XLVIII. And Also The Trees | The Evening Of The 24th

AND ALSO THE TREES

The Evening Of The 24th

©Reflex. UK, 1987.

‟The Evening Of The 24th es el primer disco en directo de And Also The Trees. Fue grabado en Suiza, durante la gira promocional de su magistral "Virus Meadow", que les llevo por toda Europa. Con su gran dramatismo y ese aura entre teatro y música, The Evening, capta el mejor momento artístico de una de las primeras bandas góticas de la música. Fue publicado en 1987 por Reflex.

"A Room Lives In Lucy", abre el disco con una impresionante interpretación vocal de Simon Jones, seguido por las intensas "Wallpaper Dying" y "Slow Pulse Boy". Su single debut, "Shantell", suena aquí más poderosa que en el estudio, y cierra el disco la versión en directo del evocador tema de su album debut "So This Is Silence".‟

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III. And Also The Trees | And Also The Trees

AND ALSO THE TREES
And Also The Trees
©Reflex. UK, 1984.

‟How could I not surrender to the charm of the most poetic, creative an unique band from England?. Their songs are like beautiful paintings or strange stories/ poems, the characters: an evil count, a thoughtful prince in his chamber, the ghost of Jenny Bailey, Vincent Craine and the woman impatiently awaiting for him, the virus invading the meadow, a man narrating his imminent shipwreck in a drifting boat with torn sails (which reminds me very much of Edgard Allan Poe's "M.S found in a bottle"), a girl floating in a stream (according to Simon , it´s an allegory for the death of the nature, and it reminds us a lot to "Ophelia by J.E Millais, the preraphaelite painter, one of their influences around this time), mermen and dust sailors, a man with a "wooden leg", the sea itself (sea change), the lights of Phoenix, a lighthouse , Genevieve in velvet streets,etc. All these characters and others seem to become very much real in their songs.

No matter if their inspiration comes from the countryside, the sea or the urbanization (Like in their last albums),And also the trees will always give us their beautiful music, filled with images, metaphors, sensitiveness and depth. Accompanied by the sometimes delicate and other times powerful justin Jones' guitar, Steven Burrows ' rhythmic bass, Nick Havas' drums (now Paul Hills') and Simon huw Jones' dramatic voice , which couldn´t certainly be missing.‟

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