If you’re a regular reader of the There Goes The Fear, you’ll be down with how exciting Manchester is for us right now. It’s a hub of musical amazement, knocking out soon-to-be-huge bands like tasty hot cakes. So, I guess you’ll understand how thrilled we were this week when we got an e-mail telling us about an E.P which is set to showcase this mass of awesomeness upon an upcoming sparkly 10” vinyl next January.

Titled Love and Disaster 1, the E.P, which shall also be released digitally, is said to be a “collaborative effort by the people and artists that are going to make Manchester a focal point for new music in 2010”. Featuring Airship, Dutch Uncles, Jo Rose, Delphic and Everything Everything, this is one HELL of compilation – in fact this shiny treasure of a record is practically here to shed light on Britain’s undoubtedly Mancunian-led musical future.

From the tender, Grizzly Bear-esque ballads of Jo Rose, to the jerked-up indie of Dutch Uncles (‘OCDUC’, the band’s song which is featured on the E.P, showcases a piano riff which I swear is ripped from Tay Zonday’s Chocolate Rain), to the epic summer riffs of Airship and finally, the digitally suave hit that is Delphic remixed by Everything Everything (I know I know what a combination), this E.P is pretty set on blowing your ears off with it’s brilliance. MINT!

You can pre-order the ‘Love and Disaster 1′ 10” vinyl now. The E.P is released January 11th.

Following on from our profile of them yesterday, Everything Everything have very kindly answered some of our questions, telling us all about their pre-gig habits, their love of Manchester and what they’ve been watching whilst on tour…

Congratulations on finishing fourth in our 10 of 2010 awards… sorry we don’t have a trophy or anything to give you. I’m sure you’ve probably won plenty of awards – what’s your most treasured one and why?
We’ve won literally none. Although I suppose we’ve had a few list-based plaudits. Our favourite accolade, is this one obviously! To be honest, all the rankings and best-ofs etc are all pretty meaningless. It’s just good that people enjoy the music and think what we’re doing is worthwhile. Thanks though!

What’s been your highlight of 2009? What about your lowlight?
I think maybe our show at Union Chapel for the Mencap Little Noise sessions might win overall. We played with a string quintet that we’d written arrangements of the songs for. The venue and the new sound context for the songs were gorgeous. Honestly quite moving. We had a really good tour in October and November too. Our pervasive lowlight is rise and rise of David Cameron… That and dealing with the pressures of having such an unusual and unstructured lifestyle, especially while we were still unsigned. It puts a strain on all relationships. Not that we’d complain about it, or want to change anything really.

Likewise, what are you most excited about for 2010?
Festivals and foreign touring will be amazing fun but making the best record we possibly can is paramount.

What music / artists are you really excited to be hearing in 2010? What sort of stuff are you enjoying listening to at the moment?
We’re listening to all the usual highlights from 2009 – Dirty Projectors, Wild Beasts, Dan Deacon etc. As far as next year goes, WE WANT DETOX RELEASED/ACTUALLY MADE, DRE! I’d love to hear a new Strokes album. And we love Interpol so a new record from them will be extremely welcome. My favourite band Joeyfat will release an album in 2010 and I’ll put any money on it being the best thing out next year.
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A couple of weeks back, we asked you to vote for your top 10 artists for 2010. We had almost 600 votes, and we’re now going to countdown the top 10 over the next 10 days, finishing with our number 1 on 10th December at midday. Today, at number 4, is Manchester’s Everything Everything.

Seriously – I need to hitch up and move to Manchester, like, ASAP. Why? Well, it would appear the place that gave us Joy Division, The Stones Roses and Oasis is having itself yet another musical revolution of late. For the past three weeks, I have introduced to you upcoming bands stemming from the City (Delphic, Dutch Uncles). Today I’d like to tell you about yet another Mancunian big-name in the making. Everything Everything are an exotic electronica quartet, who’s digitalised sounds bound with super weird time-signatures and uber groovy hooks that are strangely good-fun.

Everything Everything’s music is dangerously dance-inducing ala Friendly Fires’ carnival pop, just with more of an eclectic edge. After all, the quartet claim to be influenced by (dare to decipher?) “Les Beatles, Monsieur Kelly (r), Michele Jackson, Radiotete, Katherine Bush and Les Smiths”, to name just an intriguing few..

Frontman Jonathon Everything’s vocals are particularly creamy (*cough* Brendon Urie anyone?). Add to that Bon Iver-esque, near operatic harmonies and countless, unexpectedly thrilling tundras of noise (Bam! A crunky metal guitar riff! Pow! A Mario Kart synth line! Boom! Take that weeping piano!), and you have yourself exciting, and at times, super beautiful pop from a very interesting band indeed.

Check out the video to MY KZ, UR BF, below -

Following on from the amazing lineups of the past two years, the Mencap Little Noise sessions are back again this November to raise more money for the mental disability charity.

The lineup is almost complete, with a string of pretty amazing performances scheduled. Personally, I’m most excited about Editors day, along with the pop-tastic Alexandra Burke, Mika and Newton Faulkner days – all of the shows have great talent and with the promise of special guests, I say you should hop on down to Union Chapel to check out some great music. Head on over to the Little Noise Sessions website for more answers to your questions.

The artists so far announced include:

Monday 16th November
Editors
The Maccabees
Bombay Bicycle Club
Everything Everything

Tuesday 17th November
Alexandra Burke
Alphabeat
Marina and the Diamonds
VV Brown

Wednesday 18th November
Mika
Paloma Faith
Alex Gardner
Daisy Dares You

Thursday 19th November
Richard Hawley
I Blame Coco

Friday 20th November
Lostprophets
The Blackout
Egyptian Hip Hop

Saturday 21st November
Taio Cruz
Tinchy Stryder
Chipmunk

Sunday 22nd November
Florence and the Machine
Golden Silvers
Erik Hassle
Ellie Goulding

Monday 23rd November
David Gray
The Low Anthem
Lisa Mitchell

Tuesday 24th November
Newton Faulkner
Scouting for Girls
Little Comets
Stornoway

A ReTweet from Gwilym Gold of Golden Silvers tipped me off to this new video from Everything Everything, a band hailing from Newcastle but currently based in Manchester.

So here is their video for a song called ‘My Keys, Your Boyfriend’. Some have suggested it sounds remarkably like ABC’s ‘Poison Arrow’. (I’ll let you be the judge of that.) Yes, the concept of having several different people mouth the words of a song in a video is not new, but I rather like the humourous take Everything Everything has chosen for this video they made themselves with friends. The song even managed to make it on the 17 September edition of Lammo’s Roundtable, so you know there must be buzz around the band. Good luck to them.

The single ‘My Keys, Your Boyfriend’ will be released digitally and on 7″ in the UK on 5 October on the Young and Lost Club label.