EVERYONE SAYS HI

Everyone Says Hi are set to release their self-titled debut album on Friday 31st January. The latest single, “Lucky Stars”, is out now.

Everyone Says Hi sees ex-Kaiser Chiefs’ songwriter/drummer, and multi-platinum musician, Nick Hodgson, adopt the role of lead singer/guitarist/frontman for his latest project. He’s accompanied by some familiar faces in the form of Pete Denton on bass, Glenn Moule on drums, keyboard player Ben Gordon (ex-members of The Kooks, The Howling Bells, and Liverpool’s The Dead 60s respectively), alongside Leeds based guitarist Tom Dawson.

The band will take their new record out on the road in the coming weeks to celebrate its release, supporting both Independent Venue Week and a run of independent record stores. All live dates are listed below, including a stop at London’s new Denmark Street based Rough Trade store. Remaining tickets are on sale now.

About the band

Everyone Says Hi released their debut single, “Brain Freeze”, in April last year, which was described by NME as “psychedelic lounge rock hinting at recent Arctic Monkeys and Tame Impala”. This was swiftly followed by a pair of sell-out headline dates in Leeds and London before a second track, the electric torchlit ballad (and album opener), “Somebody Somewhere”, followed in the summer. Further single releasesOnly One” andOn the Same Side” have also been shared since, along with radio support from BBC 6Music.

The band’s name is lifted from a David Bowie song of the same title. What you hear across their forthcoming album’s 10 tracks is beautifully sculpted songcraft performed by some very experienced players. Not so much showing ‘promise’ here, but instantly delivering bonafide ‘big songs’ that belie the band’s status as relative newcomers. The record was produced by Nick at London’s Snap Studios and at his home studio.

‘Everyone Says Hi’ is the fruits of a multi-platinum musician deciding to draw a line and start afresh. Back to the same bedroom floor where the first tentative notes were played, holding the same guitar that was played way back when, back to forming a band with trusted friends, and back to booking the sticky basement stages where teeth were first cut. But whilst you can metaphorically wipe the slate clean on most things, you cannot unlearn what you already know. If emotionally driven, arena-ready songs come almost second-nature, you’d be foolish to ignore the gift you’ve been given.

Nick has long been a songwriter in high demand. Since leaving his teenage band back in 2012, he has co-written for the likes of Dua Lipa, You Me At Six, Duran Duran, George Ezra, and Holly Humberstone, and collaborated on tracks alongside Mark Ronson, Kygo, and Shirley Bassey. Having racked up over 5 million cumulative album sales globally, Nick now focuses on a new challenge. You wouldn’t bet against him.

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Everyone Says Hi Live Dates (2025):

27th January – Kanteena, Lancaster (Independent Venue Week)

28th January – Adelphi, Hull (Independent Venue Week)

31st January – Rough Trade Denmark Street, London

1st February – Pie & Vinyl, Portsmouth

2nd February – Sound Knowledge, Marlborough

3rd February – Rough Trade, Bristol

4th February – Banquet Records, Kingston

5th February – Rough Trade, Nottingham

6th February – Crash, Leeds

7th February – Jacaranda, Liverpool