Consider everything you think you know about Evermore. Run through their history, of brothers
Jon, Peter and Dann Hume growing up in the rural New Zealand town of Feilding and finding
their feet as musicians. Reflect on their breakthrough 2004 debut Dreams and its beautifully
crafted follow-up, 2006’s Real Life, selling platinum and double platinum respectively. Look at
their six ARIA Award nominations, two NZ Music Awards, Channel [V] and MTV gongs, and the
high esteem in which music fans and peers hold them. Gather those thoughts for a moment –
then get ready to be blown away.
“It’s the album we’ve wanted to make since we started the band,” says singer and guitarist
Jon, 25. “It's a concept album that takes inspiration from trashy media and political
propaganda, and turns it into a fun, over the top rock'n'roll show.”
It’s an impressive united vision that began as abstract thoughts and came together into a solid
concept over 18 months in the band’s studio near their new home city of Melbourne.
y
The result, the beautifully crafted Truth Of The World: Welcome To The Show, is one of the most
ambitious albums you’ll ever hear. A grandiose piece of music that plays out like a modern
brave new world rock opera, its foundation is built on a fictional news broadcast and branches
out to paint aural pictures of a space saturated with cheap consumer pleasures, ads, channelsurfing
sound effects and catchphrases woven into a rich musical tapestry.
|
