The Sharp Things began as two friends escaping New York City for a musical retreat in the mid-‘90s, and the band has steadily grown into a full-on New York ensemble with an increasing amount of collaborators that help that original duo, made up of vocalist/pianist Perry Serpa and drummer Steven Gonzalez, realize their vision of bouncy, full, percussive alt-rock. EverybodyEverybody finds Serpa heading up a group of around 20 musicians and vocalists that bring in everything from organ and strings to flugelhorn and theremin. The first half of the album tends toward bombastic exclamations, as in the lilting call-and-response of “Daphne’s Coming Over,” the dancy “Something Big” and the melodic singalong of “Sport’s Drinking Again,” which brings together seemingly all of those previously mentioned collaborators,building to a climax of resounding horns that give way to the ironic interlude of “Hail to the Chief.” The tracks take a subdued turn with “There’s Been No One Since You,” which lowers the energy but rightly maintains the full sound that is the band’s strength. The album climaxes with the musical-theater vibe of “Family Day at the Lake” and closing track “The Libertine Ciel Rouge,” which actually sounds like the musical offspring of Tom Waits and Gloria Estefan.