Following nearly 8 years of relentless touring, international recording artists Everything decided it was time for a break from the road.

The band stepped out of the hustle and bustle and into the safety of their Virginia recording studio.

A nearly two-year break wasn't planned, but label mergers and reorganization put future album release plans on hold.

Rather than feeling down, Everything used this rare luxury of time to seek out that perfect musical vibe that has been in the making since their inception in 1989.

Now Everything has emerged reinvigorated with their strongest, tightest, most compelling collection of songs ever - People Are Moving.

People Are Moving is an honest to the core, power-packed album.

Fans of Super Natural, featuring "Hooch," - the runaway single also heard in the Adam Sandler film "The Waterboy" - won't be disappointed.

People Are Moving maintains the hooks found on Super Natural, which has sold over 250,000 copies since its release in 1998, but has upped the ante to the next level.

The new album jumps with a more refined sound, packs a harder punch and is accentuated with tight hooks and potent rhythms.

It is non-stop energy from end to end, an inspired blend of pop, rock and alternative flair that is hard on rhythm and heavy on groove, with stylishly placed dance beats thrown in for extra propulsion.

"What we were totally trying to go for on this album was marrying being a rock band with a dance outfit, not unlike U2 or Radiohead," says bassist Dave Slankard.

"Only we do this not with a DJ, but as a live band adding electronic flavor in an organic way." Everything, which includes guitarist/vocalist Craig Honeycutt, drummer/vocalist Nathan Brown and guitarist/keyboardist Steve Van Dam, first kicked it in the late eighties at James Madison University and immediately rebelled against the rising grunge scene in search of their own signature sound.

Along the way Everything absorbed a myriad of styles and sounds ("sopping up influences like a mop," laughs Honeycutt), adding them to the mix and slowly fusing them together like a team of mad scientists seeking to create that monster everyone loves.

"Everyone" includes past tour mates, The Barenaked Ladies, Cracker and Dave Matthews, who personally introduced Everything as one of his "favorite bands in the world." Everything is also a favorite of the silver screen and television.

Tracks from Supernatural were heard on such TV shows as "Charmed," "Clueless," "The Opposite Sex," and MTV's "Road Rules," "Real World" and "Say What Karaoke." Besides "The Waterboy," the movie "Drop Dead Gorgeous" also featured an Everything cover of David Bowie's "Young Americans." The band even performed at the 1999 Super Bowl and on the Rosie O'Donnell Show.

Now that monster is on the loose again - and in grand fashion - with a new album that is clearly bigger than the sum of its parts.

The band reaches new peaks with every song.

"GYGO" throbs with an irrepressible, pulsating beat while "All The Way" is the quintessential funky groove song, packing explosive hooks that rocket high on Brown's kinetic drumbeat.

"People Are Moving" steams forward on the soulful current of Honeycutt's emotive vocals and slinky guitar lines.

"So Be It" reveals Everything's musical diversity, cooling the tempo down with an early-70's funk n' soul rhythm, complete with tasty horns and deep-fried basslines that give a nod to Marvin Gaye while remaining undeniably now.

As a whole, People Are Moving displays Everything's outright musical dynamism song after song.