Artist description Melodic, emotive, challenging alt/pop.

Music Style Alternative/Rock/Pop

Musical Influences The Beatles, Led Zep, The Stranglers, Elvis Costello, Grandaddy, Queen

Similar Artists Flaming Lips, Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, Led Zeppelin

Artist History Formed in Jan 2000, debut single "Return to Eden" released July 2001, debut album "The Failure of Arithmetic" released Oct 2001. Managed since 2002 by Diane Wagg at Deluxxe Management, London UK.

Group Members Ben Richards,Simon Bristoll,Del Carter,Nick Jones

Instruments 2 Guitars, Bass, Drums, Vocals, Analogue Keyboards

Albums The Failure of Arithmetic

Press Reviews Shakenstir.com Dec '01 - Theory Of Everything : The Failure Of Arithmetic Addison Records **** Listen to the opening track, Fear of Flying, and be amazed by this new Brit band. It opens with a slow, gentle vocal and guitar solo and builds into one of the best rock songs I've heard this year. And more good songs follow, which make the heavily lauded Starsailor seem a very one-dimensional and dull band. Theory Of Everything are very much in the new Brit band tradition, and will be competing for the same fans as Elbow, Lowgold, Turin Brakes and Starsailor. But like Elbow, their songs take on an epic and emotional scale with creations like the soaring and tempestuous Return To Eden, and moving and melodic beauty of the highly original Ghost. While Ben Richards provides a solid and expressive vocal base, the rest of the band contribute some brilliant rock instrumental and vocal support. And that's where the strength of this band lies; they appear to be good at everything, including the songwriting. There are nice changes of pace exemplified by the heavier rock Treacle, and thundering Weasel Lip Balm with its breathless solo and soaring vocal harmonies, before slowing again for the perky The Assassination of Beauty and slower (almost glacial), emotional tones of Nil By Mouth. This is a very good album that ranks with the best Brit band debut this year (Elbow). In fact, I'd say we're into essential listening territory here. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Rhythm Magazine - I love it when you listen to a band and you can hear lots of snippets from loads of other artists in there but never enough for them to be pigeonholed. Within the first five songs of their wonderful, self financed debut album I can hear bits of The Beatles, Radiohead, Muse, Bowie and Travis but what I hear mostly is four chaps making the most of some fantastic songs. This is what good guitar music should be about; inventive, emotional, convincing, bold, compelling and really well played and sung. Simple if you know how, and these boys know how. - Matt Priest ____________________________________________________________________________________________ www.bulaka.co.uk - Theory of Everything - The Failure of Arithmetic birmingham. home town of ozzy. and home town of theory of everything, one of the uk's most promising rockers. with their debut album, the failure of arithmetic, the band aren't just introducing themselves to the world, they're breaking down the front door, grabbing the beer out of the fridge and holding a party, waiting for the world to join in. from start to finish, this album is a constant rollercoaster ride, and one which you will sell your grandma to get back on. use of phrases such as "the next big thing" may have lost the impact they once had, but theory of everything are destined for stardom. there's no getting past the power of ben richards vocals. and when you combine that with the delicious harmonies, that shiver down your spine that you thought had gone for good resurfaces with a vengeance. the failure of arithmetic works its way under your skin from the moment fear of flying kicks off. there are so many potential singles on this album. as we've said before, give the impostor some airplay and there will be no looking back. this album is no half-hearted effort, with one or two decent songs and the rest filler. each song is easily approaching perfection. you couldn't wish for a better album. and to finish it off with sleepyhead is, to put it simply, the work of genius. an absolute corker. drownedinsound.com - album reviews - The Failure Of Arithmetic the band: Theory Of Everything the label: Addison Records On the basis of the excellent debut single 'Return To Eden' you were led to believe that Theory Of Everything were all about melancholic, mellow songs. Though they did it with a certain quality many a-bigger band would give a limb for, there was always a slight worry, prior to listening to this record that it would be to one-dimensionalal. What with Turin Brakes et al who can blame for doubting that? Whilst 'Return To Eden' remains the highlight of this record, the album itself is more than just your average, dare I say, N** A****** M******* bands offering. From the straight ahead rock-tune, a superbly named, 'Weasel Lip Balm', which almost draws an uncanny resemblance to Muse, without the OTT vocals, to the distorted 'Treacle', the record is full of diversity and direction. However, it is the more melodic and softer songs which perhaps most rewarding about this album. 'The Imposter' offers a jangly New Order-like tune, whereas the haunting climax of 'Sleepyhead' (with the disturbing cries of "wake up, wake up" ending the record) builds and builds into an epic track, and one of the highlights of an extremely promising debut. ______________________________________________________________________________ www.birmingham101.com - Friday October 26th - Theory of Everything Preview. One of the Radio One in Birmingham free gigs by local bands, this also serves as a perfect opportunity for the band to showcase their debut album, The Failure of Arithmetic (Addison). The Coldplay allusions of the Return to Eden single prove misleading, certainly the opening Fear of Flying with its fragile folksiness exploding into surge of guitar noise and feedback seems to owe a bigger debt to Pink Floyd as filtered through both Thom Yorke and Nick Drake, Ben Richard's bruised angel vocals soaring on bloodied wings. The Imposter hints at what The Smiths might have been had Johnny Marr armed himself with a battery of squalling, churning, plangent indie rock guitars while Ghost takes sensitive young man yearning by the scruff of the neck and shows it what it might be in the company of Jeff Buckley. They've been compared to a young U2 and certainly that widescreen big passion is evident throughout, not in bombastic chest beating fashion but rather twisted round white knuckles with smouldering intensity, ably demonstrated by Why Don't You Breathe? Treacle and Weasel Lip Balm are altogether harder creatures, revealing their Zep influences filtered through the complexities of Queen and, in the case of the latter, the fevered drug sweat paranoid urgency of say pre grindcore Therapy?, The Pixies or melodic Dutch sonic butchers dEUS. The Assassination of Beauty loses its way somewhere down the path but it's the only faltering step on an incredibly impressive debut, the itchily and unsettling languid Nil By Mouth and a darkly ominous whispered spidery Sleepyhead sounding not unlike what you might imagine a genetic fusion of Meddle, The White Album and OK Computer might produce. The Theory's fine, the practical application is even better. ______________________________________________________________________________ TOXIC PETE E-Zine - www.toxic.pete.btinternet.co.uk/ - Theory Of Everything CD - The Failure Of Arithmetic ...A total rollercoaster ride of quality music performed, mastered and produced to a very high standard. 'The Failure Of Arithmetic' is one of the most exciting albums that I've come across for a long time; a superbly constructed work of total quality and originality that is both exciting and relaxing with its mood changes - and it gets better with more plays. I think I'll just go and put it on again, again and ag.....where's the repeat button?!!

Additional Info Album out on Addison Records distributed in UK by Shellshock distribution

Location Birmingham, West Midlands - United Kingdom

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