| Evergreen | ||||
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| Released | July 14, 2023 | |||
| Genre | Electropop [1] | |||
| Length | 32:00 | |||
| Label | Hopeless | |||
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Evergreen is the fourth studio album by American rock band Pvris, released on July 14, 2023, through Hopeless Records. It was preceded by the release of five singles, [7] the first of which was a double A-side of "Animal" and "Anywhere but Here", [2] followed by "Goddess", [3] "Good Enemy", [4] "Love Is a..." [5] and "Evergreen". [6]
Lynn Gunn described the album as "a reclamation of control in our post-pandemic culture, posing a complex discussion on fame, technology, spectacle, and female autonomy", also elaborating that it is "not [her] job to cater to certain trends or people's nostalgia" and she has to "always embrace the risks of change and trust that each stage of [her] music's life will resonate with whoever it's meant to". [4]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 80/100 [8] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [9] |
| DIY |  [10] |
| Kerrang! | 4/5 [11] |
| The Line of Best Fit | 9/10 [12] |
| Louder | [1] |
| Sputnikmusic | 2.3/5 [7] |
Evergreen received a score of 80 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on six critics' reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [8] AllMusic's Neil Z. Yeung felt that Lyndsey Gunnulfsen's "evolution continues, building upon the promise of 2020's Use Me while laser-focusing her attack with equal parts melody and sheer force", as an "ineffably angst-packed energy surges through the front half of this set". [9] Reviewing the album for Kerrang! , Aliya Chaudhry wrote that Gunnulfsen "pushes the idea of what Pvris can be even more, delving further into her hip-hop and R&B influences, culminating in an eclectic and electrifying collection of songs, and what is Pvris' most evolved offering to date". [11]
DIY 's Emma Wilkes noted that Evergreen "generally favours chunkier, harder sounds over intricacy, particularly where its maximalist-leaning production is concerned, to the extent that it feels like a thick, silvery fog hangs over most of its songs". [10] Caitlin Chatterton of The Line of Best Fit opined that the album "settl[es] Gunnulfsen in the gap between her alt-rock influences and glitterball tendencies", describing it as "a testament to Gunnulfsen's growth" as well as "quietly confident". [12]
Ghost Cult's Morgan Y. Evans called Evergreen,"...a very ambitious album and frankly by far the most thematically well-rounded and best effort from Pvris yet. Lyndsey Gerd Gunnulfsen has seamlessly planted a flag on the moon here, showing it was her that made this project special all along. Not only a queer champion, Gunnulfsen is a top-notch creator and performer who can back it up with grade-A material with startling philosophical depth amidst the beats and hooks."
Vicky Greer of Louder [13] that "when Evergreen is at its best, it bursts with life, but after such a promising beginning, you can't help but feel short-changed" following "its disappointing second half". [1] Jesper L. of Sputnikmusic stated that "the bulk of Evergreen does little more than yeeting a distorted riff at you, copy-pasting vocal melodies on top and subsequently repeating a few lines by way of a chorus" and concluded, "none of the songs here are particularly memorable or uh, good". [7]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "I Don't Wanna Do This Anymore" |
| 3:31 | |
| 2. | "Good Enemy" |
| 2:10 | |
| 3. | "Goddess" |
| Daly | 2:32 |
| 4. | "Animal" |
| Daly | 2:51 |
| 5. | "Hype Zombies" | Gunnulfsen |
| 2:13 |
| 6. | "Take My Nirvana" |
| Shinoda | 2:47 |
| 7. | "Senti-Mental" |
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| 2:51 |
| 8. | "Anywhere but Here" |
| Daly | 3:46 |
| 9. | "Headlights" |
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| 2:58 |
| 10. | "Love Is a..." |
| Daly | 3:41 |
| 11. | "Evergreen" | Gunnulfsen |
| 3:13 |
| Total length: | 32:00 | |||
Note
| Chart (2023) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Scottish Albums (OCC) [14] | 4 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [15] | 25 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC) [16] | 3 |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [17] | 1 |
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