Another blast from the past this week comes from Evanescence who have announced their first album in nine years. The album titled ‘The Bitter Truth’ will be released incrementally over the course of this year.
You can watch the life-in-quarantine video for recently released ‘Wasted on You’ here.
The video was shot by each member on their iPhones whilst currently in isolation and directed by P.R. Brown in collaboration with the band. It captures the internal highs and lows that each of us are experiencing on a daily basis.
Amy explains, “We were recording this music right up until we couldn’t go into the studio anymore, and finished it remotely through file sharing and phone calls. We are still writing and have a lot more work to do on this album, but this time we wanted to release the songs individually, as we create, to live more in the moment with our fans and our music.
‘Wasted On You’ wasn’t the song we were planning to release first, but when the whole world went into indefinite lockdown and everything changed, so did the feeling and meaning of what we wanted to say right now. I didn’t write these lyrics about what we’re all now going through, but somehow that’s exactly what they are.
As far as business is concerned, this is considered a terrible time to release. But we believe that people need music now more than ever. We do, and we’re not going to wait to share it because who knows what tomorrow brings. Who knows if it even comes?”
The album is produced by Nick Raskulinecz who has been tracking with the band in Nashville since late January. The band have also rescheduled dates touring with Within Temptation for later this year (conditions permitting).
Worlds Collide Tour (w/ Within Temptation) Rescheduled Dates
September 2020:
WED 2nd – Glasgow, UK The SSE Hydro Arena
THU 3rd – Leeds, UK First Direct Arena
SAT 5th – Birmingham, UK Arena Birmingham
SUN 6th – London, UK The O2
TUE 8th – Amsterdam, NL Ziggo Dome
WED 9th – Amsterdam, NL Ziggo Dome
FRI 11th – Brussels, BE Palais 12
SAT 12th – Brussels, BE Palais 12
MON 14th – Paris, FR Accor hotels Arena
THU 17th – Hamburg, DE Barclaycard Arena ^^
FRI 18th – Leipzig, DE Leipzig Arena
MON 21st – Berlin, DE Velodrom
TUE 20th – Gliwice, Poland Gliwice Arena
TUE 22nd – Munich, DE Zenith
THU 24th – Düsseldorf, DE Mitsubishi Electric Halle
FRI 25th – Esch-Sur-Alzette, LU Rockhal
SUN 27th – Zurich, Switzerland @ Hallenstadion
TUE 29th – Milan, IT Mediolanum Forum Milan
October 2020:
THU 1st – Madrid, ES Palacio Vistalegre **
** Evanescence only
^^ New venue – tickets will be honoured but email
