We Were Evergreen at The Borderline
We Were Evergreen – The Borderline – 06 December 2011
Words by Jamie Reynolds / Photos by Marcus Maschwitz
It’s been a long while since I randomly stumbled across a new band that I instantly love and never before has this happened before I even heard an actual full track of theirs … last week I was walking through St. Pancras train station and the trio that is We Were Evergreen were sound checking as part of the Station Sessions and I knew that I had to stay and watch them play.
I loved what they were doing and bought their EP which I have killed since trying to learn as much of the tracks that I could in preparation for their headline show tonight at The Borderline. The trio are from Paris and have just relocated to London to step up and focus on their music journey together. I really like these guys and because of this I was almost feeling worried for them wondering if people would actually end up coming through to this show. My worries were smashed right out the park when we arrived at the venue to find it EXTREMELY full with a mass of people ready to party … the secret I thought I had was out. I slotted in to the last gap available and 15 minutes later the trio took to the stage.
From the first note I am reminded of that amazing feeling that I got hearing them a week earlier in the station and I get excited for the next 50+ minutes of their set that is perfectly put together. The 3 band members have a connection to each other as well as the music they make that I can connect to with ease. I don’t know all of their tracks but my foot definitely taps along to all of them and everyone around me is dancing and clapping hands.
The three of them play a mass amount of instruments and use live looping to bring together the tracks throwing in a bunch of beat boxing and mouth sounds into the mix. I’ve never really seen anything like this before and all their music has a great feel to it with inspirations of happy days, nursery rhymes, love, dancing and days gone by … it’s really hard to pinpoint any one artist that they are like and I think this is only because their stuff is very unique.
We Were Evergreen are new to me but I know off the cuff, especially after tonight, that I am going to follow them for as long as they are around for. They’re the “cutest” and “nicest” of people and when the show ends I am left smiling along with the full house but then I realize that it might be a while until I get to see them play live again. It’s a pity.
Make sure to look these three up and try to see them live. I guarantee that anyone and everyone can fall in love with what they do … it’s easy.
