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| "You
know that part in Radiohead's "2+2=5" where beautiful balladry
yields to full-on guitar mayhem? You remember how damn cool you thought that transition was? Well, San Francisco's Evening liked it, too, and on their first album, they do something similar-for about 45 minutes. Mind-crushing." -Spin, March 2004 |
| "By
balancing the concentric with the opposing, Evening ensnares its listeners....The crowned mantle of their live set is “Wither and Bloom”; its drum track provides balance for pulsing instrumentation before crashing into a tumbling mix of bass, guitar and synthesized effects. Rist’s vocals pierce the haunting guitar effects created by Sklenar with a “Line 6” effects box and by Burik with an Echoplex delay. West Coast Performer Feb. 2004 |
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"LA
Music fans are in for a treat, as Evening take over Spaceland to show
LA just what its been missing. For the past year Evening has won over
a loyal NorCal following by merging the worlds of indie rock with
the darkness and edge of the electro scene. Picture Built to Spill,
Pavement, Radiohead and Bowie influences stuck into a blender...add
some black paint - you get Evening." "One
of my favorite bands here at the moment are a bunch of 70's-style
new wavers called Evening who are unsigned..." "A
very amazing local band. They played ahead of Interpol at the Bottom
of the Hill show. Man my mind was seriously fu#!cked. I enjoyed their
performance so much i bought the EP, Placing You Center. Although
the songs are great...it doesn't hold a candle to their live performance....check
this band out" "Syncopated,
driving guitar lines run up against lush but detached Radiohead-y
sound-paintings of keyboard and drum. An elfin god-of-rock guitarist
scythe-cuts high energy, crisp, interlocking, mathy sequences in and
around them. David Bowie-meets-Thurston Moore vocals canter and caterwaul
always on the verge of emotion, but stay just one step past cool,
eschewing traditional verse-chorus-verse, in favor of arty experimentation
and the feeling. Current darlings of the indie rock coolies." "Evening's
new EP, Placing You Center, features catchy, artful, well-composed
gloom.... The self-released Placing You Center is a dark little jewel,
a late-night no-joy ride of splintered guitar and minor-key organ." "San
Francisco's The Evening shoot missives of emotive post-rock inspired
by Radiohead, Bowie and the usual avant-pop suspects. Blindingly cathartic,
moody yet detached, The Evening mix glamour and sophistication in
a dramatic package." "The
relatively new local group, who have a really polished sound live,
have potential for making the dark wave underground accessible to
a wider audience." "Based
in San Francisco, Highpoint Lowlife Records just released their flagship
2 CD comp entitled 'Tired of Standing Still'……some highlights include
the hypnotic but all-too-short 'Near Death' by a group called The
Evening" "Top
10 Live and Legal Shows 10. The Evening and Erase Eratta (opening
for The Fall), Great American Music Hall, November 19th" - Deborah
Giattina
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