After what feels like an eternity The Predators have finally released their debut full length and it is called “Everybody Loves” and was released two weeks ago. Following on from “Pick Up The Pace” – their highly underrated 2006 EP – “Everybody Loves” has a wonderful sound full of eerie late night seduction and visual swoon. The mood on this record is incredible and The Predators demonstrate that they are the masters of making sophisticated guitar rock music.
You could spend decades debating over what to call the kind of music that The Predators make but I simply refer to it as mood rock n roll with a heavy to thick dollop of soundscape shivers and a psychedelic aesthetic that leans on enough pop skills and weirdness to summons a unique musical dialogue. There is no particular comparison I could make to other bands or artists because the individual influences of each member don’t corrupt the overall sound. This record is the natural rhythm of three individuals using sound to communicate complicated emotions. The kind of emotions that have evolved from a youthful angst into the dirge of the middle part of life where the world becomes cluttered with adult responsibility and the search for meaning.
If the albums title – “Everybody Loves” – strikes you as cliched then you aren’t digging deep enough into the layered and powerful sentiment of this phrase. In our current era of humanity this kind of cliched word collision offers great meaning and illustration to both the joy and struggle of our existence. No matter who or what you believe in this life we all worship the idea of love and it motivates both greatness and madness to explode into action. If love motivates positive action then great things can be accomplished and achieved but if love is used in the negative sense then it can push people to seek concepts like power and control. This complicated emotional metric for human behaviour can be applied to all areas of life and regardless of how the band meant it the power of such a title is further proof of how special this music is to the authors and is why it will connect to all who hear it.
This is the kind of music that will haunt you as it slips deep into your mind. You will be reminded of not just the human beings you’ve loved with an unrequited fever but all those you have loved and lost be it a friend, family member or romantic partner. These songs also act as a call to arms to other kinds of love like the love one has for a better future for our planet and a love for finding a way to win the battle for equal rights and to make up for the destruction of past political turmoils. It speaks of the love for your community and how now more than ever we need people who can unite us for the greater good. From: https://heavyandwierd.wordpress.com/2021/10/29/album-review-everybody-loves-by-the-predators/
