Year : 2016
Style : Alternative Metal , Alternative Rock
Country : Canada
Audio : 320 kbps + front + Video
Size : 152 mb
Bio:
Evans Blue is an alternative rock band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada founded in 2005. Altogether, they have sold over 1 million albums worldwide, including four studio albums and one live album.Evans Blue came together in early 2005. Five musicians, then in three separate bands, met through a local musician's message board. Lead singer Kevin Matisyn suggested the name, which refers to the dye that is injected into the bloodstream to measure blood volume, which he had read in one of his medical books. The band then caught the attention of producer Trevor Kustiak (Cool for August) and his partner Mari Dew, of The Pocket Studios. The original lead guitarist, Kevin Smith, left due to personal reasons before the group secured a record label.They recorded three demo songs, titled "Black Hole", "Saturnalia" and "Starlight", all of which were available on their personal MySpace page. At that time, updates on the bands' progress and prose by former lead singer, Kevin Matisyn were periodically given via the MySpace blogs.Evans Blue completed work on their debut album, The Melody and the Energetic Nature of Volume, in November 2005. Their first single, "Cold (But I'm Still Here)" hit airwaves in December and was later accompanied by a music video. The album was released February 21, 2006 through The Pocket Recordings/Hollywood Records. It debuted at No. 1 and spent several weeks in the top 10 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart and spawned a second single, "Over."In late March 2006, Evans Blue embarked upon their first U.S. tour alongside Taproot. They have since played with bands such as Staind, Alice in Chains, 10 Years, Three Days Grace, Flyleaf and former labelmates Breaking Benjamin.On April 1, 2006, drummer Darryl Brown left due to differences with bandmates lifestyles. That night in Boston, drummer Danny D (formerly of the band Dogfight) was temporarily brought in. The band played acoustic sets until he was up to speed, and he continued through the rest of the tour, which lasted until late October.After an eight-month stint touring around the United States, Evans Blue returned home and began work upon their second album, The Pursuit Begins When This Portrayal of Life Ends. Danny D left the band and was replaced by Howard Davis.In March 2007, Evans Blue was nominated for "Best New Band" at the annual Juno Awards.The first single from their second album, The Pursuit, hit airwaves May 21, 2007 and was accompanied by a music video, directed by Jesse Ewles. The Pursuit Begins When This Portrayal of Life Ends was released on July 24, 2007. The bands' website was given an overhaul to portray the sounds, images and themes of the new album. In March 2007, Evans Blue recorded acoustic versions of each song from The Melody to be released on . For a limited time, this was included with each purchase of The Pursuit from Best Buy, and contains commentary from lead singer, Matisyn, as well as a making-of documentary for the second album. The FYE version of the album did not include the Unplugged Melody, but instead had two additional tracks.On July 10, 2007, Evans Blue kicked off their first head-lining tour, Curbside Confession of a Catastrophe, in Toronto. The rest of the tour stopped across the western United States, with occasional performances in Vancouver, British Columbia. They were accompanied by Framing Hanley, Fair to Midland, and Submersed throughout the summer 2007 tour, which spanned through September. After a one-month break, the tour kicked off again October 27, 2007. Framing Hanley rejoined the band for the tour, with the additions of Saving Abel and Canadian rockers Neurosonic. This tour ended on December 31 in Houston, Texas, where they introduced a new song, "Good Enough," which would have been released on the upcoming third album. However, since Kevin Matisyn was voted out of the band, the song "Good Enough" has been scrapped.On July 28, 2008 Kevin Matisyn posted on his MySpace page that he is "formerly of Evans Blue." This was confirmed by Evans Blue on their MySpace page. Parker Lauzon of the band stated in a bulletin that "We did not choose anyone over him; he was simply voted out, not only because of musical differences but business differences as well. He simply was not making good decisions for this band anymore, and we as a group have decided to move on."Since 2009, Kevin Matisyn has started a new band named Parabelle which has released several albums.Dan Chandler has recently joined a side project supergroup named Fight or Flight with Disturbed members Dan Donegan and Mike Wengren. Their album "A Life by Design?" was released on July 23, 2013.Chandler also started hip-hop project called A Strange Day of Calm.Dan Chandler stated in an interview that Evans Blue would be taking a break, due to the fact that Parker Lauzon and Vlad Tanaskovic were becoming parents.The band announced on their Facebook page on August 14, 2015, that they would be in the studio within a month to begin recording album number five.The first single ("iGod") from their upcoming 5th album was released January 8, 2016. The new album Letters From The Dead is set to be released in spring 2016.
Album:
A decade after their debut release of The Melody And The Energetic Nature of Volume, EVANS BLUE gears up for the launch of their 5th studio album with long-time producer Trevor Kustiak via Sounds+Sights in the Spring of 2016. The first single “iGod” is now available for sale and streaming through all major digital outlets, with early airplay on SiriusXM Octane and a new lyric video on the Evans Blue YouTube channel.As with each of their albums, EVANS BLUE’s sound has evolved again, and the new album, titled Letters From The Dead, is definitely heavier - perhaps more aggressive - but it still holds true to the band’s melodic core sound that began a decade ago. Lyrically, singer Dan Chandler tapped into deep-seated, raw emotion for the new single. “iGod depicts our failure to recognize or consider a perspective other than our own,” Chandler relates, “To suggest or assume our ideas take priority over someone else’s only promotes conflict between two people who are very much the same otherwise.”Four years have passed since the band last released new music, but Chandler credits their passionate and dedicated fans (known as the “E|B Nation”) for the band’s continued positive, forward momentum, “I feel like I have a lot of people backing me up and supporting where we’re headed as a band.” New fans all over the world continue to share and discover the music every day, as evidenced by continued sales, millions of Spotify streams and over 10,000,000 YouTube views.Letters From The Dead will be released this spring, with a summer tour to follow, and the band cannot wait to get back on the road and reconnect with the #EBnation members, old and new.
Line Up:
Dan Chandler - vocals
V - lead guitar
Parker Lauzon - guitar
Joe Pitter - bass
Tracklist:
01. A Letter from the Dead (00:48)
02. Comfortable with Hate (04:11)
03. Still I Remain (04:02)
04. Just Once (04:29)
05. iGod (03:58)
06. The World as Broken (03:33)
07. The Forgiver (03:44)
08. End of Me (03:08)
09. Hold On (03:58)
10. Dead Amen (04:02)
11. Invisible Catastrophe (04:22)
12. Catch Me on Fire (04:06)
13. BS, Inc. (03:59)
+ Video "Erase My Scars" (Official Video)
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