EVI VINE is a singer/ songwriter emerging from UK’s underground music scene. She has one of the most beautiful voices I ever heard. It reminds me of Kate Bush, Chelsea Wolfe, Lisa Gerrard and Moya Brennan (from CLANNAD). She has been inspired by such diverse artists as the COCTEAU TWINS, ARVO PART, PORTISHEAD and NINE INCH NAILS. Raw and emotive, Evi’s powerful, but minimalist narrative style is very much her own. Her compositions are haunting, as if a female Leonard Cohen was whispering stories of loneliness and loss right into your ear. Following a remarkable work on the first album of THE EDEN HOUSE and an amazing first solo album (‘... and So The Morning Comes’), released in 2011, she's coming back with a new single, ‘My Hands Are Tied/ Porcelain’, which announces a forthcoming sophomore album, called ‘Give Your Heart To The Hawks’.
While her debut Album ‘…and So The Morning Comes’ had been recorded exclusively at her home in Kent, together with her partner in crime, Steven Hill, Evi's new songs were co-produced by Richard Formby (Mogwai, Ghostpoet, Spacemen 3, Wild Beasts) and mixed by the legendary Phil Brown (Portishead, John Martyn, Talk Talk). Inspired by a sub-zero winter hiding out in the woodlands of greater Berlin and finding a home with Robinson Jeffers & Henry David Thoreau, the duo explore the dark elemental nature of the human heart, as well as environmental & post-apocalyptic themes.
Featuring on the album are guest musicians Martyn Barker (Goldfrapp/ Shriekback), Tatia Starkey (My Vitriol/ Lola Colt), Peter Yates (Fields of the Nephilim) and Billy Cote (Madder Rose). In an interview I had with her, Evi had said that the new songs would be more "percussive", with elements of trip-hop, mainly due to the influence of Phil Brown. The evolution is very subtle here, as the two songs of the new single are beautiful slow ambient ballads, much in the style of her previous work. We are looking forward to the new album!
My Hands Are Tied / Porcelain 7” Release date: July 18th
To listen to the songs:
https://soundcloud.com/evi-vine/my-hands-are-tied/s-LgP5k
https://soundcloud.com/evi-vine/porcelain/s-Ra6HX
To watch the brand new video of "My Hands Are Tied":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOv7W-13zQs
www.evivine.com
