So as rare as it may be to have mega writing success over 3 decades.
They put a high value in the bands worth and insulated themselves by using their names in the band name, they were never subject to cheap replacements and that transient band member vibe.Īs far as their writing, perhaps the fact that there was so much turbulence, among the band, and that they had individually developed a lot of angst among themselves, and their unusual brilliance probably, but I think smart men like these, seeing how relationships &!bickering & drugs hurt their productivity and upended a lot of tours hurting what could have been, as really the sky was the limit for them. Very few have such long range sustained success as writers. Mature, dark and beautiful, Wasted On You is a triumphant return.I thought the band was very smart, and all the participants, except for the excesses, and prolific musically as writers and performers. Just check out her epic sustained note toward the end – it’s the crowning moment on a song that serves as a potent reminder as to why Evanescence have enjoyed life long after releasing Bring Me To Life. If we’re talking the wider Evanescence canon, it’s a song that could nestle in quite nicely between Lithium and Lost In Paradise in a live set.Ībove all else, however, it is – perhaps unsurprisingly at this point – Amy Lee’s voice and sorrowful delivery that remains at centre stage. Musically, this is part lullaby, part gothic power ballad – boasting haunting piano passages bolstered with the occasional eruption of burning distortion. Make no mistake: it takes a lot of confidence to make your grand comeback sound so slowburn and graceful.Īs far as opening gambits go, the lyrics, ‘I don’t need drugs, I’m already six feet low’ serve as a perfect primer for what follows: a sombre meditation on romantic numbness. What may at first sound comparatively understated for them is actually anything but. Perhaps liberated by their new way of unveiling the album “one piece at a time”, they’ve going not for the jugular here, but rather an incisive snip of the heartstrings. Wasted On You’s slow-boil tension contrasts starkly with the maximalist philosophy of previous lead singles like Bring Me To Life, Call Me When You’re Sober and What You Want. The pressing thing to note is that, as far as first strikes go, this is a very different approach from Evanescence. READ THIS: An epic conversation with Amy Lee and Sharon Den Adel “We are proud to begin sharing our new album The Bitter Truth with you, one piece at a time…” Which brings us to Wasted On You: the long-long-loooong-awaited first single from the band’s new album. “We promised you a new album in 2020 and we won’t let anything stop us,” Evanescence tweeted.
Wasted on the way mac#
Since then, we’ve had everything from tours to archival deep digging (their Ultimate Collection 2016 boxset included the Lost Whispers and Origins rarities collections), an Amy Lee children’s album, and even a Fleetwood Mac cover for Gears Of War 5. The desperation charging this line of inquisition was, of course, understandable: the group’s last original studio record was their self-titled release way back in 2011. She took time out to raise a child and it was, “Where’s the new Evanescence album?!” She proved her credentials as a film composer with her brilliant Aftermath outing in 2014 and it was, “Where’s the new Evanescence album?!” Even when the group released their Synthesis record in 2017, featuring gorgeous orchestral reworkings of their back catalogue, that question still echoed ad infinitum: “WHERE’S THE NEW EVANESCENCE ALBUM?!” For the past, let’s call it seven years, it’s almost become Amy Lee’s full-time job to field one question over and over again: “Where’s the new Evanescence album?!” And oh how she has fielded it.
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