Evans Blue – The Melody And the Energetic Nature Of Volume

When I first saw Evans Blue‘s CD, I was immediately intrigued. While I had never heard of the band before, the CD title, The Melody And the Energetic Nature Of Volume, struck a chord with me; and for some reason I really wanted to hear the CD. The title just attracted me that intensely. Sadly, I was incredibly busy and I couldn’t actually give it a spin until the next day at work. So I threw it into my CD rotation for the day to finally get a feel for the band. Sadly, it came and went without leaving any sort of impact. It blended into the background, and didn’t feel me with any hope for the album. So it soon fell to the back of my rotation and has been stuck there for a while now, but with the finally push for press of the CD looming down on me, I decided to dig into the pile of CDs around my computer and unearth The Melody And the Energetic Nature Of Volume for one more try, and my opinion has definitely become a bit more positive during the reprieve.

You see, Evans Blue still isn’t that outstanding, but it is better than I originally thought. It still comes, plays, and ends without much of an impact. And by that, I mean you can be listening to The Melody And the Energetic Nature Of Volume while doing something and actually get what you planned to do completed. Sure, this has its positive aspects, I mean, you get your work done, but that’s not what you want from an album. You want an album to make you stop what you’re doing, pull you out of the mindless drone of work and stop to ask yourself “Woah, who is this?” If a CD is able to do that, then it has succeeded, Evans Blue however have not been able to craft a CD to actually make you stop in your tracks.

That’s not saying that The Melody And the Energetic Nature Of Volume is an horrendous CD, because it’s not. It’s a hard rock album, that will successfully keep you entertained if all you’re doing is listening to the music; but the instance your mind wanders somewhere else it will be a while before you focus back on the music.

They sound very similar to many of the rock bands around today, like 32 Leaves, The Deftones or Twelve Stones. And they have a certain music quality which reminds me constantly of Evanescence. So really, if you’re a fan of the popular goth rock’s first single Bring Me To Life (which featured Paul McCoy from Twelve Stones), then chances are you’ll enjoy this.