“Everybody Sins” is the third single coming from Andrew W.K.’s upcoming sixth album, God Is Partying. While he has a reputation for being a fun rocker who makes blissful party anthems, these new singles have been displaying a darker, edgier Andrew W.K. that I’m quite looking forward to hearing.
“Everybody Sins” is pretty vanilla compared to the previous singles, being less theatrical than “Babalon” and less eerie than “I’m in Heaven,” but it makes up for it by being pretty damn catchy. Like with the previous songs, Andrew is singing about pseudo-religious clichés (“There’s a hole in the ground where the beasts will gather ’round. If you look, you will see that the beasts are you and me“) that sound like they came from a random metal lyrics generator. The vocals aren’t particularly impressive, but there is a great sense of atmosphere, and the production is still impeccable.
This is probably my least favorite of the new singles from Andrew’s forthcoming record, but this was still my favorite track from this rather slow singles week. “I’m in Heaven” was quite harrowing, containing almost none of the “fun” that typified Andrew in the past–and I loved it for that. “Everybody Sins” does feel a bit tongue-in-cheek by comparison, and I’m quite interested to see which of these two extremes the record leans towards.
Amped! 