Everything Matters But No One Is Listening

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Everything Matters But
No One Is Listening
Everything Matters But No One Is Listening.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 18, 2018 (2018-05-18)
Length32:28
Label Polyvinyl
Beach Slang chronology
A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings
(2016)
Everything Matters But
No One Is Listening

(2018)
The Deadbeat Bang of Heartbreak City
(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 62/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Paste 6.5/10 [3]
Pitchfork 5.4/10 [4]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Everything Matters But No One Is Listening is the debut studio album by Beach Slang's lead singer James Alex and his side project Quiet Slang. It was released on May 18, 2018 under Polyvinyl Record Co. [6] [7]

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Critical reception

Everything Matters But No One Is Listening was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 62, based on 5 reviews. [1]

Track listing

Everything Matters But No One Is Listening track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Bad Art & Weirdo Ideas"4:10
2."Noisy Heaven"2:42
3."Future Mixtape for the Art Kids"3:00
4."Filthy Luck"2:35
5."Dirty Cigarettes"3:23
6."Too Late to Die Young"2:36
7."Spin the Dial"3:30
8."Young Hearts"4:10
9."Throwaways"2:58
10."Warpaint" 

Charts

Chart performance for
Everything Matters But No One Is Listening
Chart (2018)Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [8] 11
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [9] 39

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