Name: Vanilla
Brand: Evans The Death

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Limited edition

Release date

2016-06-10

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Evans The Death

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Indie Pop / Shoegaze

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Fortuna Pop

Evans The Death is an English indie rock band that was formed in London in 2011. With their unique sound and captivating performances, they have quickly gained a loyal following. Drawing inspiration from a range of genres, including punk and pop, Evans The Death has created a distinctive style that sets them apart from other artists.

Similar to bands such as Standard Fare, Tender Trap, and Joanna Gruesome, Evans The Death brings a fresh perspective to the indie rock scene. Their music combines catchy melodies with introspective lyrics, creating songs that resonate with listeners on a deep level.

With influences from Veronica Falls, Allo Darlin', and The Spook School among others, Evans The Death's music is both nostalgic and forward-thinking. Their energetic live shows are not to be missed - *their* passion for music shines through every performance.

Fortuna Pop was an English pop label that was founded in 1995. Known for its dedication to promoting independent and alternative music, the label quickly gained a reputation for releasing high-quality albums from talented artists. However, on 31 July 2016, Fortuna Pop sadly announced that it would be shutting down. Despite its closure, the label's legacy lives on through the incredible music it released during its time.

London 5 piece Evans the Death return with 'Vanilla', their most ambitious and experimental album to date, eschewing the more traditional pop structures and hooks of their first two albums, 2012's self titled debut and 2015's 'Expect Delays'. While 'Expect Delays' was a step towards something more interesting, more collaborative, experimental and abrasive - a bleak, introspective kind of album that still retained a pop sensibility - 'Vanilla' sees the band veer in an ever more adventurous direction: more aggressive, extroverted and raw. The new album was recorded at Lightship95 in London with producer Rory Attwell. Highly variegated in style and mood, brimming with extreme contrasts, from noisy to funky to melodic, energetic to dejected, full of chaos and restlessness, the album was the result of a carefully planned recording strategy. With no specific musical reference point, the songs on 'Vanilla' veer wildly in style, lending a real energy and vitality to the flow of the album. There's the psychedelic snarl of 'Haunted Wheelchair' built around dissonant, ominous, jazz-like chords, which build a sense of dread and paranoia but also a strange excitement. There's also the no-wave party vibe of 'Suitcase Jimmy', a semi-improvised portrait of a fictional down-at-heel actor built around a Wilko Johnson-ish guitar part. 'Hey! Buddy' is an "unintentionally mean-spirited" askew pop tune from the point of view of a cloying and over-zealous fan of the band. While the wartime dancehall of 'Cable St. Blues' is an odd duet between two parts of the psyche, representing "an argument you have with yourself, about depression and extreme self-criticism and self-doubt, struggling to function", and named after the site of the 1936 riots where the band wrote the album. Newest member Daniel Raphael's present to the band, 'Hot Sauce' is led by a groovy, capacious bassline, while Olly's 'Armchair Theatre', the quietest, prettiest song on the record, starts out like a soft rock classic and turns in to a gorgeously mournful song.LP - 180 Gram Vinyl with Download.

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