Jonathan Higgs

Jonathan Higgs
Jonathan Higgs
	Higgs performing in May 2016
Background information
Birth name	Jonathan Higgs
Born	23 February 1985; Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Genres	Art rock; indie rock; math rock; baroque pop; indietronica; progressive rock; pop rock; indie pop;
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter; musician;
Instruments	Vocals; guitar; rhythm guitar; archtop guitar; bass guitar; piano; organ; accordion; synthesiser; viola; harmonica; vocal looper; sequencer; drums;
Years active	2007–present
Associated acts	Everything Everything

Jonathan Higgs (born 23 February 1985) is an English singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the frontman of the art rock band Everything Everything, with whom he has released four studio albums and four EPs. He is notable for having an unusually wide vocal range.[1]

Biography

Early life

Higgs was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 23 February 1985, and was raised in Northumberland, in the village of Gilsland. He studied in Hexham at the Queen Elizabeth High School when he was a teenager, where he first met Mike Spearman and Alex Niven and started making music with them.[2][3]

Musical career and Everything Everything

Higgs went on to study Popular Music and Recording at Salford University, where the Everything Everything line-up became complete.[4][5] Together with Jeremy Pritchard and Michael Spearman, Higgs and Niven wrote and composed songs for their planned first album.

For the duration of Everything Everything's career, Higgs has directed the vast majority of the band's music videos.

His high-pitched vocals became his trademark in the music world after "Kemosabe"'s release in 2013, a song which won him his first grand music award - the UK Single of the Year at the Music Producers Guild Awards.

The band's fourth album, A Fever Dream, was released in 2017.

References

McCorkell, Andrew; Lovell, Catherine (17 April 2011). "Anything you can sing, they can sing higher". The Independent. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
Everything Everything interview in The Collective Review by Von Von Lamunu, 16 June 2010
"Everything Everything's sounding great for Tynedale band". The Journal (Newcastle). 19 May 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
Lester, Paul (21 January 2010). "Manchester's music scene now has Everything Everything". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
Fitzgerald, Todd (27 January 2013). "Salford University sings praises of graduates Everything Everything after album is chart hit". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 8 April 2013.

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[1] McCorkell, Andrew; Lovell, Catherine (17 April 2011). "Anything you can sing, they can sing higher". The Independent. Retrieved 27 March 2019.

[collectivereviewinterview2010-2] Everything Everything interview in The Collective Review by Von Von Lamunu, 16 June 2010

[haltwhistlejournal2009-3] "Everything Everything's sounding great for Tynedale band". The Journal (Newcastle). 19 May 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2012.

[Guardian_3_bands_in_Manchester-4] Lester, Paul (21 January 2010). "Manchester's music scene now has Everything Everything". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 August 2012.

[5] Fitzgerald, Todd (27 January 2013). "Salford University sings praises of graduates Everything Everything after album is chart hit". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 8 April 2013.