title: Everything Is A-OK
text: # Everything Is A-OK
  
  Everything Is A-OK is the fifth studio album by Australian alternative rock band Violent Soho, released on 3 April 2020 by I Oh You and Pure Noise Records.
  
  Supported by six singles—"A-OK", "Vacation Forever", "Lying on the Floor", "Pick It Up Again", "Canada", and "Slow Down Sonic"—Everything Is A-OK debuted atop the Australian albums chart on 11 April 2020, becoming Violent Soho's second number one album in Australia (following Waco in 2016).
  
  At the 2020 ARIA Music Awards, the album received three nominations—for Best Rock Album, Engineer of the Year (for Greg Wales) and Best Cover Art (for Luke Henery).
  
  ## Promotion
  
  The band premiered the album through a Q&A livestream on Facebook and YouTube.
  
  ## Critical reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | The Music | |
  | Kerrang! | 3/5 |
  
  Emily Blackburn from The Music felt the album was "musically dynamic" and stated that the "Brisbane rock outfit constantly change[s] pace".
  
  ## Personnel
  
  Adapted from the album's liner notes.
  
  ### Musicians
  
  Violent Soho
  
  * James Tidswell — guitar (1–10)
  * Michael Richards — drums (1–10)
  * Luke Boerdam — guitar, vocals (1–10)
  * Luke Henery — bass (1–10)
  
  ### Technical
  
  * Greg Wales — production (1–10)
  * Will Yip — mixing (1–10)
  * Ryan Smith — mastering (1–10)
  
  ### Artwork
  
  * Rick Froberg — art
  * Ian Laidlaw — photos
  * Luke Henery — photos
  
  ## Charts
  
  ### Weekly charts
  
  | Chart (2020) | Peak position |
  | - | - |
  | Australian Albums (ARIA) | 1 |
  
  ### Year-end charts
  
  | Chart (2020) | Position |
  | - | - |
  | Australian Artist Albums (ARIA) | 49 |
  