The Warning’s Everything’s Falling Is a Loud Portrait of Anxiety
- Jennifer Teeter
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Jennifer Teeter
Writer
August 30, 2026
In 2014, The Warning got their rise to fame through a cover of Metallica's “Enter Sandman.” The official YouTube video currently has 27 million views, with the youngest member, at the time of recording, only being 9 years old. The trio, originally from Monterrey, Mexico, consists of three sisters who had a passion for one thing: music.
Their sound takes a lot of inspiration from classic rock and alternative music, taking influence from favorites like Foo Fighters, Metallica, and Muse. The album focuses on anxiety, personal struggles, and betrayal, using not just heavier moments to portray these meanings, but also softer and quieter ones that are easier to take in. You can feel how the trio takes what they love and puts their own twist on their songwriting, whilst mixing in their Mexican roots.
The album starts with the track “Ritual,” a song about how anxiety can have a grip on you and the fear of losing the good things in life. After going into “Perfect Daughter” and the title track, “Everything's Falling,” you can immediately see the appeal of The Warning. They have a unique sound that stems from a plethora of inspirations, with great talent in their clean vocals, a mix of heavy instrumentation, and beautiful keys thrown into the softer parts.
However, upon getting to the track “Kill Or Be Killed,” you can see how a lot of the album starts to sound the same. Though it starts out catchy, the song itself is mundane. It makes a point about how people can change you over time, and how you can become a completely different person for someone, just for them to hate you. The song captures the feeling of betrayal and the realization that sometimes the people you trust most can be the ones who hurt you.
The only track that stands out front to back is “Ego.” The track is fully in Spanish and has a more mellow tone compared to the rest of the album. The song is about the people holding you back, with the second verse being about somebody who doesn't want to keep living the way they've been living and needs change, and that if you don't listen, the outcome will be the fault of whoever ignored the cries for help.
The album ends with “Kerosene,” a song that sounds like the end credits of a movie. Although it sounds like the rest of the album, it does give a closure as a satisfying ending. The song is about someone who acts like your friend but is really just a copycat. Pouring kerosene before the fire lights up, the song focuses on the confrontation of someone who, as the song says, “doesn't show their teeth.”
Overall, the songs have great meanings behind them, and they do a very good job of portraying those ideas. However, the album sounds about the same throughout, with many of the themes finding themselves redundant. The trio has undeniable talent and still has a long way to go.
Edited by: Jade Read
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