Everything Is Fine is one of those albums that makes you want to throw yourself around and punch everything in sight. In a totally good and healthy manner. It’s pandemonium at its finest. Interestingly, naming it Everything Is Fine makes you presume that the album is just “fine” – a word often associated with something that’s neither good nor bad, just “fine”. Listening to this album though, makes you realise that this presumption is false and Everything Is Fine is fucking good. If you haven’t got it in your ears yet, then do it now.
If the debut single ‘Die Trying’ didn’t get you excited about the album then the first two tracks certainly will. Despite having the same Hawk Eyes sound, ‘The Trap’ and ‘The Ambassador’ reflect two very different styles of Hawk Eyes: ‘The Trap’ consists of a more melodic and likeable sound for a more mainstream audience, whereas ‘The Ambassador’ is intense, vigorous and true hit-you-in-the-face rock. “I’m the ambassador, they piss and they cry, and they cry and they moan” exclaims Paul Astwick (guitar and vocals) whilst stupendous riffs and flailing drums reinforce the right for Hawk Eyes to sound so confident. ‘Permission’ is another track that demonstrates this sort of punk sound and attitude. It’s fucking phenomenal. You have no idea where this track is going to go; it moves from one extreme to another with complete ease and displays an obscene amount of talent. The quaky guitars and constant changes put the listener on edge, trying to anticipate where the song is going to go next. Its fast paced nature and hard-hitting heavy rock creates an incredible amount of noise – you to enter a world where anything and everything is rock. Rock is your life now.