Stephen Evens: Employee Of The Month
Employee Of The Month
LP
LP (Long Play)
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- Label: Onomatopoeia
- Bestellnummer: 10292049
- Erscheinungstermin: 28.8.2020
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'A post-punk bovver-boy groove, heavy bass, and shrewdly astute lyrics. Stephen very kindly told us about how the song came to be,' Harmonic Distortion '...big fans of the track's head-nodding, metronomic charms, and rousing chorus,' GIITTV '...packed with all the left-tilting wonk, charm and fuzz that you can expect from anything EvEns puts out!' Raw Meat Employee of The Month is packed full of candour as post-punk, indie-pop troubadour Stephen EvEns unleashes his alter-ego.
This beatnik, indie-punk escapade is accompanied with swooping motoric guitars, squelching effects and crackling sounds that fluctuate from the exotic, improvisational to a deadpan realism. EvEns muses on the futility and injustice of the world, all delivered with a huge wry smile and a glamorous, magical and eccentric delivery. The album kicks-off with the single Dustbin Man focusing on key workers and the people that knit society together, with booming oscillating guitars and a post-punk disjointedness.
Push Yr. Thumb builds on a massive wave of distortion, as the pendulum swings to a passionate accompaniment of off-kilter violins in this post-punk dystopian trajedy. Freak Show guests William D. Drake on piano and accentuates EvEns cabaret style as he re-collects a tale of migration to the city. The vocals fill with a melancholic timbre in a dramatic search for a positive future. Jon Snow shares vocals with Caroline Gilchrist (Hot Sauce Pony) echoing the sound of Fun Boy Three. A sliding, sludgy drumbeat, as vocals express caution, 'somethings lurking in the water, but you still look to the sky.' I Hate Shop re-collects life with a major high street retailer - a glamorous critique - crashing, roaring sounds break the bleak banality of shop life.
The Crystal Palace cries, 'come and get me and take me home,' is a beautifully crafted piece, delicate and moving.Multi-instrumentalist and talented artist in his own right Stephen EvEns tours with his own guitar and full band line-up, or occasional casio-tone.
- Tracklisting
- Mitwirkende
LP
- 1 Dustbin Man
- 2 Push Yr Thumb In Yr Eye
- 3 Claude
- 4 Freak Show
- 5 John Snow
- 6 George & Kathleen
- 7 I Hate Shop (I Am Shop)
- 8 Career Criminal
- 9 The Crystal Palace
- 10 The Day I Burned My House Down