| Artist: | Everon |
| Title: | Venus |
| Label: | Mascot M 7030 2 |
| Length(s): | 53 minutes |
| Year(s) of release: | 1997 |
| Month of review: | 11/1997 |
| 1) | Venus | 1.31 |
| 2) | Missing The Last Train | 6.15 |
| 3) | Real Me | 2.33 |
| 4) | Information Overdose | 5.04 |
| 5) | Restless Heart | 4.29 |
| 6) | What Do We Know | 7.01 |
| 7) | Meteor | 4.19 |
| 8) | Reply | 7.43 |
| 9) | Not For Sale | 6.37 |
| 10) | Until The Day Breaks | 8.24 |
The short Real Me is a pianic ballad and this seems a difference with Everon's previous effort in which the number of ballads was quite low and you're very tired after playing this album. The following track contains all sorts of goings on and the song sounds a little chaotic. The subject is the possibly estranging effect of contacts through internet (something we can all agree on ;) ), but the it contains a very nice staccatto drumming part and in fact the drumming is very energetic throughout the song although the drummer knows when to be subtle as well.
Restless Heart is basically an acoustic ballad (well, acoustic...), but it's quite nice with an unusual but nice guitar sound. The middle part of the song contains the obligatory guitar solo, although the keyboards also have their short moment of fame.
What Do We Know is somewhat less straightforward and opens with various sounds and doings, but moves quickly into a strong melodic theme. The vocal part is rather strange with repetitive sounds, but the melody is just the one of the vocals. The chorus is a bit too singalong for me, but the guitarsolo is again well done. And I think Philips can be reassured: we will never know everything there is to know.
The next one Meteor, is an all out instrumental where the bands throws off all constraints with plenty of breaks and signature changes and overall lots of output. A nice track, but it's
Of the (broken) love song Reply I can tell little else than it is a typical Everon track with lots of fill-ins, a good melody, nice pianic interludes, harmonies and complex solo's. Plenty of variation right here.
Not For Sale opens with majestically with a melody that sounds quite classical although the guitar sounds a little bluesy (Gary Moore). The melody is very obvious and it seems this will be a short instrumental track, but the booklet says otherwise and indeed after almost two minutes we come to a totally different, vocal part. The lyrics and vocals on this track correspond quite closely with busy playing during the lyrics on everyday life and sunny peaceful music during the lyrically happier passages. With some Arabic scales in the middle this a good track indeed.
The best and also longest track on his album is Until The Day Breaks. Not because this track like any progressive epic contains "everything the band stands for" because first of all, the band does not write epics in that sense, and secondly most songs contain "everything the band stands for". After a rainy opening this song unfolds as a beautiful and majestic flower with a dreamy sound, treated background vocals and a very dark interlude. The song reminds me somewhat of Collage because of its compelling quality and also the rather classical sounding keyboards in the back. Must be the best thing this band has done so far.
In view of the beauty of the artwork of the previous two albums most of you will be expecting something great again. Well, the style is the same and the booklet can be unfolded into one of those large drawing by the Australian Gregory Bridges, but the I'm not too fond of this one myself although it has all the detail I just don't like what has been drawn.