10 Most Creative Rock Bands Of The 2010s
4. Everything Everything
Admittedly, the moniker of this Manchester troupe isn't particularly novel; however, the music they make surely is.
In addition to its fascinating front artwork, 2010’s Man Alive features an amazing blend of art rock and indie pop that rightly garnered acclaim from outlets like NME and The Guardian. In a sense, it’s what would happen if Field Music, Daft Punk, Bat for Lashes, Super Furry Animals, and Yes joined forces to facilitate a dreamily dexterous dance party. (That’s not too surprising, though. considering that it was produced by David Kosten, better known as Faultline.)
Fortunately, their subsequent LPs have fleshed out their formula in ingenious ways. 2013’s Arc is trickier, lusher, and heavier in spots (Cough Cough, Duet, Radiant), whereas 2015’s Get to Heaven treks darker subject matter (Ebola, mass violence) with a stronger focus on hip-hop beats. Then, 2017’s A Fever Dream capped off the decade as an exquisite culmination of everything they’d been working toward previously.
In the processes, they racked up nominations—if not wins—from the BBC, the Times, the Q Awards, and the Music Producers Guild Awards. Plus, their mind-bending music videos for Schoolin', Suffragette Suffragette, and Photoshop Handsome demonstrate their acumen for visual experimentation.