If you're familiar with the work of Talking Heads, then you probably know that their most prolific period of albums between 1978-80 were all collaborated with and helmed by Brian Eno, one of the greatest producers that's ever lived. Some of you may not remember though that Talking Heads' lead singer David Byrne teamed up with Eno in 1981 to make one of the most influential albums on the Electronic and Hip-Hop genre with My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, an album that pioneered the ways of sampling that is so commonplace in music today. 27 years later, Byrne & Eno have finally returned with a follow-up record but Everything That Happens Will Happen Today is much more of a song structured Pop record than Bush of Ghosts was and is probably as close to a late 70's Talking Heads reunion that I think music fanatics will ever get.

Everything That Happens was actually born out of two artists just swapping ideas back and forth through e-mail over the years. Eno would send song structures, Byrne would send back lyrical ideas, and over the years 11 finalized tracks were eventually put together. If you're the kind of person that's hoping for something mind blowing here from these two however, then you better curb your expectations right now. All the musical production on Everything That Happens sonically is very similar to the kind of subtle production nuances that Eno brings to U2's work and Byrne's lyrics here are very similar to the themes of reflection and looking back on the past that he's stuck to on his last couple of solo records. One song though, "Poor Boy" will totally bring you right back to the African-Funk stylings of Fear of Music/Remain In Light era Talking Heads that I absolutely adore. Though it's not even close to being an essential release, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today is a thoroughly enjoyable collaboration between two legends that have nothing left to prove and that's more than enough for me to thumb it up.