In a world where likes & followers are the new currency, it’s a welcome surprise to hear a band that is not following the tides and currents.
Evoletah are doing it on their terms. They borrow from the past, add their sparkles and twists, and make it their own.
‘Calliope dreaming ‘is the latest chapter in the Evoletah tome. It feels like an artist at work on a blank canvas, building the nuances & subtleties as the works progress. As if each deft stroke of the brush has its own purpose in the grand scheme. It’s an album made for a lost generation, from another time.
Pulsing jazz-infused bass and swinging drums collude with effortless piano runs from Ben Johns & lush strings to create a panoramic palate for Matt Cahill to narrate his noir-like lullabies. He leads us down a path of emotions with his tales of love, loss & hope.
It feels effortless at times. The uplifting child-like feel on the title track. Sunny days without a care in the world, yet underneath there is a longing for confession. The dark aching corners of “Been a long time”. ‘The fool & the candle’ has a grandiose cinematic feel. A song you don’t want to finish.
‘Calliope dreaming’ manages to block out the modern digital world & mutes the white noise. It gives the listener a window to escape through. To run through the fields and wander down the dusty paths, with the breeze in your face.
Release Date: 2023
Evoletah are doing it on their terms. They borrow from the past, add their sparkles and twists, and make it their own.
‘Calliope dreaming ‘is the latest chapter in the Evoletah tome. It feels like an artist at work on a blank canvas, building the nuances & subtleties as the works progress. As if each deft stroke of the brush has its own purpose in the grand scheme. It’s an album made for a lost generation, from another time.
Pulsing jazz-infused bass and swinging drums collude with effortless piano runs from Ben Johns & lush strings to create a panoramic palate for Matt Cahill to narrate his noir-like lullabies. He leads us down a path of emotions with his tales of love, loss & hope.
It feels effortless at times. The uplifting child-like feel on the title track. Sunny days without a care in the world, yet underneath there is a longing for confession. The dark aching corners of “Been a long time”. ‘The fool & the candle’ has a grandiose cinematic feel. A song you don’t want to finish.
‘Calliope dreaming’ manages to block out the modern digital world & mutes the white noise. It gives the listener a window to escape through. To run through the fields and wander down the dusty paths, with the breeze in your face.
Release Date: 2023
There are times when a work of art – a film, a book, an album – seems to reveal more than its content.
It speaks to the life of its creator, not simply as confessional or catharsis, nor as a clamor for our attention
but rather, as a kind of whisper. A note shared in secret.
Such is the case with Evoletah’s vinyl only album 'Run with the Hunted'.
Steeped in the accrued ambiguities of memory and suffused with through-lines of tenderness,
longing and the gathered bruises of history, this is a milestone record. A new decade,
a voice given full rein, a subtle rebellion.
Release Date March: 2020
It speaks to the life of its creator, not simply as confessional or catharsis, nor as a clamor for our attention
but rather, as a kind of whisper. A note shared in secret.
Such is the case with Evoletah’s vinyl only album 'Run with the Hunted'.
Steeped in the accrued ambiguities of memory and suffused with through-lines of tenderness,
longing and the gathered bruises of history, this is a milestone record. A new decade,
a voice given full rein, a subtle rebellion.
Release Date March: 2020
Evoletah’s latest album, We Ache For The Moon, is a masterclass in conception, collaboration and coruscation.
The recording finds the Adelaide band in peak form, benefiting from a superb performance by Katie Underwood.
The songs are striking, incandescent, sometimes lofty, structurally adroit and terrifically performed with stellar vocals.
Matt Cahill and Underwood found their voices with The Violets and Bardot respectively,
and have developed their sounds over many years.
Now, they’ve perfected their music and arguably delivered a masterpiece.
Release Date: 2014
The recording finds the Adelaide band in peak form, benefiting from a superb performance by Katie Underwood.
The songs are striking, incandescent, sometimes lofty, structurally adroit and terrifically performed with stellar vocals.
Matt Cahill and Underwood found their voices with The Violets and Bardot respectively,
and have developed their sounds over many years.
Now, they’ve perfected their music and arguably delivered a masterpiece.
Release Date: 2014
Sleepwalker
'Sleepwalker', a year in the making.
A set of gentle, folk-inspired rock tunes. Pensive songs created with astute
minimalism.
An artful effort that sees the project progress & enter into new territory!
"it that seems as though they know their way around"
Genre: Alternative/Rock/Avant-Prog Release Date: 2012
A set of gentle, folk-inspired rock tunes. Pensive songs created with astute
minimalism.
An artful effort that sees the project progress & enter into new territory!
"it that seems as though they know their way around"
Genre: Alternative/Rock/Avant-Prog Release Date: 2012
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Evaporating
And now we have Evaporating, the band’s keenly anticipated seven track follow up. Suffused with shimmering guitar and fleshed out with occasional strings, it luxuriates in the beautiful and the bittersweet. It is at once smart and tender, inspired by love and memory. It is life seen from the sky. “We’re all amazed at how magical this whole process has been,” Cahill explains. “In many ways it should never have happened. It’s like that dirty brown river of your life evaporating and falling back to earth as diamonds. It’s like a whole new life. ”
Genre: Rock: Avant-Prog Release Date: 2009
Genre: Rock: Avant-Prog Release Date: 2009
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Draw Your Gun EP
New offering from 'EVOLETAH' Draw Your Gun EP, featuring cover art from the Australian Artist, 'Michelle Cahill' also includes the brooding instrumental of the title track, 'Evaporating' & the Demo Version of 'Bloody Circus' Genre: Rock: Adult Alternative Pop/Rock Release Date: 2010 'Available Download Only' |
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Fool's Errand
Dark introspective rock with accessible sensibilities. Genre: Rock: Progressive Rock Release Date: 2008
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Also available on ITunes
All releases available on ITunes, (Evoletah)