Evans Blue - The Pursuit Begins When This Portrayal Of Life Ends
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Free Music Review: Too Little Too Soon.
Hit: 3 Stars
It wasn't much more than a year ago that Evans Blue came onto the scene and injected some much needed freshness into the modern rock scene. With their debut, The Melody And The Energetic Nature of Volume, each song was catchy enough to be a single, yet weird enough to ensure staying power, and with enough substance to attract even the most fickle of rock fans. Although the album didn't quite reach the same level commercially, as some would have predicted, it still set the band up with a solid fanbase and quite a bit of anticipation for their next album. All the better then, that after a year and a handful of months, they are back with a brand new album, right? Well...
It's not that "The Pursuit Begins When This Portrayal Of Life Ends" (Holy long album titles, Batman) is a bad piece of work. In fact, when listened to immediately after the first album, it holds up rather well. However, what always happens with rush-jobs such as this, and all the more unfortunate for a new band, is that they were not allowed time to grow and to create something new. Basically, "The Pursuit..." sounds like it could have been the second disc to a double album of the debut. There really hasn't been much change to the Evans Blue formula -- not that it needs change -- so if you have spent the last year digging the first album, it's going to be rather difficult to appreciate this one, as it sounds virtually indentical. Heck, they even covered another solo female pop-artist. This time around, it's Tori Amos on "Caught A Lite Sneeze." Deja vu, anyone?
The blunt truth is that had Evans Blue waited another year, experimented and grown a bit more, they would more than likely have a stunning second album in 2008 to crush the competition with. But as it is, "The Pursuit Begins When This Portrayal Of Life Ends" is too little too soon.
Free Music Review: Something More is Needed...
Hit: 3 Stars
This cd has all the makings of being a great one. However, I feel the lead singer is holding back his voice too much. In many of the songs, I noticed if you turn up the music loud in a system you can barely hear his voice. I feel one thing that needs to be done is he needs to show more emotion in his words and use his "screaming voice" to his advantage. The song that really jumped out to me on the previous album was "Over", and this is because he used his powerful voice to display emotion. Many of the songs on this album are very powerful instrumentally, but the voice in many cases just doesn't match the music.
There are some good songs on this cd, but it seems to get more boring as you move on from track to track. Most Evans Blue fans will like this album, but more needs to happen with this band if they really want to make it big...
Free Music Review: Nothing spectacular
Hit: 3 Stars
Evan's blue burst out with their first CD. Song after song on their first effort was outstanding. I belive that this CD may have been a little rushed, in order to build off of their success. Much of this CD sounds the same. The songs all seem to have the same beat and feel to them. Don't get me wrong, I do love their sound; but something is missing from it. The tracks that stood out the most Included:
2. Shine Your Cadillac
3. Q (The Best One of Our Lives)
4. Kiss the Flag
6. Pin-up
Free Music Review: Good, but definitely not great
Hit: 3 Stars
I keep listening to the songs, hoping that I'm missing something. Evans Blue has a cool sound, and a lot of potential. Unfortunately that potential seems to be largely unrealized in their songs. They seem to be trying to incorporate the best aspects of several sub-genres of rock (an excellent idea) but not doing it as well as, for instance, Fair to Midland. In addition, the songs on this album are generally not as good as ones from their debut. Sigh...