''Everything Is A-OK'' is the fifth
studio album by Australian
alternative rock
Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream or commerci ...
band
Violent Soho
Violent Soho were an Australian alternative rock band that was formed in 2004 in the Brisbane suburb of Mansfield, Queensland originally under the name of "showroom". For the majority of the band's existence, the line-up was composed of Luke Bo ...
, released on 3 April 2020 by
I Oh You
Mushroom Group is the largest independent music and entertainment company in Australia. It comprises more than two dozen companies. It has offices in Melbourne, Sydney, and Auckland with over 200 employees.
History
The Mushroom Group was found ...
and
Pure Noise Records
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.
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
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'' in
2016
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).
At the
2020 ARIA Music Awards
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, the album received three nominations—for
Best Rock Album
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,
Engineer of the Year (for Greg Wales) and
Best Cover Art (for Luke Henery).
Promotion
The band premiered the album through a Q&A
livestream
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on
Facebook
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and
YouTube
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.
Critical reception
Emily Blackburn from ''
The Music
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'' felt the album was "musically dynamic" and stated that
the "Brisbane rock outfit constantly change
pace".
Track listing
Personnel
Adapted from the album's liner notes.
Musicians
Violent Soho
* James Tidswell — guitar
* Michael Richards — drums
* Luke Boerdam — guitar, vocals
* Luke Henery — bass
Technical
* Greg Wales — production
* Will Yip — mixing
* Ryan Smith — mastering
Artwork
* Rick Froberg — art
* Ian Laidlaw — photos
* Luke Henery — photos
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
See also
*
List of number-one albums of 2020 (Australia)
The ARIA Albums Chart ranks the best-performing albums and extended plays (EPs) in Australia. Its data, published by the Australian Recording Industry Association, is based collectively on the weekly physical and digital sales of albums and EPs ...
*
List of 2020 albums
The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2020. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received sign ...
References
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2020 albums
Violent Soho albums