American goth rock band Evanescence is back with their distinctive brand of melodramatic gloom delivered through crunchy guitar riffs, pian...
American goth rock band Evanescence is back with their distinctive brand of melodramatic gloom delivered through crunchy guitar riffs, piano melodies and lead singer Amy Lee’s mezzo-soprano. On April 24, the band released the single Wasted on You from their upcoming album, The Bitter Truth, their first release in nine years with new original songs.
The video, directed by PR Brown, has been assembled from footage shot by band members in their respective homes while self-isolating because of the coronavirus pandemic. The single is classic Evanescence. It doesn’t betray any of the upheavals and disruptions that popular music, particularly, rock, has undergone in the two decades since the band’s release of their best-selling debut album, Fallen (2003). That record won them two Grammy Awards.
“As much as I focus on our evolution and the new sounds bring so much excitement, I love and recognise our core too and wouldn’t want to abandon the heart of what our sound is,” Lee told Scroll.in in an email interview about catering to the expectations of their fanbase and musically challenging themselves.
A release date has not yet been set for The Bitter Truth.
Lee added that unlike their earlier works, the band hasn’t used any strings or orchestral instruments...
