Everything is Broken is the second professional recording by American pop rock

Pop rock

Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...

 band The Age of Information, and is the first release by the band under that name. After the band's unreleased debut More Than This

More Than This (Trading Yesterday album)

More Than This is the debut album by American pop rock band The Age of Information, known then as Trading Yesterday. It was professionally recorded in Los Angeles, however due to the band departing from Epic Records, was shelved and never released. It was leaked for download over the Internet in...

 the band adopted a more electric sound for this EP and its follow-up. The title of the EP is derived from a lyric in the chorus of the first track, Knowledge.

Reception

There was only one notable review of the EP, when AlbumBuzz game it 4 stars out-of 4. It was also well-received on auction sites. However, the EP did not meet without criticism, as fans of Trading Yesterday were overwhelmingly disappointed ever since David Hodges announced that "Trading Yesterday was dead". Fans overwhelmingly stated that the band did their best work as Trading Yesterday.

Track listing

Personnel

The Age of Information

• David Hodges
  David Hodges
  David Hodges is a songwriter, producer, composer, keyboardist and vocalist from Little Rock, Arkansas. He is best known for his work with the band Evanescence, which he left in 2002. He has also been part of the bands Trading Yesterday, The Age of Information, Avox, and David Hodges solo...
  
   - piano
  Piano
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  , vocals
  Singing
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  , guitar
  Guitar
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• Steven McMorran - bass
  Bass guitar
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  , backing vocals
• Josh Dunahoo - guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• Will "Science" Hunt - drums
  Drum kit
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