Everyzine Everyzine Vol.1 - 2020

I discovered Everything Everything at latitude 2019, Me and my best friend where stood at
the barrier screaming our lungs out to songs we didn’t quite know yet ! But from this moment
onward I’d finally found my political voice in Jon’s lyrics finally someone else who has been so
frustrated by the world they’ve seen, since then with every EE track I’ve discovered it’s massively
helped me with my confidence to the point where I’m planning on doing some live shows of
my own in the near future !! Without EE idk Where’d I’d be, no other band has such an activated
voice and has such a beautiful influence on its fans
-Darryl Crusoe
i was only 14 years when i first discovered distant past from an animation i saw at the time. on
first listen, i'll admit that i did not enjoy it much. who knew that giving it another shot would
practically change my whole life though. i began to slowly listen through get to heaven, and later
spread off to the other albums they had out at the time. life was fairly difficult for me at the time.
i was preparing myself for high school in a few months, i was seeing a therapist for treatment of
depression and anxiety, and i had to accept the fact that many people i knew and grew up with
were moving away or becoming distant. everything everything was the first group i truly fell in
love with that motivated me to actively interact with other fans (despite my age at the time) as
well as contribute artwork i made for them. then one day, they announced a tour in north america,
though the best option for me (as a michigan kid) was a music festival performance in toronto.
i still wanted to see them, so i convinced my dad to buy tickets and on august 6th, 2016, we went
off. after clutching onto some art i made for them like it was my life force and watching a few
performances from other artists, they arrived and played an amazing performance. my dad is a
very talkative man, and knowing how much i adored them he wanted to get me backstage to meet
them. after convincing some security to let me through, my dad and i waited for them. and then
they showed up. i still remember the mix of anxiety and pure excitement that went through my
mind in those moments. they were so kind to me, complimenting and signing the artwork i made
for them, chatting with my dad and i, and even let us take some photos together! that was over
four years ago. i'm 18 now. i'm practically an adult. i've graduated from high school and recently
started my first year in college to major in animation, i got a boyfriend, and my mental health has
improved quite a lot, though i still struggle from time to time...and even after all of that, they're
still there. i still listen to their music, i still draw them art, i interact with new fans who i now
consider friends, and i still have the art that they signed hung up by my desk. it's weird to think
they were so involved with my life, and how their music got me through so many hardships and
accomplishments. i'm so glad that it was this band out of the many more that i listened to that
ended up being so important. i'm actually listening to re-animator as i type this out. so to jon,
jeremy, mike and alex, thank you for being the soundtrack to my own little coming-of-age
story, and for helping me go through so much. maybe i can repay you guys with an album cover
or animated music video some day (wink nudge). but yeah, your music means a lot to me. i love
you guys! cheers!
- kamilla (aka vvarmhealer or mykzurbf)
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