics which is less apparent elsewhere on the record.
So, I’m guessing now, that on the back of this album’s release, Everything For Some will be back to doing what they do best. Gigging up and down the country, this debut should ensure that they now have an even bigger fanbase as well as guarantee them some choice support-slots.
Such aggression and enery is difficult to maintain. Certainly as their music career takes off, they should have less to worry about in their personal lives. But reading through their lyrics, you realize that as long as there are corporate pigs and fascist premiers ruling the world, Everything For Some will have plenty of inspiration. ‘Tis probably the only good that will come of the present “War on Terror”.. more music from these guys!