Photo Credit: Stewart Baxter
The 9th of October is the release date for the second album from Everyone Says Hi. The title is ‘Funny Cos It’s True’. There’s a catchy single to front it that you can listen to and watch some pictures below. Gets the thumbs up at DeClunk HQ.
An infectious, hook-laden pop rocker with psyche prog-infused synths, “Life Isn’t Perfect” is a guitar-driven earworm built for the main stages. “This song was finished, but it wasn’t finished. I sent the album to Freddie Cowan formerly of the Vaccines and he said he had some guitar ideas for it. It had already been mixed, but we said to him go for it, see what happens,” lead singer Nick Hodgson says of the single. “He sent back about 35 tracks of guitar which was crazy and amazing. The result became some of my favourite moments on the album. It was already a favourite song of mine, but it needed something extra. It’s got a classic REM kind of chorus that literally just came out of nowhere, the lyrics are loosely based around a phrase my daughter learned at nursery, ‘you get what you get and you don’t get upset’, I think it’s referring to lunchtime etiquette!”
Recorded at lead singer and songwriter Nick Hodgson’s home studio and produced by Nick himself, ‘Funny Cos It’s True’is eleven tracks of intoxicating indie-pop. Following their acclaimed self-titled debut album in 2025, the record sees the band firmly stepping into their own. Layered with a hazy retro edge while sounding distinctly new, the album sees the band rediscover and reinvent a classic sound with a heavy dose of infectiously anthemic choruses and a knack for lustrous songcraft. Lyrically, the album searches deep and resonates on an emotional level, with songs written following the death of his father from Alzheimer’s to songs written as a father for his young daughter and even a track targeting the MAGA movement.
A more collaborative experience than the debut record, work on ‘Funny Cos It’s True’began off the back of the band’s support tours for the debut album. Kicking off in an inspired fashion, the band laid down an instant demo of “Real Friends” in Nick’s North London home studio in November 2024. Six months of writing later, they reconvened to record the album, with the band in full collaboration mode. Over sporadic sessions from May to September 2025, they put together a grand expansion on the sounds and themes of their debut.
After debut support shows with the likes of Neil Young, The Cribs, Feeder and more, as well as two standout headline shows in London and Leeds to top off 2025, Everyone Says Hi is slowly building a dedicated live following from their captivating live shows. The band will head out on a run of UK release shows in October, before a slot at Mutations Festival in Brighton on Saturday October 24th. Keep an eye for more shows in the near future.
Everyone Says Hi – Life Isn’t Perfect (Official Music Video)
Everyone Says Hi play the following UK dates:
October
Sat 10th Wax & Beans, Bury
Sun 11th The Jacaranda, Liverpool
Mon 12th Applestump, Nantwich
Tue 13th Crash, Leeds
Thu 15th Just Dropped In, Coventry
Sat 17th Dash The Henge (Brixton), London
Sat 24th Mutations Festival, Brighton
Alongside Nick Hodgson, who began his musical journey as drummer and lead songwriter for Kaiser Chiefs, Everyone Says Hi is made up of Pete Denton of The Kooks, Ben Gordon from The Dead 60s and Glenn Moule of Howling Bells, alongside guitarist Oli Swan.
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