Jonathan Higgs
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| Birth name | Jonathan Higgs |
| Born | 23 February 1985 Newcastle upon Tyne, England |
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| Years active | 2007–present |
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.