Everything Changes

Everything Changes, featuring appearances from OK Go’s Ross and members of Locksley, is collection of piano-and-horn-driven pop songs that focus on the sunny side of bummers.
The Strokes-turned-Elton John banger “No Reason to Cry” begins as a consolation until exploding into a dance song. Meanwhile, the minor-keyed “Good Morning Marilyn” muses on interfaith dating while finding a blissful mean between the late-Beatles sound and ’90s guitar pop.
Oren’s lead single, the percussive “Everything Changes” boasts sunny vocals from old friend Nicole Atkins and is, he says tellingly, “about having the guts to reinvent yourself.”