This is definitely one of the biggest
surprises of 2016 for me, and one of the best albums I’ve listened to, during
this year. ‘Evership’ was a name that meant nothing to me, until
I heard ‘Silver Light’ for the first time. Oh, if you could only see my
expression at the time! I felt like a
kid that just discovered a new wonderful candy!
I conducted a
small research in order to learn more, which as it proved wasn’t that hard,
because lately many people are talking about them. Something also tells me that
this is only the beginning. Well, I hope so at least!
Now let’s get
to the point! Evership is a band from
Nashville, that is based upon two people: Shane Atkinson, who is a composer and
multi-instrumentalist, and Beau West who is the lead singer. And what a singer!
Beau is one of the best singers I’ve had the pleasure of hearing recently!
I’ve read that many people describe the colour of his voice
Freddie-Mercury-like, although I wouldn’t get that far. In fact, there is no reason to try to compare him with anyone
actually, because he has a wonderful voice, and his overall performance on the
album is excellent! I think that’s what really matters. But Shane and Beau are not alone in this.
Behind them there is a whole band, including some very good musicians as it is
proved in all the songs of the album.
‘Evership’ is
the band’s debut album, and it is something they were preparing for many years.
Let’s hope that we will not have to wait that long for their next one.
The album
opens with the really excellent ‘Silver
Line’, which I can’t stop listening to! The thing is that, every time it
sounds better and better to my ears, and the same happens with the whole album.
And right after that, comes the – almost-12 minute-long – epic ‘A Slow Descent into Reality’ that is
divided into 6 parts; another really great song. With so many twists and turns
that I lost count, is one of the album’s best moments in my opinion. I could recommend you to buy this album
only for these 2 songs, but you know what? There’s more!
Next, comes the -10-minute-long – Evermore, which is divided in 2 parts, ‘Eros’ and ‘Agape’ both
Greek words, describing in a different way the word Love. At the beginning of
this song I realised why some people compare Beau West with Freddie Mercury,
but still… Good song, but not one of my favourites in the album. (The general
style of Evermore has a strong Queen “essence” in my opinion).
Evermore
is followed by another long piece, Ultima
Thule, a rather slow and relaxed track in the beginning, that is changing
over and over again as time passes. Very good song and excellent performance by
Beau West once more.
The 5th track of the album - which is the
longest one - is the wonderful Flying
Machine; a real epic! During the almost 14 minutes that is its length,
gives the listener the opportunity to close his eyes and let his mind fly with
the help of the music.
If I
had to describe the album in a few words, I could say that it is a wonderful
travel for the mind to far and wonderous places with the wave of music. I
don’t know if I am describing it properly, but to me is exactly that. Because music is not mathematics, music is
pictures, feelings, ideas and passion. And this album includes strong doses of
all those things!
That’s why I
will give 5 stars and I will say a very big ‘Thank you’ to Evership for this
wonderful piece of art that they offered to us!
HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED!
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