2020 studio album by Violent Soho
Everything Is A-OK Released 3 April 2020 Studio The Grove Studios (Sydney , Australia) Genre Alternative rock Length 34 :17 Label
Producer Greg Wales
Waco (2016)
Everything Is A-OK (2020)
"A-OK" Released: 14 November 2019
"Vacation Forever" Released: 22 November 2019
"Lying on the Floor" Released: 14 February 2020[1]
"Pick It Up Again" Released: 17 March 2020[2]
"Canada" Released: 3 April 2020[3]
"Slow Down Sonic" Released: 3 September 2020[4]
Everything Is A-OK is the fifth studio album by Australian alternative rock band Violent Soho , released on 3 April 2020 by I Oh You and Pure Noise Records .
Supported by six singles—"A-OK", "Vacation Forever", "Lying on the Floor", "Pick It Up Again", "Canada", and "Slow Down Sonic"—Everything Is A-OK debuted atop the Australian albums chart on 11 April 2020, becoming Violent Soho's second number one album in Australia (following Waco in 2016 ).[5]
At the 2020 ARIA Music Awards , the album received three nominations—for Best Rock Album , Engineer of the Year (for Greg Wales) and Best Cover Art (for Luke Henery).[6]
Promotion
The band premiered the album through a Q&A livestream on Facebook and YouTube .[7]
Critical reception
Emily Blackburn from The Music felt the album was "musically dynamic" and stated that
the "Brisbane rock outfit constantly change[s] pace".[8]
Track listing
Everything Is A-OK track listingTitle 1. "Sleep Year" 3:27 2. "Vacation Forever" 4:28 3. "Pick It Up Again" 3:10 4. "Canada" 3:29 5. "Shelf Life" 3:31 6. "Slow Down Sonic" 3:45 7. "Lying on the Floor" 3:23 8. "Easy" 3:11 9. "Pity Jar" 3:10 10. "A-OK" 2:43 Total length: 34:17
Personnel
Adapted from the album's liner notes.[10]
Musicians
Violent Soho
James Tidswell — guitar (1–10)
Michael Richards — drums (1–10)
Luke Boerdam — guitar, vocals (1–10)
Luke Henery — bass (1–10)
Technical
Greg Wales — production (1–10)
Will Yip — mixing (1–10)
Ryan Smith — mastering (1–10)
Artwork
Rick Froberg — art
Ian Laidlaw — photos
Luke Henery — photos
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
See also
References
Luke Boerdam
Luke Henery
Michael Richards
James Tidswell
Studio albums EPs Singles Related articles