| Produced
by frontman Art Alexakis and mixed by Andy Wallace (Nirvana, Jeff Buckley,
Rage Against The Machine), So Much For The Afterglow kicks hard with a
melodic punk edge. The record maintains Everclear's trademark sound, while
at the same time Alexakis and company have incorporated a variety of new
instrumentation including organ, banjo, toy pianos, a three-piece horn
section, keyboards, cello, violin and slide guitar. The Iyncs are as passionate
as ever. Basic tracks were recorded at Whitehorse Studios in Portland and
Rondor Studios in Los Angeles. All songs were mixed at Saylor Sound Recording
in Hollywood.
So
Much For The Afterglow is the long awaited follow-up to Everclear's Platinum-plus
breakthrough Sparkle & Fade, which was released in May of '95. The
album's 13 tracks were composed by Art Alexakis and his bandmates, Greg
Eklund (drums) and Craig Montoya (bass). All lyrics were wntten by Alexakis.
The first single will be "Everything to Everyone." Other key tracks include
the title song with its surprising harmonic intro, and the infectious high
speed "Amphetamine," which folds into a violin and cello outro.
As
Sparkle & Fade was more personal, intense and adventurous than its
predecessor World of Noise, So Much For The Afterglow again takes another
leap. |
