Evangelist
Evangelist
Release Date: Dec 18, 2015
Genre(s): Pop/Rock
Record label: Underscore Collective
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Album Review: Evangelist by Evangelist
Great, Based on 3 Critics
Based on rating 4/5
Bewitching posthumous set from Staffordshire maverick. Best known for his appearances on the soundtracks to Shane Meadows’ This Is England TV series, Midlands singer-songwriter Gavin Clark died earlier this year at the tragically young age of 46..
Based on rating 8/10
Sometimes when albums come up for review, our esteemed reviews editor picks the choicest paragraph from said release's press documentation to tempt and tantalise writers in. Even with a corp of reviewers as suave and sophisticated as those of us, there are albums that come along that you have no idea about, but which tempt you in. At times, what can result is a tumultuous love affair (for me, this happened this year with Mini Mansions, for one).
Based on rating 3/5
Gavin Clark is best known as the voice of Shane Meadows’ This Is England, but when he unexpectedly died in February at the age of 46, he was leading a folk trio and creating a new project with Pablo Clements and James Griffith, who he had met as a fellow member of James Lavelle’s UNKLE and now had their own project called Toydrum. The Evangelist was started in 2011 and, with Clark’s passing, became a mission to complete in his spirit. Loosely autobiographical and inspired by The Who’s Tommy, the album’s concept revolves around a preacher, his descent into drugs and vice, attempted redemption and ultimate defeat.
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